The secret of leadership by Prakash iyer

1. Book Review of “The Secret of Leadership”
By:-Prakash Iyer
By :–Niraj Kumar
PGDM(SEC-D)-2016-18

2. Cover Page

3. Information about the book
● Title of the Book : The Secret of Leadership
● Author: Prakash Iyer
● Publication: The Penguin Group
● Copyright: 2013
● Price: 299 /-
● Cover and book designer: Aashim Raj

4. ● Type of book- It is a motivational book which has stories to
Awaken ,Inspire and Unleash the Leader. Within.
● Subject matter- All of these stories come together in an
explosive cocktail to unleash your inner leader.
● Special features- Simply told story , Thoroughly enjoyable ,
Every story has summery which make you to recollect the
message .
● Authors purpose in writing the book- Powerful leasons on
leadership

5. Information about Author
Name – Prakash Iyer
Education- MBA from IIM Ahmedabad
And also trained coach
Experience- Corporate service of 25 Year
Currently the managing director
of Kimberly Clark Lever
Passionate- People , Cricket ,Motivation
speaker , trained leadership coach
Other Book- The Habit of Winning
For more details- Check http://prakashiyer.com/

6. TABLE OF CONTENTS
● This book is divided in four groups
A. The Leader within
B. The leader’s mindset
C. The leader’s way
D. Leading Teams

7. ● And total stories are sixty from all the groups .Some of
the stories which I find interesting are:-
1. Climbing Your Mountain
2. Leadership lessons from a Teabag!
3. What to Be a Good Leader? Get a “PhD” !
4. ‘Run with YOUR mind , Not Just Your Legs!’
5. One 500-Rupee Note. And Two lessons!
6.Put the Glass Down
7. The Secret of Sachin Tendulkar.
8. What to Be a Good Leader? Just Do It!
9. The Truck with No Tail Lights.

8. Climbing your mountain
● Edmund Hillary’s to Mount Everest
● Some year before when he failed he screamed to mountain
“I will come again and conquer you! Because as a mountain
,you can’t grow. But as a human ,I can!
● That message was not for mountain it was for world only
that we can keep trying better ,we can keep growing and
we can all overcome life’s challenges and climb all those
mountains we set our sights on
● So if two people want to climb the mountain, what's the
most important things they need? Teamwork? Or training?
Favorable weather conditions? Teamwork? Luck?

9. “PhD”
● Passion ,Hunger And Discipline
● Passion: Do you Enjoy what you are doing? Do you love
your work?
● Hunger: How badly do you want to win? Are you really
hungry for success?
● Discipline : Once you have the passion and the hunger , you
will probably see a road emerge in front of you ,leading you
to your goal. And then you all need is discipline .. You will get
obstacles ,roadblocks and many things which can stop you
to get your goal

10. “Run with YOUR mind , Not
Just Your Legs!”
● Success in life is not defined by talent and physical ability
● When you run with your legs, you allow the pressures to
weigh you down. You find yourself saying , “I can’t!”
● But when you run with your mind mind, your mind will say “I
CAN!”.
● Colonels sanders chicken dishes –KFC

11. “One 500-Rupee Note. And
Two lessons!”
● Most of us just wait for good things to happen. That’s of no
use. You’ve got to make things happen
● And there will be times when we feel crushed, stamped on,
beaten. But never let that diminish your worth.
● Remember you are still the terrific person you were. Just
because someone chooses to crush you –that doesn’t
change your worth one bit!

12. “Put the Glass Down”
● Let go of your problem .Don’t carry that grudge. Remember
to put the glass down!
● Hold the glass in your hand you will feel the small glass also
can hurt or paralyzed your hand.
● Leave all you worry ,problem and tension outside the home
when you are getting in .

13. “The Secret of Sachin
Tendulkar”
● Tendulkar studies the whole book for the exam! Do you?
● I will play!, he said . Nay I will fight
● The opportunity comes to us all the question is how
prepared are we when opportunity comes knocking ?
● We may not all have Tendulkar talents or his mental
strength, but we can all have his work ethic.
● Always remember to study the whole book for the exam

14. What to Be a Good Leader?
Just Do It!
● Make a beginning –right away- When ever you have goal
take the first step, however small
● Break up the grand plan into smaller tasks-Something is
better than nothings
● Visualize your success-Think the pleasure not the pain
● Create a support team-surrounded yourself with people
who share your objective
● Pay up in advance-
● J P Morgan- Success formula
1.Every morning write down a list of the things that
need to be done that day
2. Do Them

15. “The Truck with No Tail Lights”
● Good leader make sure they have great headlights and
excellent tail lamps too
● They recognize that there are folks behind them who need
to see those tail lamps as they drive forth on their journey
● Not giving tail lamp can cause an accident and interrupt
the journey

16. What I Liked in the book
● The language and simple story which has big impact
● Sachine Tendulkar story about game
● J P morgan success
● Story about run with your mind not legs
● Give yourself an “A”

17. Summary :-
● They are just some of the stories from the book packed with
wisdom.
● Its completely inspirational read right from the leader
within, the leader’s mindset, the leader’s way and leading
teams.
● The every story has some message which is related to the
leader quality

18. Thank you!