The document discusses and compares the leadership qualities of Steve Jobs, E. Sreedharan, and Nitish Kumar. It analyzes their vision, focus, communication skills, use of resources, innovation, ethics, simplicity, and ability to work as a team. While their styles differed, all three leaders demonstrated a strong vision, commitment to their goals, and an emphasis on effective communication and resource utilization to motivate teams to work towards success.

1. Presented By:
Group-1,PGDMA 12-14
NAARM

2.  Leadership is an art or process of influencing people so that they will strive
willingly and enthusiastically towards the achievement of group goals. It is
the ability to persuade others to seek defined objectives enthusiastically.
Leadership in this new era is about empowering others to decide for
themselves and to reach for their full potential.
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”
—John Maxwel
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his
aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” —Lao Tzu

3.  Know yourself and seek self-improvement
 Be technically proficient
 Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions
 Make sound and timely decisions
 Know your people and look out for their well-being
 Keep your workers informed
 Develop a sense of responsibility in your workers
 Ensure that tasks are understood, supervised, and accomplished
 Train as a team
 Use the full capabilities of your organization

4. Autocratic Paternalistic
Leadership
styles
Democratic Laissez-faire

5.  Born 24th Feb, 1955 in San Francisco, Steve was an adapted child.
 At 19 he got his first job at video game manufacturer Atari.
 Former CEO of Apple Inc.
 He was a dynamic and controversial leader whose success relied heavily on
his innovativeness.
 It was his sheer genius combined with his ability to articulate his vision and
bring staff, investors and customers along on the journey- plus the lessons
learned in a major career set back- that made it work.
 He was intensely focused when committed, confident enough to take risky
leaps, and charismatic enough to enlist legions of employees’ and
customers.

6.  Dedicated  Blunt
 Secrecy policy  “a bozo” or “brain dead
 Charisma stupid”
 Motivator  Inveterate “ stick man”
 Marketing genius  Negative reinforcement
 Personal touch  Micro manager
 Dealing with employee  Stubborn and particular
“dedicated and most “toughest, roughest and most
innovative boss” intimidating boss”

7.  Elattuvalapil Sreedharan was born on 12 July 1932 in
the Palakkad district of Kerala.
 In 1970, as the deputy chief engineer, he was put in charge for
implementation, planning and design of Calcutta metro, the first
ever metro in India.
 E. Sreedharan is an Indian civil engineer. He served as the managing
director of Delhi Metro between 1995-2012. He is otherwise also popularly
known as the "Metro Man".
 His work and vision has redefined public transport, be it the Delhi Metro as
well as several projects with Railways across India.
 He is known for his clear thinking and adherence to deadlines.

8.  Padma Shree by the Government of India (2001)
 Man of the Year by The Times of India (2002)
 AIMA (All India Management Association) award for Public Service
Excellence (2003)
 CNN-IBN Indian Of the Year 2007: Public Service (2008)
 Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India (2008)

9.  Nitish Kumār was born in Bakhtiyarpur , Bihar.
 Son of a freedom fighter, the 60-year old Kumar’s political career began
with the socialist movement in the early seventies.
 He has a degree in electrical engineering from the Bihar College of
Engineering, Patna
 He was the union minister of India.
 Nitish Kumar has been the chief minister of Bihar since, 2005.

10. Comparative Analysis of
Leadership Qualities of Steve Jobs,
E. Sreedharan and Nitish Kumar
Attributes taken under consideration:
1. Vision
2. Focus and Commitment
3. Communication
4. Resource Utilization
5. Innovation
6. Ethics
7. Simplicity
8. Team Work
9. Motivation

11. “We started out to get a computer in the hands of everyday
people, and we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.”
 Steve Jobs vision of a “Computer for the rest of us”, sparked the PC
revolution and
 made Apple an icon of American business.
 Sreedharan believed that one day he could give Delhi a world-class metro
rail.
 Nitish Kumar has the vision to transform Bihar and to have a faster, more
transparent and an efficient administration.
Leadership success always starts with a Vision. Compelling visions
can truly change the world. The visions these leaders have can be--and, in
fact, should be challenging to put into action. They realize them only by
setting realistic, demanding goals and then going after them.
“Strategy without vision is Worthless”

12.  Jobs was totally focused on innovation, and bringing new technology
in the products.
 Sreedharan, Metro man of India took up the challenge of building
the Konkan railways that reduced the Mumbai-Kochi distance by
one-third inspite of opposition from financial analysts,
environmentalists and bureaucrats .
 Nitish Kumar has always been a lone warrior. His focus was always
directed towards his ambition right through to make Bihar as one of
the most developed state in the world and constantly worked for it
right from his political career.

