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CORPORATE LESSONS
FROM MAHATMA GANDHI

Stress Management
‡ Gandhiji had a good sense of humour which he used to reduce stress.
‡ He read Bhagvad Gita whenever felt disappointed. ‡ Today HR managers conduct laughing class for employees.

ENVIRONMENT
CONSERVATION
‡ Gandhiji believed that nature can fulfill our needs but not greed.

Decentralization
‡ Gandhiji wanted to make villages self dependant.He developed local leaders at grassroot level.

INNOVATION
‡ Gandhiji successfully used nonvoilent methods like non cooperation,civil disobedience against oppressive rule in history of mankind.

LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE
‡ Gandhiji always taught only those things which he himself practiced.
‡ Today HR managers should have hands on experience of process followed in all departments before giving training to employees.Especially in sectors like retail
,bpo & hospitality it is a must.

GENDER EQUALITY
‡ Gandhiji had an opinion that men & women have equal mental capacity. Women are partners rather than slave of men.
‡ Today companies have realized good qualities of female employees.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
‡ Gandhiji knew importance of producing good results even from limited resources.

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
‡ Gandhiji overcomed fear , anger & panic.He once said ³ Patience & perseverance can overcome mountains´.
‡ HR managers need to have patience, control anger while giving training, grievance handling & counselling.

WORKFORCE DIVERSITY
Gandhiji seeked participation of people of all religion ,caste & economic status in his movement. COMMITMENT
‡ Gandhiji used to work eighteen hours in a day whole week.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT
‡ Mahatma Gandhi once said µWe must first change ourselves before changing others.´

CONCLUSION
Mahatma Gandhi had multi dimensional personality.He had good leadership skills,covincing shill, training & development skills.His teachings are still relevant in present time.