LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP

THOUGHTS

"The task of leadership is

not to put greatness in humanity, but to elicit it, for

the greatness is already

there."----

~John Buchan~

"You know what makes leadership? It is the ability to get men to do

what they don't want to do and like it."

~Harry S. Truman~
"First organize the inner, then organize the outer ... First organize the great, then organize the small. First organize yourself, then organize others."

~Zhuge Liang~

"Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow."
~Chinese Saying~

"A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not

afraid to approach him for any reason."
~Harold Geneen~
"The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers."
~Ralph Nader

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or

intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint."~Lewis H. Lapham~

Four rules of leadership in a free legislative body:First, no

matter how hard-fought the issue, never get personal. Don't say or do anything that may come back to haunt you on

another issue, another day....Second, do your home

work. You can't lead without knowing what you're talking about....Third, the American legislative

process is one of give and take. Use your power as a leader to persuade, not

intimidate....Fourth, be

considerate of the needs of your colleagues, even if they're at the bottom of the totem pole...."— George Bush

"The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Our is a

world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know

about peace, more about killing that we know about living" - General Omar Nelson Bradley

"I would rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not"

-Lucille Ball

"True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from

what it is into what it ought to be " - William R. Alger

"I think leadership comes

from integrity - that you do whatever you ask others to do. I think there are no

n-obvious ways to lead. Just by providing a good example as a parent, a friend, a

neighbor makes it possible for other people to see better ways to do things.

Leadership does not need to be a dramatic, fist in the air and trumpets blaring, activity."—

Scott Berkun

"A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never la

te. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected" –

Arnold Bennett

"Change in all things is sweet" - Aristotle

"Dissatisfaction and discouragement are not caused by the absence of

things but the absence of vision" - Anonymous

"If an

incompetent chieftain is removed, seldom do we appoint his

highest-ranking subordinate to his place" - Attila the Hun

"If you think you are too small to be

effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito" - Anonymous

leadership Qualities

Leaders should have energtic personality.

Who have the excelent mind, effective communication, convincing capasity, motivating skill and who will handal team with spirit he has the good leader. A leader should be a good follower. Who will take good decision in right time for right work that person is good leader.

GUEST SPEAKER

Mr. Prassanna Dixit

Introduction:

On 2^nd May 2009 Mr.Prasanna Dixit of Mahaveer Info Way limited (MIL), Hubli and Bangalore based company came as a guest lecturer and shared his valuable experience with fellows. Since from ten years he is working with MIL and handling business development and operations. Before this he was associated with many companies like, Welmade Systems, Datar switch gears, Fine blanking and Cinicinnati group.

 The company is involving an IT service from last 10 years and looking after 12 different business of IT like telecom services and product sales.

 While addressing the fellows he mentioned that ‘where there is will there is way,’ along with his business he is also taking part in more than 8 social organizations. He is not having any background in his family about social entrepreneur, but he became. Through this he makes sure to fellows entrepreneurial skills we can grow in us it is not only skill which comes by birth and passion very essential.

Speaker also explained that any individual wants become identifiable icon in this world she/he should choose profession or job where they are enough confident. He also quoted that you are now in learning stage ‘you can make mistake but don’t repeat mistake’ and ‘child will fall down and again stood up.  

He explained about challenges faced while setting his business and how he has considered it as opportunity, how they are protecting themselves from recession doing some different business.

Question Hour:

Various following questions asked by fellows.

a.      How increased your business network?

He explained that in their business they are three partners from different professional background so automatically there is no challenge to build network. He also spelt out that having and working with different kind or different mindset people is very difficult. But to run a business different angle thoughts are very important.

 

b.       Before setting up your business, how many years work experience is required?

He answered that in his case the job helped to settle down in life.  To start an enterprise passhion is required and strong will power is very essential. Ten years back there was no scope in Hubli and enough inputs to him to start an enterprise but still they have strived a lot but now so many efforts are doing by organization like DCSE now it is very easy to set up an enterprise directly.  

 

c.       How you take care of marketing?

He replied for this marketing is strength of MIL and they distribute duties in the team.

