Leadership Development Initiative
Leadership Development Initiative

Leadership Development Initiative

Hardly was this week's Leadership Development Initiative (LDI) theme declared as "Situational Leadership" when all the excited interns raised their hands and formed a virtual queue to present their pitch.

It was like a long fast filling line for the best roller coaster in the world!

Soon, every one, one after the other, began to present their pitch to the audience that was supposed to subconsciously choose who they join.?

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Saurabh, bringing his personal experience into the game, pitched,

"Describing a situation and breaking it down into pieces is crucial, I am exploring this concept, if you want to as well please join my room."

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"It is human nature to feel trapped, if you want to flawlessly battle through conflicts through scientific reasoning, please join my room"? pitched Harleen, an intern who joined DT a week ago.

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"Not every war is worth fighting, so is not every situation worth handling. If you want to learn how to know what situation needs your attention, come to my room,"?

looking straight into the eyes of everyone, pitched Anuraj, attracting the audience to his breakout rooms.

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There were 27 more people who pitched to an audience of 100!?

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Now, the pitches were over and some of the audience had already decided which room they'd join and were waiting to burst into questions as they joined that specific room. While others were going through pitches they had written in their thread builders, eagerly looking forward to deciding before the breakout rooms opened.?

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No sooner did the breakout rooms open than everyone rushed into the leaders' room of their choice. It was like a grand mall opening in the morning with a grand sale, everyone rushing in to buy before anyone else did. The only difference was, here in the LDI, leadership styles were sold.?

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As people joined various rooms, in Artuha’s breakout room, Aesha asked,

“When you do not have a situation under control, what do you do? Do you take a reactive step? Do you take a proactive step?”?

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“Considering yourself as a CEO, how will you negotiate to bring the best opportunity to the table?”, Shubhajit asked Bhalaji in his breakout room.?

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While every breakout room had a Socrates questioning the leaders, Sharath was the Feyman, not only giving an example but also implementing it.

He had a situation, “What if there’s a shy member in your team?”

He came up with an activity where he asked Piysuh, a shy yet people person, to interact with Naveen for 2 minutes, which went on for 5 minutes.?

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Soon, the LDI ended. Everyone joined the main room, only when the rooms were closed, with a thought,

“Only if I had the chance to ask 1 more question!”

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Leadership Development Initiative is a weekly ritual of DeepThought, with a 3 fold cause. We do it because:?

  • It gives rise to leaders- Everyone can participate in to pitch to demonstrate their leadership style to the audience and be questioned on it.?
  • It ignites cross-functional interaction- People not only from various departments but also from different companies come to interact with each other.?
  • People love it- People enjoy questioning, interacting with others, leading breakout rooms, and answering varied questions coming from diverse perspectives

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Do you think this world has fewer leaders? What if everyone could be a leader?

Tarun Ayitam

CEO, DT | MSME vs MNCs | Creating a level playing field for MSMEs with Inhouse Growth teams | Why should MNC get all the talent? Driving Business Expansion of MSMEs through Organizational Psychology | TEDx Speaker

1 年

It is nice to have everyone talk and introspect about situational leadership. This would hopefully get some of the folks to stand up in some actions, take ownership and thus become situational leaders!

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