Leadership skills from Chanakya’s Arthashastra
Educationbelt sharpen the leadership qualities in an individual. To enhance and master these skills at Educationbelt we emphasize on the writings of one of the great philosopher, advisor, political thinker, none other than “Vishnugupt Maurya” - the great Chanakya’s Arthashastra. We try to focus on some of the ideologies laid down in Kautilya’s Arthaniti.
Leadership is one of the secret of project management. Effective leadership is an essential requirement in order to achieve organizational goals. Effective leadership provides countless benefits and assists the organization to achieve success and stability. One of the quotes by Sir Peter Drucker– “Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly or it vanishes”.
The difference between the leader and the manager, leader is someone who does the right thing, whereas the manager does things right. In other words, “Management is an occupation, leadership is a calling”. Leaders are not born but made with the intricate discipline; everyone has to inculcate leadership qualities in themselves. A good leader creates a vision of his team. Therefore qualities of leadership are virtually indispensable. Many qualities such as strategic thinking, positive attitude, taking risk, commitment, perseverance, effective communication, ability to delegate and many others makes the must required qualities for a good leader.