 

d.      What was the reason for failure and how you faced challenges?

For this he explained that it was not a failure but we were not able to make profit because other companies were reduced product cost.

He told one biggest challenge they have faced in their business when they were setting up their business in Hubli they were not able to get electricity connection to their firm in this movement how they have got the connection. And also he said that they have faced so many bureaucratic challenges.

Like this so many questions asked by fellows and he answered very effectively. He also emphasis more on following points,

·        Whatever work you do, do it for your satisfaction and for other satisfaction.

·        Marketing process should have pull and push system.

·        Social enterprise should have strong social cause.

·        Presently MIL is in good position in market.

·        Do entrepreneurship not for your shake, do it for a cause and this should involve interests of people and country.

·        Don’t depend on spoon feeding (Don’t depend on DCSE much)

·        Whatever you got from society give back something to society.

·          Have three obligations in life,

        -Obligation towards ….. Parents

        -Obligation towards ….. Nature

        -Obligation towards ……Society.

 

Finally the session ended by vote of thanks by one of the fellow and photo session with Mr.Prasanna.D

5000 challenge

5k challenge is an enterpreneur activity after our guerilla marketing module we had Rs 5000 business in the group of two people. Malini and I( fathima) had ladies readyade garment bussiness in hubli dharwad.

Leadership Activities

Month of April’s Leadership activities

1st leadership activity

Advocacy on

Women reservation

Leaders: Fathima Quddannaver
Followers: Basavraj and DB
Community: Government busses in Hubli-Dharwad
On 17th April we did Advocacy regarding women reservation in government busses. In one hour we visited 20 busses and covered 22 cases. We Convinced people to provide for their reserved seats and Conductor and other passengers also involved in this activity.

Objective:
To change the perspective of men to women. To encourage the women to take initiative to ask their rights. To aware the women to get their rights which are given by the Government.
Challenges:

• Convincing people
  
• If men not ready to leave reserved seat took help of conductor
  
• To encourage the conductors and other passengers to get done work.
  
• Difficult to convince the men sitting in that seat.
  
• Women also s hesitate to ask the seat,
  

Learning:
Don’t do the things where the people are not interested in that activity.
People are aware but they habitant to live in this system.

2nd Leadership activity

Health and hygie,neReproductive child health

Leaders: Fathima Quddannavar
Followers: D B Vanageri & Basavaraj
Community: Byahatti village , SHG women
On 19th april 09 we had health and hyegyne session in Bahatti. Bahatti village is one of the big village in Hubli Taluka. This village lacking in health care survives. SHGs women started working on development of village but lack knowledge and awareness bound them to restrict themselves. My session provided basic Information regarding health. In this session we provided information on reproductive health and about family planning and maintains of hygiene.

Objective: To provide information and awareness regarding reproductive health
Strategies:

• Gathering people in public place( temple )
• Projector, film, and pictures are used to better understand of subject
• discussion
  

Challenges:
Gathering the community
Time limit, incontinent to visit in night to village
Learning:Arrange the activity according to villagers availability. Be Flexible while presenting. Present subject to their level of understand
This session was very good I learnt more regarding reproductive health while preparing presentation.

3rd leadership activity

Orientation on DFP

Leaders: Fathima Quddannavar
Followers: D B Vanageri
Community: Bhīma hostel, Karnataka University Dharwad
On 20th April 2009 we had orientation on DFP in Bhima hostel at Karnataka university Dharwad. There were 50 students from Post graduation. The session was very good, we were two people in our team.
Objective: To bring more fellows for DFP and Brand building of DFP
Strategies:
Video, ppt slides show using projector
Question answer
Open discussion
Challenge: Taking permission from boy’s hostel warden in night time is too difficult
Learning:
Coordination plays an important role in public performance.
How to convince the people
How to motivate the people to get done our work
Output: there were some students asked us regarding DFP cohort 3 application

