India has a Leadership Failure problem !! so says Prof. C. K Prhalad

At this moment in India,Leadership quality urges

1. nothing less than the re-construction of everyday reality

2.courage to live creatively on the edge of competition, differentiated work cultures at each & every level... 

Well According to me there is no leadership problem but the atmosphere around the leader is so critical that many of the leaders discard to be leader for next time in india.

How can we expect good leaders if mere numbers and immediate benefits and not depth of understanding and long term vision become relevant to process of selection and decision.  

I agree with previusly statement: in a democracy, the leadership is the mirror of the voting and participating people.

Ask to actual leaders to change is a pray.

Understand why they behave so and so, why they show certain values, why they succeed, why people criticize but still continue to support them in decisive political moments, this is a far better starting point to base an opportunity for change.

If voting/ participating people change, also leaders will change. If not: it's clear there is a long journey for elites, so misaligned in perception versus historical reality, to build up a progressive different people political culture.

Just something important to know what kind of effort (and resistence) you need to put in place for change: as in the companies the same, no, much more, in the society

My 2 cents

I understand what you say. I have to say this is a question of disposition which has to be addressed through political vision and economic endowment and other public good criterion. A culture should be evolving one not stagnating, so that conformity should be replaced by entertaining also non conformity. Like social psychologists directs us, " a society that does not entetain non conformity is bound to be dormant dwarfing progress"

i do agree with you Abraham sir.. not only we have problem for leadership but its wrong mix up with political thought /idea...

Leadership problem ? Obviously YES. In a democratic country where decision making is with political big wigs in the ruling coalition, the vacuum in the top posts of almost all political parties is of great concern. However, I do not attribute rising inflation on lack of political will alone. In 80s and early 90s when entire world reeled under inflation, India could contain inflation to a great extent. The world scenario has changed much. With opening out of world economy and trade, India can no more stand isolated. 

Even at the current level, the inflationary effect in India is much less when compare to many other developing nations.  Of course, thing could be improved with reigning in the greedy middle men and hoarders.

However, the key issue is the stony stagnation in per capita income. To quicken the pace of growth in per capita income, there are mainly three areas to act upon.

1. Make all able persons in the urban and rural population employable so as to effectively engage them in agriculture, farming, small scale industries and various infrastructure projects.

2. Quickly launch much needed infrastructure projects worth trillions, in various fields across the country. To raise money, Government cannot beg, but can borrow by way of issuing various bonds, steal by confiscating excess gold in lieu of gold bonds, increase liquidity even by cheating the economy if required by printing enormous hard cash, and mercilessly tax high end luxury goods, 4 wheelers and houses.

1. All anti national activities shall be treated as treason and meted with commensurate punishment.

Now all these need consolidated team work under able leaders.

Now, do we really have some? 

Yes there are. The way to get good leaders in governance is to clean up the political arena so that they will find it a congenial space to work and live with honor.

Arinjay, let us hope the new breed can deliver. Maran seems to be doing good with Telecom. Probably more philosophical expecially training in existential philosophy, work culture, functionality and outcome directed behavior etc; need be incorporated in leaders of next generation which was lacking as we all know post independence.

I understan what Mr. Kirti says. It is a question of cognition which can be achieved only through Academia. Workplace training which is what most of our politicians go through won't help in building the material change for cognition. Then this has become our culture, we never bother about cognition in other areas of work too, we believe in accomodative work culture which cognitive psychologists consider as not experience. Thank you.

Youth is charismatic, vibrant, hungry for growth and success..........

Youth with wise heads should become our Leaders....................

apart that we need some  old leaders also.

You are right, we don't seem to have equi distant jumps rather randomness in many things we get involved. Already complicated society is made more complex for any one to live with.