Very intersting topic in Indian Context. We indians suffer till date on the upbringing factor. That is when your father suggests something it is difficult to say NO to him. This advice then turns into your job where you have a boss who too has the same upbringing of protection which eventually leads to more of followers than leaders...Even today when we talk our National Leaders we can only talk of very few and every time the name of Gandhiji comes up. This shows that we indians still have a great mindset and to become a good leader you need great qualities. One of the greatest quality as i see is putting yourself behind others..in other words lack of selfishness. i am sorry to say in my 32 years of management career i have hardly seen a person who has put his interest behind his followers or colleagues. Most of them i find are so self centered the first will see whether their interest are taken care off before putting his colleague's. I do not claim myself to be a great leader. I was working for a leading engineering co in Mumbai when i had to assess on of my colleagues for P>A and i wrote in the from better than me and my boss told me are you kidding...Well then i thought-contd 2
