Why Baba Should Stick to Yoga

Corruption is the latest buzz word in INDIA. Everyone; from a school kid to a CEO, a Peon to the Principal, a Veteran Freedom Fighter to a Yogi; is seen chanting the “C” word these days (whether Against or For it is immaterial). Is being corrupt glamorous enough to attract spotlight or is it the “MAYA” of being a politician. Nevertheless, one thing is for sure; everyone wants to be a politician, for good reason or whatever, but everyone wants to hold the reins of power once in their lifetime. There is nothing bad in it, everyone has right to, but as the good old saying goes.. “With great power, comes great Responsibility “. In our country; of-course it means “With great power comes Greater Corruption “.

Hence the moment I saw Baba Ramdev agitating to bring back what belongs to us, I was full of praise for New born Patriotism in India. But soon that gave way to reckless feeds from media and Government. The stage set for reckoning “good Health” was changed to a “Political Play Ground “, the Chants of “OM”, changed to anguished voices over money that “should” be brought back. This led me to think a scenario of a future INDIA in which we have governments run by God People and Yogis. Terrified, I Put Three reasons why Baba should stick Only to Yoga

1. Ending corruption would lead to a dearth of politicians in our Country , leading to a total Governmental ANARCHY ( if I may call it ) .
2. Nation would wake up to sounds of “Bhasans” rather than “Bhajans “.
3. Absence of Yogis would lead to an Unhealthy India, Which; I guess; is not Baba’s Intention.

( The blog is intended in Humorous tone and means to Hurt No one )

Leadership Development: Myth and Process

The field of Leadership Development, with its Charm of High flying Professionalism; Top Notch Salaries; Highly Recommended books; Glamorous seminars and executive coaches, has become a most sought after and Multi Billion Payment Industry . Organization pay huge sum to Leadership Development Consulting to find out answers to ONE question:

"How do WE Develop Leadership"?

Unfortunately, Most of the thought and process that goes within “Leadership Development” is simply misleading and deceptive. Most of the “Leadership Development” processes use Oversimplified Jargons and Over-Complied Activities that render “Leadership” as a pill that can be popped in and develop leadership skills.

Now Why did I used “leadership skills” in BOLD and ITALICS?? Just for a simple reason that leadership is not a “Skill” that can be learnt or imbibed or developed. Leadership is a continuous process through which all of us have to go through; no matter what age or post or profession we are into. It’s time we get real about Leadership and understand that leaders are not “Trained”, they are “Processed and developed”. The “Process and Development” of Leadership can be divided into two Phases "Visioning" and "Seeing Through The Vision" ; followed by a third “Activity”.

Phase One: Visioning

“Vision” is the ONLY process that distinguishes between a Leader and a Leader Want-to-be. Let me give you an example,

‘Thomas Edison lived in an era which is known for revolution in industrial developments, art and politics. Fighting the darkness after twilight was a major problem during that era, but Edison did not set out to build a better candle; he found a whole new way to illuminate the darkness. ‘

That's the kind of process that defines a “vision”. This is a process to “imagine” the big picture. It is not a process improvement that reduces errors, but the new manufacturing process that completely eliminates the step that caused the errors. It is the new product that makes people say "why didn't I think of that", not just a Mobile handset that lets you to change the cover plates daily.

A visioning process should see a problem that needs to be fixed and should be “seen through” with a single minded orientation. This brings us to the second phase of “Leadership Process”, i.e. Seeing Through the vision.

( This Excerpt discusses about First phase of “Leadership Process” and will be posted in Three phase parts. “Leadership Process” is a sub process of “Organization Process Re-Engineering ^TM ” Promoted by ReVeRsE GyAaN ^TM. )