What is Leadership - an Art or a Science...?

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Today in office at the lunch table, we were talking on Leadership in context with Satyam's scam, I would say it's indeed Ramalinga Raju's fraud.

Then came a question: Leadership - is it an Art or a Science...???

One of my colleagues said, "Leadership is an art, not a science. It depends mostly on sensitivity to circumstances, courage to face reality and a continual willingness to do whatever it takes to bring others along with an artistic eye for the future".

One another colleague said, "Leadership is a science, not an art. It purely depends on the ability to gather the data available around, gather tangible information and take appropriate decision on that for the future".

I believe "Leadership is more of an art with some science. Its all about dealing with people and situations those would probably lead to a better future if led in the right way".

What do you think on Leadership, is it an Art or a Science...???
Share your thoughts and comments.

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With Love.
Anbusivam

Small Change Can Make Big Difference

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Yes indeed its very true that, "A Small Change Can Make Big Difference" most of the time in many areas of our life.

A Better technical term that can well explain this idea is "Butterfly Effect" (or sometimes referred to a Chaos Theory). A butterfly's soft tiny wings can make changes in the atmosphere, that may ultimately may alter the path of a Tornado, it may even create or prevent the occurrence of tornado at certain location. It doesn't mean that flapping of a butterfly's wings only can create tornado, but its a consecutive chain of effects whose initial conditions would be different if not because the flapping wings of a butterfly.

Does this Butterfly Effect play a role in our relationships....??? Yes to a great extent.

Small gestures and reciprocations could make a huge difference in the way our relationships take course. Most of the time we take things for granted in our close relations. We don't even think of saying a Thank You to our parents, spouse or friends as we believe that they are obliged to do things for us, as after all we are there for them. Understanding some of the subtle feelings of our loved ones and supporting them the way they need (not the way we would need in a similar situation) would surely change the relationship into a stronger one. I've come across people who, feel pressure in their relationships now as they failed to address these small and subtle needs to nurture it into a stronger one.

Does this Butterfly Effect play a role in our work....??? Yes to a great extent.

Looking carefully to the smallest details while starting a project is very very critical in our work place too. A subtle mistake while getting our customer's requirements would end up in a big trouble at the finishing of the product. This would definitely take a huge expense to correct at the final delivery stage.

Every morning, the time it takes for me to reach my office greatly depends on what time I start from my home. It usually takes 30mins if I start at 7.20am. It takes more than an hour if I start at 7.30am. I used to wonder how come just a 10mins difference in the initial condition makes a huge impact of more than 30mins at the destination. In fact the number of vehicles come out on the road increases more than twice in that 10mins delay and it literally looks like butterflies crowding on the road....:) Yes, this is nothing but a Butterfly effect.

Again, Yes indeed its very true that, "A Small Change Can Make Big Difference" most of the time in many areas of our life. We should be looking out for those subtle things, that can really make big difference.

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With Love,
Anbusivam