Leadership in Mission Mangal

By Swarojit Sharma(Enrollment no.-21)

The story revolves around a team of experts working for the Indian Space Organization ISRO who after
the failure of GSLV is eager to take lead in the world community by becoming the first nation to reach
Mars in the first attempt. Prominent actor Akshay Kumar played the lead role as Rakesh Dhawan. The
leadership qualities he has are dynamic and vast.

The first worthy character of a leader that Akshay shows is Failure shouldn’t make you
demotivated after GSLV failed due to some technicalities he took the failure in a sporting way.

Risk is also a part of leaders' life, the lead shows it by influencing management to go for the
mangalyaan mission when more than half of the people in his own organization were pretty sure about
its failure due to budget constraints.

Teamwork is also a very important part of leadership skill which is also shown in the movie, Akshay
Kumar comes up with an energetic team which he thinks can achieve the impossible eventually as
shown it has. Without teamwork, mammoth achievements can never be achieved.

A leader always listens to his team he is not authoritative he listens to the views of everyone and then
takes a decision which is good for all.

Innovative ideas are always welcomed by a leader, matter of the fact that the female lead Vidya Balan
as Tara Shinde in the film comes up with a very innovative approach to solve the problem that PSLV can
be used to launch mangalyaan her idea was inspired by turning on and off gas during “puri” preparation.

The final leadership skill that the lead has is his sheer determination a leader should always be
determined to achieve a goal no matter what he faces, which in turn will motivate his team.

Moreover, the story of the Indian Mars Mission is a lesson not only in leadership but also in team
building, resilience and persistence.

The team though had a lot of different personalities, ranging from members who are just working for
the experience to join a more established organization to people who had family problem getting taunts
from grandmother for a baby. Despite all those problems the team along with the team leader came up
to achieve the impossible.