Enhancing Productivity through Visionary Leadership 16 February 2015 Dr. Himanshu Rai Dean, MISB Bocconi
Jan 04, 2016
Enhancing Productivity
through
Visionary Leadership16 February 2015
Dr. Himanshu Rai
Dean, MISB Bocconi
Productivity
• Function of– Motivation– Ability– Opportunity
Ability
• Training & Development– Technical– Behavioral
Opportunity
• Environment: External & Internal• Information Technology• Working Conditions• Infrastructural Support
Motivation
•Three key elements:– Intensity – how hard a person tries– Direction – effort that is channeled
toward, and consistent with, organizational goals
– Persistence – how long a person can maintain effort
Leadership: A History
• Leaders as Heroes/Martyrs• Trait; Situational; Behavioral• Charismatic; Transactional/Transformational• Leadership is a process by which a person
influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent
Himanshu Rai’s
Vedic Leadership Framework
Inte
gri
tyAbility to ‘See’ things
Low High
Low
Hig
h
GoodFollower
Leader (Wise)
Impoverished Machiavellian
Lessons from the Mahabharata
• Artfulness
• Diplomacy
• Detachedness
• Fair Mindedness
• Sagacity
Leadership Dharma
• ‘dhriti’ (patience)• ‘kshama’ (forgiveness)• ‘dum’ (control over desires)• ‘asteya’ (no stealing)• ‘shauch’ (physical and spiritual cleanliness)• ‘indriyanigrah’ (control over sense organs)• ‘Dheeh’ (wisdom)• ‘vidya’ (education and learning)• ‘satya’ (truthfulness)• ‘akrodha’ (anger management)
Manusmriti