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Nelson MandelaThe Life & Times of Nelson Mandela

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A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial and uninformed.

-Nelson Mandela

Leader Quality in his word ?

“Leadership is the art of leading others to deliberately create a result that wouldn’t have happened otherwise.”

Characteristics of a Good Leader:Self awarenessSelf directionVisionAbility to motivateSocial Awareness

What is Leadership?

Maturity:It is not about showmanship, but the application of

wisdom built over years of experience.Communication:

Exceptional - needed to motivate employees – and coordinate with superiors.

Self-confidence:Strong sense of self belief – rarely feels or

expresses any doubt about vision, decision or goal.Consideration:

compassion – civility – integrity – identity – creativity.

Nelson Mandela – A Charismatic Leader

Nelson Mandela’s Life History

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in a village near Umata in the Transkei on the 18th July 1918.

At the height of Second World War a small group of young Africans, members of the African National Congress, banded together under the leadership of Anton Lembede. Among them was Nelson Mandela.

It started out with 60 members.

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In opposition to the old guard’, Lembede and his colleagues exposed a radical African Nationalism grounded in the principle of national self-determination.

In September 1944 they came together to find the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)

After ANC was banned in 1960, Nelson Mandela argued for the setting up of a military wing within the ANC.

In 1963, when many fellow leaders of the ANC and the Umkhonto were arrested, Mandela was brought to stand trial with them for plotting to overthrow the Govt by violence

His statement from the dock received considerable international publicity. On June 12, 1964, eight of the accused including Mandela, were sentenced to life imprisonment.

During his years in prison, Mandela’s reputation grew steadily.

He was widely accepted as the most significant black leader in south Africa and became a potent symbol of resistance as the anti-apartheid movement gathered strength.

He consistently refused to compromise his political position to obtain his freedom.

He was released on February 11, 1990.

In 1991, at the first national conference of the ANC held inside South Africa after the organisation had been banned in 1960.

Mandela was elected as President of the ANC while his lifelong friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo, became the organization's National Chairperson.

He won the Nobel peace prize in 1993.

He shared it with Mr. Frederik Willem Klerk.

“For their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.”

Apartheid in South Africa[an Afrikaans word meaning “Separateness”]

The Apartheid in South Africa was a system of racial segregation. This system was enforced by the National Party between 1948 and 1994.

Approximately 10,000 blacks were killed by the notorious system of racial domination

The anti-apartheid movement was the first successful translational social movement in the era of globalization.

The movement began after massive turnout by rural Afrikaners gave Rev. Daniel Malan’s Nationalists Party a majority of five seats in the whites-only Parliament of the Union of South Africa on May 26, 1948.

The Nationalists won on a racist platform that played on white fears of the “black threat” and promised to establish strict “apartheid” or separate development policies to encounter it.

After the elections of 1994, reforms were made to it, but still parts of apartheid shape the South African society and politics.

At the heart of the movement was the struggle of black Africans to end white supremacy in South Africa.

The internal movement was both a catalyst for actions at the international level and the critical link that gave coherence to the movement as a whole.

The external effort can be divided into two fronts: Regional efforts to provide military bases, material and

diplomatic support for liberation movements; and The Diaspora movement, which focused on seeking

international sanctions against the regime and providing direct aid to the liberation movements.

There were two main aspects of the anti-apartheid movement: the internal campaign and the external effort

Arrested at Sharpeville and a member on ANC’s Youth League

Banned by government him from attending public meetings

1956 arrested for treason, found not guiltyJoined secret ‘Spear of the Nation’ organisation,

which bombed government offices1963 Rivonia Trial – accused of sabotage,

sentenced to life imprisonment.Became a symbol of resistance Kept in a cell 7-feet square, for 16 hours a dayWith the ending of Apartheid in the late 1980s,

Mandela was freed in 1990, after serving 27 years in prison

In 1994 elections, ANC wins and Mandela became President

Role of Nelson Mandela

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Term coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to describe post-apartheid South Africa after democratic election in 1994.

