On Leadership Dr. Thomas Ponniah Harvard University [email protected].

On Leadership

Dr. Thomas PonniahHarvard University

[email protected]

MachiavelliMachiavelli

MachiavelliMachiavelli The key question: how to maintain

social order?

Dangers: external attack and internal dissent

The armed prophet

MachiavelliMachiavelli Hiroshima and Nagasaki

MandelaMandela

MandelaMandela

Apartheid: 15% of the population controlled 85% of the population.

1949: Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act

1950: Immorality Act

1950: The Population Registration Act

1953: Reservation of Separate Amenities Act

MandelaMandela 1948: Apartheid officially begins

1948: Mandela becomes politically active

1962-1990: Mandela in prison

1993: wins Nobel Peace Prize

1993: anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani is assassinated

1994-1999: President Mandela

1995: Rugby World Cup

Machiavelli vs. Machiavelli vs. MandelaMandela

Machiavelli: the ends justify the means

Mandela: the means and ends must correspond

9 principles of 9 principles of leadershipleadership

I. Physical Stamina

9 principles of 9 principles of leadershipleadership

II. Belief that you can change your self and history

9 principles of 9 principles of leadershipleadership

III. Long term vision

9 principles of 9 principles of leadershipleadership

IV. Knowing your priorities

9 principles of 9 principles of leadershipleadership

V. Serve the whole

9 principles of 9 principles of leadershipleadership

VI. Compassion

9 principles of 9 principles of leadershipleadership

VII. Collective Action

9 principles of 9 principles of leadershipleadership

VIII. Renewal

9 principles of 9 principles of leadershipleadership

IX. Spirituality

On LeadershipOn Leadership

Dr. Thomas Ponniah

Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University

Faculty Associate, Harvard’s Project on Justice, Welfare and Economics

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