Leadership and Strategy Analysis-Global Outlook and Indian Perspective

1.Strategic Theory in the Indian Context    In India one of the foremost Strategic thinker and a political realist is Kautilya or Chanakya and the book he wrote on Statecraft,Politics,Leadership and Strategy,Administration and Economy is called Arthashastra and he also wrote a book called Chanakya Neeti and the main point in this strategy book is the principle of RajaMandala which means the circle of enemy and friendly states surrounding the Kings state and the application of Sama,Dana,Bheda,Danda,Upeksha,Indrajala and Maya. Extract from Wikipedia Upayas (diplomacy) Upayas​ is a Sanskrit word that means "approaches", "to come into any state or condition" and "to come near or towards".It also refers to methods of diplomacy found in Hinduism and Jainism texts. Kautilya mentioned four Upayas - Sama, Dana or Dama, Danda and Bheda as ways to reach to a solution in state politics to avoid conflicts and war situations.This phrase is also commonly use...

The world today has many leaders who are experts in the dark side of leadership and follow Machiavellian leadership principles which is the realistic view of leadership written by  Machiavelli during times when the roman empire was in chaos. The Machiavellism is described as immoral behaviour such as dishonesty and killing of innocents as being normal and effective in politics.It is associated with political deceit,deviousness  and other manipulations by which one can accumulate power.It is the deployment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft and in general conduct.It is also described as duplicitous interpersonal style,cynical disregard for morality and a focus on self interest and personal gain.The leaders who use this leadership style use psychological manipulation tactics and are morally bankrupt.They can be identified by their desire to maintain power at any cost,harsh management tactics and manipulative behaviour.They deploy psychological manipulative tactics o...

The Roman Empire had promoted slavery in the state and offered protection to the slave owners and punished the slaves who deserted their owners by killing them in the gladiator arena and most of the slaves were bought by wealthy people (Oligarchs)and trained to fight as Gladiators and entertain people by fighting to death and the winner in the Gladiator contest is given freedom from Slavery.Gannicus was a slave who fought the Gladiator contest and has successfully won his freedom from slavery while many others have died a warrior death in the gladiator arena.Some Roman soldiers who rebelled against their superiors were made to become slaves and their wives were also raped and sent to work as slaves in the mining areas or under some wealthy people.One such unfortunate Roman soldier was Spartacus who was condemned to Slavery and his wife raped and sent to become slave as he has not followed the orders given by his superior in the war.Spartacus became a Gladiator and worked in the s...