| Mahatma Gandhi was an extraordinary manager. He had the knack of finding the right person for the right job. Around 1917 two young lawyers approached him and expressed their keen desire to work for him. Both were approximately 25 years old; both were almost equal in stature and both came from Gandhi's native state (Gujarat). Gandhi looked at them, assessed their true interests and asked one to be his Manager of Logistics and the other to serve him as his Private Secretary. Despite innumerable obstacles in their ways, both performed extraordinarily in their respective functions and stayed with Gandhi all their life. |
Other Topics: Conflict Resolution Using Gandhi's Satyagraha Technique; Sarvodaya: The Genesis of Gandhi's Rise to 'Mahatmaship'; Mahatma Gandhi on Character Education; The Secret of Gandhi's Rise to Extraordinary Leadership; Mahatma Gandhi, the Journalist; Mahatma Gandhi, a Teacher par Excellence; Mahatma Gandhi, a Crusader of Women's Equality; Mahatma Gandhi, a Role Model of Service; Mahatma Gandhi, a Social & Political Reformer; Gandhi's Satyagrha and Rotary's 4-Way Test: A Remarkable Similarity; |
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One died in 1945 while in jail with Gandhi and the other outlived Gandhi. Experts say that had their functions been reversed, they would have performed disastrously. Spread throughout India, thousands of people worked under his strict directions. Gandhi neither promised anyone a carrot nor did he whip them when they went in their own ways and encountered some failures. They simply poured their heart into the job because they discovered that they had found the job that they loved. |
"Liberty never meant the license to do anything at will" – Mahatma Gandhi
"Government of the people by the people and for the people cannot be conducted at the bidding of one man, however great he may be." – Mahatma Gandhi
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A presentation by Shall Sinha
Although Mahatma Gandhi is no longer with us, it is possible to bring his characterization back.
Using his personal library that contains over 50,000 pages of collected works of Mahatma Gandhi, Shall Sinha draws all his supporting materials from Gandhi's actual life and leaves his audience inspired - feeling good about themselves and their work and also with a zest for new challenges. Shall Sinha is the author of "Words of Wisdom from Mahatma Gandhi".
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