LAGAAN- Story of an Emerging Leader and his Team Film Story: (Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagaan) In the small village of Champaner‚ during the height of the British Empire in India in 1893‚ Captain Andrew Russell (Paul Blackthorne)‚ the commanding officer of the Champaner cantonment‚ has imposed high taxes ("lagaan") on people from the local villages which they are unable to pay due to a prolonged drought. Led by Bhuvan (Aamir Khan)‚ the villagers beg Raja Puran Singh (Kulbhushan Kharbanda)
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A Better Daughter “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” My eyes opened to the familiar sound of the lady singing from my alarm clock. It was two days after Christmas‚ 8:00 a.m. in the morning. I slowly spill out of bed‚ very slowly‚ continuously murmuring‚ “Why do I have to wake up? I’m not even in school anymore.. ugh..” As I was crawling up the stairs to the dining room‚ I can already tell by the sound coming from kitchen; my father was very ready to start our day. The major plans for
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profitability. Companies that have managed to reduce costs and understand the cost technology can obtain sustainable advantage as a cost leader. In order for any company to become a cost leader is important that the cost technology is understood and the five constituent steps are implemented and followed by the management. The five steps towards obtaining a cost leader advantage are: (1) Distinguish between economies of scale‚ size and scope‚ (2) Increase average productivity of labour‚ (3) Normalize
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Congregational committee meetings are like that dinner-table. It is in these informal moments that church leaders can have the greatest impact. They show how even the most mundane issues must be seen in light of God’s presence with us. Finding someone to salt the icy winter sidewalks‚ for example‚ is not just a liability issue; it’s a matter of hospitality. It is in committee meetings that church leaders offer not just perspective but spiritual resources. There is a deep Biblical tradition‚ for example
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Prince Klemens von Metternich: His Ideology‚ his Role in History‚ and the Stories we Tell. Metternich was an extremely intelligent man who turned his conservative beliefs into international policy. Metternich was a confident leader who put little faith in popular opinion or sentiment because he believed that the common man was too fickle in his loyalties and too inept to understand the magnitude of foreign policy. He was a loyal "servant" to the Austrian Emperor‚ even though Metternich was the
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The Filipino youth exemplary leaders Is the Filipino youth empowered? First let me ask you this question: Is youth‚ in general‚ empowering? Does being young bring about a sense of knowing what you can and need to do? Does it give us the divine power known as empathy? Well‚ no‚ not all youth are given that chance. Not all people are given the loving embrace of a parent or the right societal values- that is what separates the Filipino youth from any other youth.We may say that the Filipino people
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The Ethical Leader in the Workplace In today’s society‚ many Americans do not believe that ethics are essential component of the workplace. We can look at Enron‚ Arthur Andersen and numerous other organizations to see what can happen when managers behave unethically. While many individuals say that he/she is ethical‚ we often find ourselves in situations where living up to our ethical beliefs is difficult. These are the situations that separate good (and effective) leaders from everyone else
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effective leader The typical project environment could be described as agile and ferociously competitive. To deliver the success of a project and more importantly to sustain business in the highly competitive environment will need an effective leadership. The key ingredients of effective leadership leading to success are getting the right people in the right jobs. Leadership is development of a clear and complete system of expectations in order to identify‚ evoke and use the
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Why Does Botswana Need a National Vision? Ē times & values in general have changed so significantly both domestically & around ē world. Bots finds itself having to introspect‚ position itself as well as maintain its valued culture & integrity. How the Vision was produced Ē work of defining Vision 2016 started in Aug 1996 by Presidential Task Group. They made a booklet entitled “A Framework for a Long Term Vision for Botswana”. Their task was to manage a process for consulting Batswana to discover
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unless those ideas can be communicated to others in a way that engages them. Put even more simply‚ the leader is the inspiration and director of the action. He is the person in the group that possesses the combination of personality and leadership skills that makes others want to follow his direction. In business‚ leadership is welded to performance. Those who are viewed as effective leaders are those who increase their company’s bottom lines. To further confuse the definition of leadership‚ we
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