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Excellent Article , Anindya. This aspect in a leader by far is the hardest to practise as it is the most difficult to accept by the leader in the first place. Ego is so big that accepting Humility as a virtue itself is difficult. I feel the spiritual angle which you brought is was excellent as it is only in Indian culture where since ages and since our childhood too the stress has been on humility but in these modern world where people look up to the west for leadership inspiration and are following that culture more, the word humility is not there in that culture and slowly creeping in our city lives especially in nuclear families and that makes it more difficult to imbibe. Enjoyed the article thoroughly. Very well researched and crisply put across. It is a fantastic guide for great leadership.

Thanks Pradyoth

Wonderful article - was definitely a catalyst for some introspection!!! To add: These days, the words 'image', 'perception', 'narrative' are being increasingly used in an increasingly relative-world. However, real strength of character comes from traits that are more absolute in nature. Funny thing is that many humble people (Lal Bahadur Shastri comes to mind) are not even aware/conscious of their humility. As opposed to the fake humility of a businessman/politician - just too many examples :-)

Thanks for your insights

Humility is considered to be one of the highest forms of virtue…The saying “Pride comes before fall” cannot be taken for granted. This article is by far my favorite Anindya, in my opinion I think growth is inevitable… most people want to grow into becoming leaders, revolutionaries, visionaries, trendsetters, trailblazers etc… we all grow into becoming something…this really got me thinking, the fact that we all should start from bottom up and not the other way round is life’s most humblest forms of expression. Not many get this right though ! What I meant is life cannot get more humbler than that…. I learn a lot from nature & I thought this example would be adapt to use here…A tree that stands tall and strong, also had rooted its foundation into the ground many years ago, the journey started from the very base level, everyday it only grew taller, bigger, stronger and flourished into bearing fruitfulness. This tree wasn’t intimidated with its surrounding or environment, instead used all the available resources around, for its growth. As a result in its prime it offered, food, shelter, fresh air, even treated ailments and what not ? Being humble is to be able to value yourself in a way that isn't dependent on outperforming other people but being the best version of your own self or one of the best, at things you do. It’s proven that people with with high level of humility are able to handle stress more effectively, I believe they even have a higher level of physical and mental well-being. Humility equals to greater generosity, helpfulness, and gratitude—all things that can only serve to draw us closer to others. Thank you so much for this lovely read, it tickled my brains to reflect deeper on this topic !!

Wow! Wonderfully articulated Neeraj. Will quote from this in my final article from this season.

It's wonderfully written Anindya. Simplistically " Don't do things to others, which you don't want others to do it to you". This article interestingly deals with all such character traits. Humility is basic character helps people effortlessly navigate life and not only in their leadership roles.

Thanks Ramesh

Very well written article. Humility noun the definition the feeling or attitude that you have no special importance that makes you better than others; lack of pride: Grandma was a religious woman of deep humility. Does this help a leadership when you have reverence. Don’t know but I doubt it. Humility is broadly defined as 1) self-awareness, 2) appreciating others' strengths and contribution, and 3) openness to new ideas and feedback regarding one's performance. Leaders who are humble have a better grasp on organizational needs and make better informed decisions about task performance. One enduring feature of a leader with humility is the one who leads people and acknowledges there contributions and gives them the confidence to perform with a single instruction your failures are mine and your success are yours, do your best and before you show me your success be faster to share your failures. Failure root case and genuine understanding of the same is where solutions are found. This way the employee feels empowered and the leader harness the true potential of the organisation. Leadership is with exception and failure are exception and not the norm. Humility in leadership is taking responsibility for failure of the team celebrating it and fixing the root cause. Failure is where the learning happens and leadership with humanity is leading your team Where learning is constantly happening with failures. with a single instruction the humility in a leadership is seen when a leader declares to his team No one fails in this organisation all your failures are mine and since they are mine I will be upset if I am not the first to know about it. All success are yours and you can share it at will so that we can celebrate it. On my watch everyone sleeps knowing that I know about your failures and have acknowledged them as mine.

Wow! Lovely articulation Akhil. Thanks, will definitely use this in my closing blog of the series . . Thanks again

I would also like to add. Sometimes we create our own bubble called "over achievement" which only puts the self in perspective. Talking about it and nurturing over achievement is the problem maker though ppl may have humble beginnings/troubled starts and sudden peaked careers to become successful. Sometimes it is important to fail, and accepting failure, restarting, making an effort to unlearn and re learn is what makes humble people.

Great article and very interesting read. Loved all correlations. Some times calling a spade a spade is mistaken as "arrogance". It is important to empower responsibly and Humility comes in when there is no fear of competition and no insecurities in our minds. Keeping the "goal" and "objective" in mind rather than self. Hunger to learn and admit to not knowing something about a subject is extremely rare. There are many correlations I loved about this article. Looking fwd to reading the next one.

