Lee Iacocca was a leader at Ford Motor Company from 1946-1978, becoming President. In 1978, he joined Chrysler as CEO and helped save the company from bankruptcy by obtaining federal loans. He repaid the loans early and led Chrysler to profitability by introducing new models. Anu Aga was chairperson of Thermax, an Indian engineering company, from 1996-2004. After her husband and co-founder passed away, she helped expand the company and increase revenues. She is recognized for her social work in India. Compassionate leadership involves understanding others, being motivated to help alleviate suffering, and creating a culture where helping others is encouraged. Mindful leadership requires self-reflection

1. Prof Murugan Kandaswamy
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
LEADERSHIP DURING TROUBLED TIMES….

2. The Leader….
1. 1946: Joined Ford Motor Company as an Engineer
2. 1960: General Manager of Ford Division
3. 1964: Mustang was introduced at New York’s World Fair
4. 1965: Vice President at Ford
5. 1967: Executive Vice President at Ford
6. 1970: President at Ford
7. 1978: Fall out with Chairman Henry Ford II

3. The Leader….
1. 1978: President and Chief Operating Officer at Chrysler Corp.
2. 1979: CEO and Chairman of Chrysler
3. 1980: Took $1.5 billion federal loan guarantees to save Chrysler
4. 1983: Repaid the entire $1.5 billion loan, seven years ahead of time.
5. 1983: Introduced US -produced minivan Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan
6. 1984: Chrysler posted $2.4 billion profit under Iacocca’s leadership
7. 1987: Chrysler acquired American Motor Corp. and Jeep brand

4. The Leader is….
Lee Iacocca…

5. The Leader….
1. she lost her heart to him right away to Rohinton. The young couple married in 1965 to . Under Rohinton’s dynamic
leadership, the company grew into a respected engineering firm with interests in energy and environment.
2. Home Maker, first child, Meher, was born, the couple lost their second daughter to an undetected ailment.
3. When their son Kurush was born, in 1972, he was detected with a hole in his heart.
4. In 1982 Rohinton had a massive heart attack, and while undergoing bypass surgery, suffered a paralytic stroke
5. To help her husband, She joined the human resources team & Company went public in 1995
6. She was returning from the UK after helping Meher deliver her first child and Rohinton was driving from Pune to
Mumbai to receive her. But on the way, he suffered his second, this time fatal, heart attack. Passed Away
7. She lost her mother-in-law and, in the cruellest blow of all, her twenty-five-year-old son, Kurush, was killed in a car
accident.
She is…..

6. The Leader….
By the time she stepped down as chairperson in 2004, the total income of the group company was at an unprecedented
Rs 1,281 crore.
Anu Aga is an Indian billionaire businesswoman and social worker who led Thermax, an
energy and environment engineering business, as its chairperson from 1996 to 2004. ...
After retiring from Thermax, she took to social work, and In 2010 she was awarded the
Padma Shri for Social Work by the Government of India.

7. The Leader for the New Now….
Compassionate leadership
“[Compassion] is not simply a sense of sympathy, it is a sustained and practical determination to do whatever is
possible and necessary to help alleviate their suffering”.
Compassionate leadership is :
a) being a compassionate person
b) trying to create a culture whereby seeking or providing help to alleviate a sufferer’s
pain is not just acceptable but is seen as the norm.
Pillars: a. Cognitive Understanding b. Affective Understanding c. Motivational Drive

8. The Leader….
•They change up the conversation.
• They work to build a collaborative culture.
•They display compassion by listening.
•They embody positivity
•They invest their time.
•They show compassion by caring
•They walk their talk.
•Lead from within
Mindful leadership means being able to
take an honest look at yourself and to
lead without ego and being willing to
put the interest of others before
ourselves.

9. New Normal to New Now….
1.