Leadership lessons from Ants

G.Yoganandan KSRCAS

G.Yoganandan, Faculty, Management Studies, KSRCAS

2/14/2014

The ants work as a team

Lesson 1
form a team, bringing professionals together.

G.Yoganandan, Faculty, Management Studies, KSRCAS

2/14/2014

The ants trust one another

Lesson 2
must do away with the notion that only by working alone one can ensure quality.

G.Yoganandan, Faculty, Management Studies, KSRCAS

2/14/2014

The ants are open

Lesson 3
share the idea with like-minded people. When ants discovered food, they informed others, who came along and helped.

G.Yoganandan, Faculty, Management Studies, KSRCAS

2/14/2014

The ants are partners and of different sizes

Lesson 4
will bring help and make the task our project, not mine. As much as possible, each team member (shall) will get assignment based on his capability.

G.Yoganandan, Faculty, Management Studies, KSRCAS

2/14/2014

The ants are diligent and focused

Lesson 5 The team must keep working, even slowly. Deadlines will give us focus.

G.Yoganandan, Faculty, Management Studies, KSRCAS

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The ants regroup

Lesson 6 be open to try new ideas if present ones are not working.

G.Yoganandan, Faculty, Management Studies, KSRCAS

2/14/2014

By engaging everyone in the organization, and trusting people, you will have more success. Give others the opportunities to fail or succeed, and always ask for help.

It means understanding like my ancestors that "The ant-hills are not built by elephants, but by the collective efforts of the little rejected ants." Mr. Ndubuisi Ekekwe

G.Yoganandan, Faculty, Management Studies, KSRCAS

2/14/2014

Adopted from

Article Titled The Leadership Lessons of Ants authored by Mr. Ndubuisi Ekekwe, the founder of non-profit African Institution of Technology. He recently edited Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: Global Diffusion, Economics and Policy. Published in the Harvard Business Review.

Thanks

G.Yoganandan, Faculty, Management Studies, KSRCAS

2/14/2014