I hope there will be tens of thousands ready in a disciplined manner to take up the work after me. I remain, Your Sincere friend. Viceroy Irwin turned down the interview and the Court laughed. On March 12, Gandhi and 78 men and women began their miles long march from the ashram to the coastal town of Dandi. For 24 days they walked through village after village explaining their goal and by the time they reached Dandi on April 5, Gandhi was at the head of a crowd of tens of thousands.
Some Others went on. Over marchers ignored warnings by police and made an unarmed advance on the salt depot. Gandhi has a way of doing that: making sure that everyone in the cause is connected to the goal. Gandhi's example as a manager and leader is extraordinary. There was no one like him who could get people together to embrace his vision as their vision. His belief was probably the most important factor in Mahatma's success.
He not only had self belief but he had the ability to inspire the Indian people to believe in themselves and their goal of freedom, even through all the hardships that they faced. Leadership is a necessary part of the social process. Any group, association, organization or community functions the way its leader leads it.
It is truer in the collectivistic cultures like India where people follow the path shown by the great people. Leadership is an integral part of work and social life. In fact in any given situation where a group of people want to accomplish a common goal, a leader may be required. Leadership behaviour occurs in almost all formal and informal social situations. Even in a non formal situation such as a group of friends some sort of leadership behaviour occurs wherein one individual usually takes a lead in most of the group activities.
The first time Mahatma got up to speak in court, when he was working as a lawyer, he could not speak one word out loud due to fear. This caused him great humiliation. Even though he failed miserably, those failures eventually lead to him becoming one of the best public speakers of all time.
There were quite a number of times Gandhi failed; each time he used the failure to improve his leadership skills and to improve himself and the task at hand. Mahatma shows us that the even the best leaders still fail and make mistakes. He also shows that the difference between good leaders and great leaders is that the great leaders acknowledge and learn from their mistakes.
Leader must have ability to move the masses; it's not just true for political leaders, but also organizational leaders. Simply lead with your heart and show that you actually believe in the purpose of what you stand for. Even in crucial and uncertain times, it's important to keep positive emotions. While it is important to communicate reality, it's equally necessary to give sense of hope.
Leaders must encourage a culture of pride in the employees; they should be able to harness the collective creative energies of an organization. A leader must have the ability to bring out the best in others, to enable others to act. When the employees feel that they "only work here", the leadership has typically failed. Credibility is single most important quality of a good leader; it is the foundation. A foundation that is build with honesty, integrity, and self-discipline.
Employees look up the leaders as the role models, or simply the person who brings meaning to their daily job. If the leaders can't practice the solid values they preach, their ideas will be shrugged off. Every leader must realize that employees are constantly observing and analyzing their actions, evaluating consistency between their work and their deeds, judging their integrity.
Leaders must exercise self-discipline by suppressing their own personal egos or emotions. In today's era on communication, relationships are not only important but crucial. Opinion of every person counts. A leaders job is not only limited to planning, creating strategies and organizational structure, but to make sure that they are establishing the kind of personal relationships that employees wish to seek.
Employees must find their leaders accessible, they like to hear from them first hand rather than through their managers. The open door policy should not be used as a mere buzz word.
Truly, management is completely different from leadership. Like opposite ends of a coin. While Gandhi might have been 'managing' the Indian freedom movement with a troop of comrades on clockwork precision, he was actually leading a change of mindset that effected change in everyone who participated with him.
He both succeeded and failed in what he sought to do, but he always moved forward and he never gave up the quest for improvement, both social and spiritual, and both for individuals and for the Nation as a whole.
Today, Gandhi is remembered not only as a political leader, but as a moralist who appealed to the universal conscience of mankind. He changed the world. He also gave to the world a way of thinking about and acting upon value systems that profoundly influenced such important figures as Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
In such times, leaders can lead only if they not only have their content right but are also better people with a vision for themselves and others. One of his most admirable qualities was that he led by example and never preached what he himself was not willing to do.
He was charismatic, but he was also deliberate and analytical. He was a transformational and transactional leader too. For example, Gandhi promised his mother before leaving that he would remain a vegetarian and he maintained his promise despite difficulty. On a grander scale, Gandhi very strongly believed in non-violence and showed how non-violence was an ultimate solution with the salt tax protest.
Gandhi is a famous leader of the non-violence movement. Gandhi believed that non-violence was the true force and the whole idea of non-violence was to convert the thinking of the opponent. This approach was incorporated when he protested the salt tax. During that time, the British had a monopoly over salt production and sales, so anyone but the government who was caught making or selling salt would be criminally charged.
Gandhi and thousands of other followers made salt along the coastlines. Over 60, people were arrested in a few short months but none of them resisted arrest. Gandhi was eventually arrested as well however, he did not fight back with any violence but only used words to fight his battles.
Even if the British officers used force or violence, Gandhi and his followers only acted peacefully. This protest grabbed the attention of Indians all throughout the nation, creating an impressive amount of followers.
Instead of following what they believe in, they are often hypocritical. He not only had self-belief but he had the ability to inspire the Indian people to believe in themselves and their goal of freedom. Mahatma believed that challenging his self-discipline heightened his commitment to achieving his goals.
He was a focused leader that had a "Do or Die" attitude. He 'would free India or die in the process. Mahatma would do extraordinary things to improve his discipline and commitment. Leadership is a necessary part of the social process.
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