Published on June 2014 | Corporate Leadership, Strategies of Corporate Leader.

Organizational Leadership - A Learning from the Indian Histor

The future of a country is dependent to a very great extent on its leadership. An insight into the history reveals that empires have been built and disintegrated due to effective and weak leadership respectively (Rao, 1991). In the context of India, it is found that leadership is a very popular issue in this country and it is discussed often among people of different sections of the Indian society (Chhokar et al., 2008). Be it the political leaders, military leaders, or leaders in their respective careers; leadership has always attracted the Indian masses to throw their reactions. India has been the birthplace of many great leaders who established themselves as the global examples of leadership. This paper discusses a few such examples of great leaders in the history of India and identifies their specific traits or leadership styles which led them build great dynasties. In particular, the paper sheds light on the different leadership styles of the leaders of Mauryan and Maratha empires, and identifies the general characteristics of a good leader.