Mahatma Gandhi's Theory Of Leadership Analysis

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. Leadership is a process by which a person can direct, guide and influence others in the accomplishment of a given goal. It also has the potential of the manager to influence the behaviour of other people and make the subordinates work with zeal and confidence. It can also be the human factor that binds the group together in achieving a specific goal. Leadership is an interpersonal process, the manager guiding the subordinates in achieving the goal. It also denotes the few qualities that are present in a person like confidence, intelligence and maturity. It is situation bound. There are many types of leadership. One of then is Transformational Leadership. It the type of leadership

In a transformational leadership, the leader can inspire the workers to find better ways of achieving a goal and also raise the well being and motivation of a group. The major advantage of a transformational leadership is that it is excellent at communicating new ideas and also good at balancing short term visions and long term goals. Considering all these characteristics and the theory of transformational leadership, the name that is often discussed with transformational leadership is Mahatma Gandhi also known as ‘The Father of the Nation”. Mahatma Gandhi was born on the second day of October, 1969 at Porbandar, Gujrat. His father was Karamchand Gandhi who was the Dewan of the State of Rajkot and a noble man. His mother was Putlibai who was a simple and religious lady which influenced Gandhiji a lot and he grew to be deeply religious, honest and fearless. Mahatma Gandhi was married to Kasturba Gandhi in 1883. He travelled to England to study barrister-in-law. After a brief study he returned to his home country in 1991. Later on, at the age of 24, Mahatma Gandhi went to South Africa as a lawyer and spent twenty one years there. During his stay in South Africa, he mainly employed

In all his movements, a basic set of rules were followed. In the Salt March, the issue was clearly identified on which the struggle would be launched. This movement gave worldwide attention and also started the Non-Cooperation Movement. The salt satyagraha marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience movement. This was in some ways more radical from the beginning than Non-cooperation. Unlike the latter, it involved a deliberate violation of the law and was not just a refusal to render voluntary services. In some areas, this was accompanied with non payment of village level chowkidari taxes as well. This situation clearly explains the leadership style of Gandhi. During the Salt March, the followers of Gandhi had created a very big impact on his followers. The followers of Gandhi had trust, admiration and respect for him. During this protest, he followed the method of non violent protest and he instilled trust and loyalty in his followers. He also enlarged the vision of his followers and also clarified purposes to make behaviour congruent with his beliefs and principles. Gandhi’s leadership is completely self made and grew to it’s greatest impact and his daily challenges and experiments with truth progressed. He did not have the benefit of a good personality or good oratory skills or leadership courses but his inner voice guided him