Enhancing Productivity

through

Visionary Leadership16 February 2015

Dr. Himanshu Rai

Dean, MISB Bocconi

Productivity

• Function of– Motivation– Ability– Opportunity

Ability

• Training & Development– Technical– Behavioral

Opportunity

• Environment: External & Internal• Information Technology• Working Conditions• Infrastructural Support

Motivation

•Three key elements:– Intensity – how hard a person tries– Direction – effort that is channeled

toward, and consistent with, organizational goals

– Persistence – how long a person can maintain effort

Leadership: A History

• Leaders as Heroes/Martyrs• Trait; Situational; Behavioral• Charismatic; Transactional/Transformational• Leadership is a process by which a person

influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent

Himanshu Rai’s

Vedic Leadership Framework

Inte

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tyAbility to ‘See’ things

Low High

Low

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GoodFollower

Leader (Wise)

Impoverished Machiavellian

Lessons from the Mahabharata

• Artfulness

• Diplomacy

• Detachedness

• Fair Mindedness

• Sagacity

Leadership Dharma

• ‘dhriti’ (patience)• ‘kshama’ (forgiveness)• ‘dum’ (control over desires)• ‘asteya’ (no stealing)• ‘shauch’ (physical and spiritual cleanliness)• ‘indriyanigrah’ (control over sense organs)• ‘Dheeh’ (wisdom)• ‘vidya’ (education and learning)• ‘satya’ (truthfulness)• ‘akrodha’ (anger management)

Manusmriti