This document discusses leadership in India. It defines leadership and compares leadership to management. It then outlines some current leadership issues in India such as political issues, gender discrimination, lack of vision, and corruption. It discusses how poverty, an obsolete education system, corrupt government, and lack of able leaders have contributed to the development of these issues. The document also provides insights into transformational Indian leaders and compares priorities of top Indian and US CEOs. It concludes by outlining implications for Indian and foreign managers of a lack of strong leadership in India.

1. MGMT 568 (Comparative Management) – LEADERSHIP
Target Country - India
Presented To: Allan Cahoon, Gloria Miller & MGM Community
Presented By: Chandandeep Singh

2. Definition
Leadership is an executed vision aimed to influence people by inspiring
them with continuous innovation, compassion, character, sacrifice,
integrity and decision making. Leadership is all about transforming the
present to future by showing direction.

3. Leadership V/S Management
Misconception about Leadership
Leadership is frequently mistaken with
Management. Management and leadership are
two different skills, entities having different
domains
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4. Current Leadership Issues in India
Political Issues
• India at present is ruled by a pre-
independence leaders that are
striving only for power
• At political level also, India’s growth
is endangered by leadership deficit
• Political involvement at commercial
levels discourage authentic
leadership
Gender Discrimination
• Discriminating women over men for
leadership positions is frequent as
female gender is seen as an
emotional and weaker gender
• Sexual harassment of women at
workplace is very common in most
of the companies

5. Current Leadership Issues in India (Contd.)
No Clear Vision
• The current political leadership of India
is visionless
• Many of the existing leaders are
demonstrating no or least vision as
they are trying to repeat the "China
Model" of economic development, but
with a deviation
Leadership Development Issues
• “40% of top 100 corporates in India
have CEOs drawn from promoting
families”
• Absence of internal grooming or
advance succession planning
Corruption
• Public sector leadership is utterly
rotten with corruption, referencing and
favoritism due to political influence

6. Background of the
development of the Issue
Poverty & Obsolete Education System
• Public sector education is incompetent and lacks overall
infrastructure with no significant interest from government
• Approximately 94% students drop out of school before
completion of 12th grade due to inability to pay tuition
• Rest 6% mostly graduate with regular college degree which is
mainly irrelevant in today’s context and mostly becomes a
barrier in employment-generation
• Non-existence of government funding for private schooling
Corrupt Visionless Government
• Every government ruling the nation had demonstrated the
same characteristics of corruption, unjustifiable influence of
power, hunger for power and no vision for the development of
country
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7. Background of the development of
the Issue
Lack of Able Leaders
• Lack of leadership from the municipal level
offices to the highest offices of Indian
government and political parties
• Non participation of highly educated Indian
youth in the politics
No Leadership Development/Grooming
• Leadership development, placement &
succession planning has not been extensively
demonstrated by corporations operating in
India and other developing nations
• HR and talent development systems are not
competent enough or have the vacuum to
groom ambitious and aspiring employees for
the leadership roles

8. Leadership Lessons from India -
Top 98 Corporations
• Internally focused, long-term view
• Giving priority to motivating and
developing employees than that of
short-term shareholder interests
• Creating a sense of social mission
that is central to company culture
• Encouraging openness
• Developing and forming systems that
provide transparency and empower
employees by enabling
communication
• Pushing decision making down
through the ranks, and invest heavily
in training

9. Few Insights about
Indian
Transformational
Leaders/CEO’S
Vineet Nayar : Company HCL: Motto -Employee First Customer second: Leading 55,000 employees & 24
Billion Organization: Growing Faster than Indian Economy
Rattan Tata: Company Tata Group: 1991 Visioned Global Growth: Led 96 Companies: Acquired Tetley
Group, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Daewood: Developed the Tata Group on global level: ½ of Tata’s revenue
comes from global operations. Nano – Interview. Pricing and development : $2000 Guessed and
Projected as Goal: Engineered on cutting costs by repurposing scooter parts. Eliminating power
windows
Verghese Kurien: CompanyAmul: People call him Steve Jobs of India: Known as father of white
revolution 1950’s Amul Story. Made India the largest milk producer in the world. Contributes 17% to
the world supply. 30 Different companies
Sunil Mittal : Company Airtel:16 Billion Company : From a crankshaft manufacturing shed to India’s
biggest telecom giant. Retail (introduced Wal-mart). When faced with a choice between
perfection and speed, choose speed; perfection will follow.
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10. Comparative Analysis between Top US and Indian
CEO’S: Prioritizing Key Responsibilities
Indian US
Main focus on business strategy – Last Shareholder Main focus on shareholder interests
Indian executives spent more time on setting strategy but
gave additional attention to external demands like regulatory
concerns, the board, and shareholders
U.S. executives became increasingly attentive
to external demands—regulatory concerns,
the board, and shareholders
Indian leaders are likely to
own the strategy function
Western leaders often leave it to
profit-center heads
Transformational Transactional

11. Implications for Managers
Indian Managers
• NO Vision No Direction: Vision and Direction are leadership skills and without the
presence of able leaders in the company it becomes hard for managers to
recognize the goals of a company and they lose focus.
• Lack of Capitol: Foreign and domestic investors invest in the dreams of leaders
executed by managers in the leadership of competent CEO’s. However, managers
and companies fall short of raising the capital in form of equity or FDI due to the
roofing of incompetent leadership.
• Failure in Corporate Restructuring: It is impossible for managers to manage
innovation, employee engagement, talent, performance, competition and growth
without the direction of a leader.
• Loss of Potential Leaders: Corporations and managers are losing deserving leaders
who can fill in the CEO roles due to gender discrimination, poverty and improper
or no succession planning.
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12. Implications for Managers
Foreign Managers
Accountability towards Investment: Lack of Leadership has diverted Indian
Corporations from developing domestic manufacturing infrastructure.
Foreign managers, Investors and CEO’S are not convinced the way India is
transforming into a Service Sector Nation and due to that they are diverting
the attention and FDI towards countries like China.
INDIA