Leadership: The Dhoni Way

Young Mahender Singh Dhoni demonstrated excellent leadership when he led India to triumph in the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World championship.

“Young Blood in a Billion Hearts” an article in today’s Indian Express speaks of his charismatic leadership.

His leadership is characterized by his willingness to back his players fully, take risks and lead by example. A refreshing change from the past is his showing no fear for reputations .

India beat England, South Africa , Australia and Pakistan in a row to win the World Cup. A feat that thrills a billion hearts.

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Connecting India

The mobile phone revolution is on its way to transforming life in India. The Government expects 500 million phone users by 2010.

India registered more than 8 million new connections in August alone, taking the total number in the country to over 200 million, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

Despite the surge in mobile users, the growth is still largely confined to cities. Telephone penetration in urban India is around 25 per 100 people but just 1.6 per 100 in rural areas.

In the urban areas, every one and his uncle seems to have a mobile phone. In affluent homes, hiring domestic staff like chauffeurs, maids, cooks and the like means having to give them mobile connectivity. Independent artisans like masons, carpenters and painters who are in great demand have mobiles for greater accessibility.

The mobile phone has revolutionised the way we work and live in India.

Visionary Leaders Have Different Brain Maps

Does the way your brain work influence your leadership? Are your visionary strengths reflected in the way you use your brain?

“Yes” seems to say Prof. Pierre Balthzard of the Arizona State University. He and his team seek to prove that visionary leaders think differently from those who have lesser visionary capabilities.

His team mate, Mr. Thatcher a neuroscientist who’s worked on EEGs and behavior for 35 years, sifts through the data from sessions looking for brain-wave patterns.

They say preliminary analysis of 50 brain maps shows some big differences in activity between managers who rate high on a psychological test of visionary leadership, and those who rate low. The visionary leaders had more efficient left brains, which deal with logic and reasoning, and better connected right brains, which are responsible for social skills.