KNOWLEDGE
When I rejoined my unit after completing the Young Officers Course, I fell into Unit routine in a peace station effortlessly. PT in the morning, followed by training/offic…
JUSTICE
Land mines are very dangerous things and do not distinguish between friend and foe. You trip them or step on them, they don’t spare you. So in case of Line…
JUDGEMENT
This is a quality which is the most important aspect of leadership and comes with an agile mind, sincerity of purpose and thorough knowledge of your …
INTEGRITY
Armed forces thrive upon integrity of its leaders and men down the line. This is mainly because it is about valour, honour and safety of your motherland — all esoteric and lofty ideas…
INITIATIVE
On this topic of initiative a very elaborate exercise I had to undertake bring up the leadership quotient of my team comes to my mind’s forefront. This occurred in an operational area when I had to go and takeover defences on Line of Control at the head of my battalion.
ENDURANCE
I can never forget the long nearly 100 km march our whole brigade undertook in 1991 from an area in West Bengal to South Sikkim. We were picked up in vehicles from our different unit locations….
EMPOWERMENT
When I shifted from Para Commando to regular infantry I was young with less than three years of service. Yet immediately I was put in charge of a Rifle Company deployed on active, in fact live, Line of Control where exchange of small arms fire (up to Medium Machine Gun) with Pak troops opposite was the norm almost 24 hours at one place or the other.
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
After about five years of commissioned services I was selected by Military Secretary’s Branch at Army HQ for being part of the leadership team of a New Raising battalion. These new raising are amalgamation of officers and men from already existing units and have to lay down the bonding policies
DEPENDABILITY
After about five years of commissioned services I was selected by Military Secretary’s Branch at Army HQ for being part of the leadership team of a New Raising battalion. These new raising are amalgamation of officers and men from already existing units and have to lay down the bonding policies
DECISIVENESS
Boardroom battles, surviving market crashes and operating in any military operation requires alertness of a highest order, mental flexibility and decisiveness to seize the best opportunity in a fluid situation. Alongwith Judgement and Justice, Decisiveness is perhaps the most important quality a leader must possess