13. “The day soldiers stop bring you their problems, is the day you
have stopped leading them.” - General Colin Powell
 Steve Jobs relied heavily on the synergy that often takes place in face-to-
face collaboration. The Apple headquarters were designed to encourage
chance meetings and maximize person-to-person encounters.
 Listening to Sreedharan was like a star professor. This role of advising,
listening, motivating seems to fit him like wheels on a track. He is a good
speaker, and his advice doesn’t come across as pontification; it’s almost like
a suggestion.
 As the chief minister of state, Nitish Kumar has been articulating there plans
and vision for the state. His oratory and persuasive skills are well acclaimed
not only within his own party and state but also across entire nation.

14. “ It doesn’t matter how many resources you have. If you don’t
know how to use them, it will never be enough.”-Anonymous
 Steve Jobs: To create products and service which reflect a passion for delivering
delightful user experiences from start to finish.
 Sreedharan believes that human resources, maintenance, stores, accounts and
project execution is interlinked and fully computerised to avoid manual delays,
heavy documentation and duplication of inter-departmental activities.
 Nitish Kumar with limited resources and little financial aid he has been able to
transfer a state by just ensuring that limited resources are put to optimum
utilization.
Leaders need to analyze the operational or production capacity of their
organizational unit. Next, leaders must determine the causes of bottlenecks and
problems, which can include inadequate scheduling or insufficient human or
financial resources.

15. “I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in
terms of the service it might give others.. I find out what the
world needs, then I proceed to invent.” -Anonymous
 Steve Jobs: “If we don’t cannibalize ourselves, someone else will”.
 Installation of reverse countdown clocks that remind the employees about
the impending deadlines of their projects was a very innovative step taken
by Sreedharan.
 Nitish Kumar has also charmed his followers and critics with his ability to
implement out of box ideas which have had significant impact on social
development in Bihar.
Innovation Leadership involves adopting certain styles of
leadership in organizations to influence employees to produce innovative
ideas, products and solutions.

16. “A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this
world.”- Albert Camus
Steve Jobs was an autocratic leader he always thinks what he does
is right. In the pursuit of a goal, he let no one stand in his way and
would not hesitate to run down, push aside or destroy anyone who
got in his way .
Following the principles of Bhagwad Gita, Sreedharan has always
tried to do things right. His definition of success is not just about
completing a project on time, but completing it with transparent
integrity .
Nitish Kumar’s biggest political asset is his pristine reputation.He
has always taken things head on and confronted his party members,
policy makers on every public policy decision
From ethical point of view, Steve Jobs was more flexible in
approach but all these leaders have a common similarity that they
took end to end responsibility .

17. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”-Leonardo da
Vinci
 Jobs’ ability to focus was accompanied by the related instinct to
simplify things by zeroing in on their essence and eliminating
unnecessary components .
 Sreedharan’s favourite quotation is “Do you work without
expecting any return out of it”,. You do it for the sake of the
society of the organization you work for.
 Nitish Kumar is still grounded to his roots and believes in simple
living. Frugality, simple living, and altruism, loved neat clothes
and the environment qualities were unconsciously instilled in
Nitish and became a part of his personal and political life.

18. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working
together is success.”- Henry Ford
 Jobs loved working in teams and loved meetings, He felt that, in general, teams,
especially large groups, made the best decisions and developed the best
products—but only if they were leveraged correctly.
 Focus and passion are Sreedharan’s traits, but for him the success mantra is
teamwork. His management is a process of aligning people and getting them
committed to work for a common goal to the maximise social benefit in search of
excellence.
 Nitish Kumar has delegated few key responsibilities to his subordinates. He also
re-energized the local governments in the form of panchayats or assemblies, by
giving them more responsibility for areas such as education.

19. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the
desire to beat others.- Ayn Rand
Steve jobs himself was a motivator ,which helped team members to
envision success and possibilities. He inspired and attracted people with
the same vision and the skill set he needed for the team.
Sreedharan believes that the best way to motivate people is to set an
example for them . He tried to set an example in all manners, everything
whether it is punctuality or inspection or standards for specifications,
finishing of the work on time .
 Nitish Kumar always wanted to be close to the masses and to address
their problems and grievances. For eg: program “Janata Ke Darbar Mein
Mukhyamantri” shows how he try to motivate people through ensuring
quick readdressal of the problems and that government is for the peoples
welfare
An effective leader must have a thorough knowledge of
motivational factors for others. He must understand the basic needs of
employees and peers. Leadership is used as a means of motivating others.