K. Kamaraj a True Servant Leader-Part-5
Self-Awareness
Self-Awareness-Self-awareness is the ability to look at
yourself, think deeply about your emotions and behaviour, and consider how they
affect the people around you and align with your values.
You can become more
self-aware by knowing your strengths & weaknesses and asking for others
feedback on them. Also, learn to manage your emotions, so that you consider how
your actions and behaviour might affect others.
Kamaraj was aware
about himself and his needs above all he was aware about what people need.
There are many instances where Kamaraj’s awareness about national politics &
world politics was demonstrated by him in critical situations.
During Nehru’s
death Kamaraj played a pivotal role in bringing Lal Bahadur Shastri as the
Prime minister that shows his intelligence in terms of identifying leaders
which is one the most important quality of a leader.
Sudden death Lal
Bahadur Shastri has put Kamaraj in a fix and he once again played a vital role
in identifying the prime minster candidate, this time things were not easy for
him. Kamaraj Proposed Ms. Indra Gandhi, which was not favoured by Morarji Desai
and after long debate they conducted an election within the party & finally
Indra Gandhi was elected as the PM candidate.
During this crisis
Atluya Ghosh told Kamaraj that he himself can become the prime minister which
was also backed by other members and few chief ministers but Kamaraj refused by
stating that he was not well versed in English and Hindi to manage the country,
that is the sign of self-awareness.
As a Leader he was
aware about his own strengths and weaknesses. He was also aware about party’s
strengths and weaknesses above all he was aware about the pulse of the nation,
which truly made him the king maker.
A king maker should
understand self and others which Kamaraj demonstrated in his role and has lived
the fourth characteristics of a Servant Leader-
Self-Awareness
By:
M.L. Narendra Kumar
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