It was further elaborated President Nelson Mandela as:

Each of us attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous Jacaranda trees of Pretoria and Mimosa trees of the Bushveld – a Rainbow Nation at peace with itself and the world.

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Rainbow Nation

Learning from Nelson Mandela’s Life

# 1: Courage is not the absence of fear – it is inspiring others to move beyond it.That’s precisely what Mandela learned to do: pretend and, through the act of appearing fearless, inspire others. Prisoners who were with him said watching Mandela walk across he courtyard, upright and proud, was enough to keep them going for days. He knew that he was a model for others, and that gave him strength to triumph over his own fear

“I can’t pretend that I’m brave and that I can beat the whole world. But as a leader, you cannot let people know. You must put up a front.

Mandela is a historical man. He thinks way ahead of us. He has posterity in mind; How will they view what we’ve done? He was thinking in terms of not days and weeks but decades. He knew history was on his side, that the result was inevitable; it was just a question of how soon and how it would be achieved. He always played in the long run.

# 2: Lead from the front – but don’t leave your base behind.

“You take your support base along with you. Once you arrive at the beachhead, then you allow the people to move on.”

Mandela often called meetings of his kitchen cabinet at his home in Houghton. Some of his colleagues would shout at him and Mandela would simply listen. When he finally did speak at those meetings, he slowly and methodically summarized everyone’s point of view and then unfurled his own thoughts, subtly steering the decision in the direction he wanted without imposing it.

# 3: Lead from the back – and let others believe they are in the front.

The trick of leadership is allowing yourself to be led too. It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

As far back as the as the 1960s, Mandela began studying Afrikaans, the language of the while South Africans who created apartheid. Mandela wanted to understand the Afrikaner’s worldview; he knew that one day he would be fighting them or negotiating with them, and either way, his destiny was tied to theirs.

# 4:Know your enemy – and learn about his favorite sport.

This was strategic in two senses: by speaking his opponent’s language, he might understand their strengths and weaknesses and formulate tactics accordingly.

Mandela is a man of invincible charm – and he has often used that charm to even greater effect on his rivals than on his allies. Mandela believed that embracing his rivals was a way of controlling them: they were more dangerous on their own than within his circle of influence. He cherished loyalty, but he was never obsessed by it.

# 5: Keep your friends close – and your rivals even closer.

After all, he used to say, “people act in their own interest.” Mandela recognized that the way to deal with those he didn’t trust was to neutralize them with charm.

Mandela was the first black South African he had ever seen being fitted for a suit. Now Mandela’s uniform is a series of exuberant – print shirts that declare him the joyous grandfather of modern Africa. But more important was that dazzling, beatific, all inclusive smile. The ubiquitous ANC election poster was simply his smiling face. “The smile was the message.”

#6: Appearance matters– and remember to smile.

After he emerged from prison, people would say, over and over. It is amazing that he is not bitter. There are a thousand things Nelson Mandela was bitter about, but he knew that more than anything else, he had to project the exact opposite emotion. He always said, “Forget the past”- but he himself never did

Mandela is comfortable with contradiction. As a politician, he was a pragmatist who saw the world as infinitely nuanced. Life is never either/or. Decisions are complex, and there are always competing factors. To look for simple explanations is the bias of the human brain, but it doesn’t correspond to reality. Nothing is ever as straightforward as it appears.

# 7: Nothing is black and white

“Americans tend to see things in black and white, and he would upbraid me for my lack of nuance.”

Knowing how to abandon a failed idea, task or relationship is often the most difficult kind of decision a leader has to make. In many ways, Mandela’s greatest legacy as President of South Africa is the way he chose to leave it. When he was elected is 1994. Mandela probably could have pressed to be President for life.

#8: Quitting is leading too

Ultimately, the key to understanding Mandela is those 27 years in prison. The man who walked onto Robben Island in 1964 was emotional, headstrong, easily stung. The man who emerged was balanced and disciplined. He is not and never has been introspective.

