Editorials

by Rajen Kumar

No Escaping Social Media

Running a magazine concentrating on issues of small and medium enterprises and managing with limited resources is a like living life on the edge. In this rush of meeting deadlines,...

Special Reports

Apr 2012

EMRC, Brussels Associates with SME WORLD as its New Media Partner

EMRC has promoted business partnerships with the developing world and has organised dozens of business forums in key decision-making cities, such as Amsterdam, Rome,...

Interviews

School of Inspired Leadership: ‘We Create Ethical Business Leaders who are Game Changers'

Rishi Sonwal
May 2011

Page 1 of 9

Entrepreneurs are the business leaders. Every successful entrepreneur has a story to tell. He or she has succeeded because they followed their instinct to do something new and innovative, to formulate the idea which has been assumed as impossible. They derive their own success and become role model for others.

But can entrepreneurship be taught in the confines of classrooms? It is a matter of discussion but one thing is clear that all the successful entrepreneurs have been innovative and creative. Though every child is born with a certain level of creativity but he slightly destroys his creativity or his latent talent with the fears as he grows. Fear of expectation from parents, fear to stay ahead, fear to get good job, fear to be established in life and so on.

Students often rush to do the MBA from the top B-schools but are these B-schools really making true business leaders? Are they providing the kind training which can sharpen their abilities to become business leaders who can eventually become game changers? Probably not, reason is that any student with good analytical ability or a proficiency in subjects like Math or English, need not be a good leader. They can at best try to evaluate the new idea rather than giving a new idea. Therefore, true leaders are something different than the ones being churned out by our B-schools which may impart traditional business information about finance, marketing, HR, technology, supply-chain, operation, etc.

It is obvious that an institution with such an traditional approach can produce leaders who can fit into the current system but can't change the system. They can work in a business environment but they can't establish a new business order.

So, there is a need of an institution which not only understands the qualities and abilities of the true leaders who can be game changers but also can polish their leadership abilities and can give the exceptional and transformational business training.

Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1 Comments >>

Cheyanna

06 Aug 2011 (00:46:02)

That's the best anwesr of all time! JMHO

Our Achievements

Winner of appreciation award for promoting SMEs in India.
1st ever Indian magazine to penetrate tier II, III cities & the rural belt.
Industry Partnerships include CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, PHDCC, AIMA, ITPO, SME Network, Federation of Indian Micro Small Enterprises (FISME)
Official Magazine Partners for several national & international MSME events.

The Last Word

More Learned than Educated, You were!

I was speechless. Rather hesitatingly I asked him, “So, what have you decided, Sominder ?” His reply was curt and candid, “I have told the doctors that I don’t want to live life as dumb. Only...

You can also write for SME WORLD

We are looking for writers and experts to contribute original stories and articles. Send an email to smeworld@gmail.com with your story idea and lets get talking.

Some of our valued contributors are...