Sourav Ganguly: The Perfect Cricket Leader
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Sourav Ganguly was an outstanding leader as the captain of the Indian cricket team. He demonstrated many qualities of an effective leader, including being a motivator, inspiration, and providing guidance. As captain, he was successful in both test matches and one day internationals, with a high win percentage at home and away venues. Overall, Sourav Ganguly exemplified the characteristics and roles of a perfect leader.
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Sourav Ganguly: The Perfect Cricket Leader
- 1. A noteworthy leader! Sourav Ganguly
- 2. Achievements As an able captain you have to be an outstanding individ
- 3. What is leadership? Leading people Influencing people Commanding people Guiding people
- 4. Sourav Ganguly was all of this! Motivator Inspiration Gives people a sense of accomplishment Instills hope Reduces fear Provides guidance Instills faith Always has a team members Always available What do you look for in a Leader? Passion
- 5. Sourav Ganguly was all of this! Types of Leaders Position achieved Personality Moral example Charisma Moral example Power held Intellectual leader
- 6. Sourav Ganguly did all of this! Common Activities Controlling Directing Organizing Planning
- 7. Sourav Ganguly did all of this! Roles of a Leader Interpersonal Role Informational Role Decisional Role Monitoring Role
- 8. A leader needs to be a perfectionist at SWOT Analysis!
- 9. How does Sourav fit in the Managerial Grid
- 10. Captaincy Record in Test Matches Venue Span Match es Wo n Los t Tied Draw At Home Venues 2000- 2005 21 10 3 0 8 [132 ] At Away Venues 2000- 2005 28 11 10 0 7 [133 ] TOTAL 2000- 2005 49 21 13 0 15[13 4] Cricketing record as a LEADER Captaincy Record in One Day Internationals Venue Span Match es Wo n Los t Tied N/R In India (At Home Venues) 2000- 2005 36 18 18 0 0 [137 ] At Away Venues 2000- 2005 51 24 24 0 3 [138 ] 1999- 2 [139 Win percentage of about 42% Win percentage of about 52%
- 11. Hence, Sourav Ganguly was a PERFECT LEADER!
Editor's Notes
- Nicknames: The Prince of Calcutta, The Maharaja, The God of the Off Side, Dada, and The Warrior PrinceSourav is a great captain and we should be proud of such a leader.– KapilDevSourav’s greatest strength is his mind. He is hardworking – not only in the nets but also mentally. He bounces back.– Sachin TendulkarOn the offside, first there is God, then SouravGanguly.– Rahul DravidWe have a young talented side. They have found a good captain in SouravGanguly.– Mustaq Ali
- Captained India in a record 49 Test matches.India's most successful Testcaptain.In the 2nd Test vs. Australia at Kolkata in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Sourav became only the 3rd captain in Cricket history to lead a team to victory after following on. India went on to win the series 2-1.On Mar - Apr 2004: Became the first Indian captainto win an ODI and Test series in Pakistan.On April 2005: Became only the 3rd cricketer and 2ndIndian after Mohammed Azharuddin to make 5000 ODI runs as skipper in the Pepsi Cup vs. Pakistan.
- What Leaders do?Leaders gather information and perform pattern recognition to create vision and strategies to achieve that vision which do not have to be innovative or original.Definition: Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.
- A leader needs all these traits, without these traits, a leader will not be able to push and make his team strive for the best. These few traits are very important for a leader to posses as without them he will be unable to convince his members to do the right thing. Always remember, a leader is not a person who is pushy, but one who can give people leverage to do whatever they have to and at the same time, run the show from behind.A leader is nothing without his team and a team is nothing without their leader.
- SouravGanguly was captaining a side with quite a bit of talent, but it was his potential to help glue the team together, ensure that the team was performing like one single unit, and that other players had the back of the others incase one had an off day that made his a great leader. His vigor, his talent, his relentless want of victory clubbed together with sheer positivity, aggression and hope was made him a great man. The adjectives stated above, merely describe the great captain that he was.
- Roles of a Leader?1) Interpersonal Role: Develop peer relationships, carry out negotiations, motivate people, resolve conflicts and use it as source of creativity2) Informational Role: Disseminate information effectively and efficiently; raises tough questions3) Decisional Role: Develop strategy, make decisions with incomplete or ambiguous data, allocate resources and has the emotional capacity to tolerate uncertainty, frustration and pain4) Monitoring Role: Understand potential challenges, identify opportunities, adapt to changing conditions; invents own university of lifelong learning
- All of us know the full form of SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat). Only when he is aware of all the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats will he be able to formulate a roadmap leading his team and eventually himself to success.When asked about what he faced toughest after becoming captain was?SouravGanguly aka Dada answered with four simple lines:The biggest challenge is to identify the right talent:You get what you put in:Have a mix of youth and experience and give it all the support you can:One shoe doesn't fit all:
- Hence, by seeing the way SouravGanguly fits the bill of a leader perfectly, we can say with great effect that Ganguly is the man!