Thanks Karan

Very well written. Forces one to think about the "Hero" Archetype of leadership that we commonly adhere to. Also brings home the point that one needs to be a good follower first before being a good leader. As leadership is very situational and the willingness to be led sometimes separated the great leaders from mere tittle holders.

Thanks Suman. So very well said . . will use this note from you in my closing blog for the series. Thanks again.

In a world that is obsessed with 5 Star show offs and People with Dual faces - Humility stands out like a lake in a desert. There are times when I am amazed , at the kind of Power and following the so called Stars have . Their main competency is the power of their Projection of their basically ordinary work. So much like the Villains of the Ayn Rand Novels. and they promote ordinariness by being part of a herd and a group. Promoters and shareholders are mistaken that , stars will always be show offs. Hence they tend to think that the humble person will not be strong and visionary. How mistaken they are !!! Thanks Anindya for throwing light on the Humble leaders who patiently and courageously navigate their teams and their company towards the peak..

Thank you so much sir, for the inspiration to write this article. And for also being an example for all of us on leadership with humility. Thanks again,

Style and sense of sharing information is just stunning and the article is so very informative as like other particle of yours sir. There are a lot of take always that can be applied on professional and personal front. Freedom from pride and arrogance is not a easier one to practice. But to be a true leader one has to have a freedom from pride and arrogance. Well said and thanks for sharing. Vijey.

Thanks Vijey

Very interesting read. Opens up eyes on what leadership needs. The reason why we rate leaders like Ratan tata above others is his humility. Humility is such a powerful virtue to posses but a equally difficult one to practice for many. Sometimes humility becomes inversly proportional to success, where as it should be directly proportional. Really a powerful article!

Thanks Bharat

Dear Anindya, Wonderfully meaningful topic to talk about in our current context. Let us look at Putin as a leader. Look at how much arrogance he oozes and hence how much suffering he has caused and how much more he may cause. Also we had Trump of the same breed. Yesterday in a dialogue with few friends, one of them said something simply beautiful 'Surrender leads to freedom. You are comfortable in surrendering to the moment because you are confident and courageous". So I believe arrogance is an outwardly projection of 'Low self-esteem and under-confidence'. Humility comes from heightened self-awareness, acceptance of oneself, acceptance of others, acceptance of the moment and acceptance of the fact we are vulnerable and helpless beings (What power did we have in from a small virus during Covid). But surely RARE in corporate world compared to even political world. But even there we had examples Ratan Tata! I loved the way you are bringing the ancient wisdom available in this land. I just want to share something I have heard so many times in my school days: Ravana and his people vanished because of his AHAMKARA! Duryodhana and his race was annihilated because of 'MAMAKARA'. Both forms of Pride and arrogance! Thanks, Wonderful read to start my week!

Thanks for articulating it so well Raja . . Will definitely use this in my series wrap-up article.

Very good article. Very informative, learned many things from this.

Thanks Madhumita

The most common myth is that humility and weakness are synonyms....thank you for busting that myth ....infact humility is only for the strong and the one who knows the self-worth....not for the weak and insecure who doesn't believe in oneself. Beautifully written Sir.

Thanks Bhargavi

Humility is colossal power which is acquired if one distances oneself from having supremacy over others. The adamant desire in us to have control on others hampers the ability to organize, focus, and implement our own actions. The illusion that we already know everything is the hindrance which crop up due to lack of humility and stop one from excelling to higher levels of enlightenment. And for sure one cannot be a true leader. I would call HUMILITY in sourcing to be the greatest degree. Without it sourcing will never succeed.

Thanks Sanjay, for sharing this lovely perspective

Very difficult trait to master. Well written Anindya and good advice for people to develop humility in their character.

Thanks Mark, equally important in life as in leadership

Wisdom from a leader who practice

Thanks Nagendra

Well Written Anindya. Humble people also tend to experiment more - very often I have seen people not doing things for "fear of failure" and what others will say. Being humble unburdens oneself and lets you try things without fearing the emotional trauma of having failed. I really liked the part of "awareness". I recall you and I discussed about awareness and I could relate that conversation with this article!

Thanks Gunish, lovely observations . . will definitely use it in the future . .

The fallout where leaders indulge in micro management..gives them a sense of importance and dominance..in effect they are creating a week structure,where delegation does not exist,and such a structure will inevitably fall short of delivering any resemblance of consistent output.

Thanks Abir, good point

Anindya really a good article more relevance to today's younger top managers who achieve top position by their efforts and performances but become more arrogant and more unfriendly towards teams and also to their immediate family it leads to imbalance in their career and personal life

Thanks Ketan bhai . . well noted . .

Nicely explained this fact

Thanks Pandey ji