Alpesh Patel OBE's video: Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita

We all need to be great at so many things nowadays. Whether politician or technology entrepreneurs - need to be great at more than just coding or engineering. 00:00 Introduction 00:13 Role as Government Deal Maker 01:53 Leadership 02:49 Messaging 04:54 Hard and Soft Messengers 06:53 What Factors Get People Listened to 10:25 Looking Successful 11:36 Who Leads? 13:00 Attitude Matters 14:45 Research from Harvard Business School 18:09 Charisma and Confidence 19:55 Luck and Attribution to Success 21:15 A Leader is Tranquil 22:23 Leaders Empower Others 24:30 Differences between Leaders and Managers 26:00 Truth to Power 26:40 Find The Bigger Purpose in Leadership Who Wins Negotiations Messaging and Soft and Hard Messengers Types of Leaders and Winners Importance of Charisma and Other Traits According to Harvard including metaphor Charisma and Confidence and Self Attribution - body gestures, animated tones Luck and Attribution to Success Leading through S-A-P - Skills, Autonomy, Purpose Differences between Leaders and Managers Those getting it right have an enormous amount of success - customers, partners, sales, profits - electoral victories. In this talk which I gave before at Oxford University, I cover the top lessons from research and practice.