4th Leadership Activity

Personality development

Leaders: Fathima Quddannavar
Followers: D B Vanageri
Community: Students of Inam Hongal
Inam Hongal is 18km away from Dharwad, we were in two people in our team. On 21st march 2009 we had personality Development session for Higher Primary, High school, and I PUC students in Suwarna Summer camp at Inamhongal. In that session we were facilitated about English conversation such as Greetings, etc and how to take initiative by showing motivational videos, and stage courage and recreation Activities
Objective:
To facilitate regarding personality development. To improve our self in facilitating. To brand building of DFP.
Strategies:

• Videos show by using projector
  
• English conversation ppt slides
• Ice breaking
• Discussion and question answer
• Getting feedback from children

Challenges: To make understand of their understand level. To reach on time to village is difficult.
Learning: co-ordination plays an important role in public performance. Effective
interaction.
Output: overcoming by the underestimation and many children were taking initiative to come on stage though they had fear about that.

Geust speeker

ADVOCACY

S.R. Hiremath

Mr.S.R. Hiremath is a founder of IDS (India Development Service). He has completed his bachelor degree in Hindi called Visharada from Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Dharwad. He got second rank in Visharada and went to United States for higher studies and continued his job career and stayed up to 10 years. He got inspired from books articles, such as freedom at midnight, lord mount batten, sarvagna’s triplates and Schumaker’s.

            He started an organization called “India Development Service”. It is a non-profit organization working for social and economic development of India. These sectors organization covers – preventive health and health education, environmental awareness, joint forest planning, management wasteland development and sustainable agriculture etc.

Advocacy:

In Indian system Government has not provided any kind of proper approach for problems. For finding solution if social entrepreneurs are working in society they should have their own organized mechanisms for it. While working calculated risk should be managed by leaders.

“Be a change don’t think change outside”(1)

The tool for change is advocacy, the method is ‘identifying problem which is related to particular community’ and make it as centric issue, aware that community. With the support of that community advocacy procedures should move further. While working with community Media involvement is necessary to reach the decided advocacy goal.

Gandhian and Einstein theories have introduced in advocacy. The Satyagraha tool is helpful to reach advocacy goal and it solves people problem.

Advocacy is a tool for social entrepreneurs for approaching social problem and peace fully using this tool is more effective and remarkable.

 

Advocasy

Guest Speaker 

Mr. Abhaya

On Saturday, 11^th  April 2009.

Introduction

            Mr.Abhaya born and brought up in Hyderabad, He studied Engineering in electronics. He worked for MNC in Bangalore for 5 years and left the job by inspiring   himself to overcome social issues. So he went to Raichur and settled to work especialy on   Devadasi System.

Devadasi System

He made people to aware themselves and people got inspired, formed “Nava Jeevana Mahila Okkuta “(NJMO).  This is non -registered people’s organization, mainly they are working for Dalits and women in villages. Till now they have covered 100 villages around the Raichur district.

Advocacy

   It means identifying the social problem and making government and people to aware and solves it.

Ø  Advocacy should be done by people who affected by the  issue

Ø  Understanding the issue theoretical and practical aspects both in local contents and in other parts of country and the world.

Ø  Believe in the issue as belief in the strategy is important.

Ø  Grass root level work on the issue, both activism and constructive involvement.

Ø  To work along with the media and not use the media.

Ø  Data collection and presentation should be human, not just statistics.

Ø  To always have the goals broke down in to short term, medium term and long term demands.

Ø  Understanding of the government administrative machinery and way of working is very important.

Ø  Should have well wishes in all fields.

Ø  Proper use of all forums available sensitive days of year and reacting to important events is very essential.

Ø  Regular follow-ups is a very important.

 

Ø  Attack the issue simultaneously from many fronts, also one is some required to take two steps back and then move ahead.

 

Ø  Always fight for issue not people responsible. (Reference: Abhaya).

 

Advocacy is a process to reach a goal, he done advocacy in village with support by people, for example village does not have road, by involving people approaching the government and another example is open deficacy is a common problem in villages for women, so by involving people they approached the government and constructed the toilets.

 

The local people and media are supporting them for every cause always. The most of stake holders always fight the issue not the people responsible, leave the issue and attacking people is bad strategy to advocacy. He never attack the people, he always fought for issue.