Lessons to learn from MANDELA to be a Leader

Motivate others with your words and actions.Give them courage.Inspire them to learn more.Instill in them a sense of possibility.Every action that you take will lead to a

learning opportunity and will encourage moving forward movement in others.

Teach others by example.If you do it, they will follow.

Inspire With Action

He was put in jail for 27 years, only because he was fighting for fairness and equality.

Even while jailed, he continued to be a leader and the symbol of struggle for South Africans.

After his release from jail, he became a stronger leader.

He was not bitter or ready for revenge.He found common ground, embracing those

who were once against him and helping the country to bridge the seemingly impossible gap

Be Better, Not Bitter

People fail to accomplish their goals many times because of this simple premise.

Planning and organizing ahead of time is key to the success of any task or endeavor, whether in your personal or business life.

Organize your ideas, write out a plan with actionable steps to take and deadlines and set out your goals.

Fail To Plan, Plan To Fail

Most of us have gotten caught up at least once in the emotional roller-coaster that is wanting to work with or help someone who has the talent, the potential or the need, even if that person is unwilling or incapable.

Move on from those that don't want to do or be where you want them to do or be. And don't carry their burden.

Let them go through their journey and spend your time and energy looking for like-minded people who you can partner with.

Work With The Willing

Communication is the simple act of getting a message across clearly and unequivocally to other/s.

This sounds simple in theory but communication is one of the hardest things to do because there are so many things in play (body language, cultural idiosyncrasies among others) that can get in the way and cause confusion.

Nelson Mandela is a master communicator, which is one of the top traits of a great leader.

Communicate

Nelson Mandela is an incredibly dynamic person who was able to motivate an entire country to work together and move past a very difficult time in their history for the benefit of all.

He wasn't attached to a particular ideology or goal.

Instead, he was willing to build relationships on all sides in order to accomplish his goal of a united and successful South Africa.

Become A People's Person

The Life and Times of Nelson Mandela

An Inspirer

Is a 2009 biographical sports drama film.Directed by Clint Eastwood.Starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela

and Matt Damon as Francosis Pienaar.The story is based on the John Carlin book

titled: “Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game”.

INVICTUS - The Movie

The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to 1995 World Cup Championship match.

PLOT SUMMARY

Show Courtesy and GraceOn his first morning as president in his new office, Mandela slowly walked through the suite making eye contact, smiling and saying “Good Morning” to everyone he passed.

This included the white staff members of the previous President who were packing their boxes assuming that they would be sacked later that day.

Forgive and ForgetAlthough imprisoned 27 years by white South-African Govt, he never targeted white people.

While white staff were packing their stuff, he hold a staff meeting immediately and addressed,“What past is past”…“Now we need your help”…

Build a Team for the FutureMandela stunned both his

supporters and doubters by building a staff of both blacks and whites. This extended to his personal security detail which ended up including white agents, who had deployed against ANC in the apartheid era. Mandela wanted a unified country and he wanted his team to reflect the goal.

Have a Compassion towards your co-workers

Mandela has a strong compassion towards his subordinates. He makes an effort to remember each staff’s name (even the name of a tea lady). He also asks about their family well-being

Backup your Priorities with Audacious Goals

Mandela had two immediate priorities as President. Reconciliation between

blacks and whites – goal of winning the World Cup

Building the economic base for the country – travelled around the globe to encourage other countries to invest in SA

Other LearningTeamwork never fails.Visibly support your

goals.Don’t underutilize the

word “Thank you”Let the experts do their

job.Hard work never fails.Moral Support is

important.

Explain the reason behind your decision

Don’t be afraid to do what’s necessary, even though unpopular.

Change if the situation demands

Leverage your footprint.

Some other movies

Honors receivedMany countries awarded

honorary citizenships, freedoms of cities, civic honors.

Many streets, boulevards, avenues, parks, stadia, bridges named after him.

Postal stamps, scholarships, foundations, awards.

More than 70 International honorary degrees from universities.

Statues, sculptures, artworks, monuments etc.

More than 70 books published internationally on his life.