The Curriculum

Understanding what makes a person an effective Leader- “The Art of Becoming”: Perspectives on Leadership and Followership: “What constitutes leadership charisma?”
The first segment of the course building on a full spectrum of leaders (i) from Socrates to Andrew Carnegie, from Mother Teresa to Martin Luther King, from Queen Elizabeth the 1st to Thomas Edison/Tom Watson in the West and (ii) from Chanakya to Ashoka, Confucius to Meiji, Vivekananda to Tagore, from Jamshedji Tata to Satyan Bose in the East, will help the participants to identify the essential underlying qualities in a leader and how such qualities/inner instincts manifest themselves in different situations to define leadership moments
Listening to your inner voice: Avoiding self deception?- Know thy self
In order to identify the inner potentials of the "self" for the benefit of the greater society, this section introduces a framework which will help participants to test and develop their own inner qualities and skills along the three layers of what constitutes leadership – Power of Intuition, -an inner power which works beyond conventional logic, Power of Intellect which focuses on the importance of thought leadership and problem solving and Power of Interconnectivity which highlights the significance of true engagement of the inner self with the outer world – animate and inanimate.
Developing a 3600 a perspective on the emerging possibilities: Sensing your passion in the universe of possibilities
This part of the program will discuss the emerging challenges of the planet, —ecological, energy and equity to help the participants explore how technological, scientific, and organization prowess of our times could be harnessed to evolve a personal and/or a group agenda. It will explore how future leaders will require taking positions on extremely fuzzy and complex dynamics of different supply and demand driven forces.
Internalizing the 21 Golden Rules in Cultivating the Essentials of Leadership
In view of the emerging socio economic dynamics and geo political and geo economic issues, this session will discuss simple ground rules that participants should consider practicing and internalizing, —in order to enable development of the Power of Intellect, Power of Interconnectivity and the Power of Intuition
Crafting your agenda in seeking Self fulfillment
Building on ancient Philosophies, modern day challenges and self-analyses, the program will essentially conclude with an internal search process vis-à-vis the emerging global environment. In turn the participants will be expected to craft a personal development map to unleash his/her inner leadership attributes, and determine the likely positions/stands he/she might be able to take on significant issues in pursuit of a dream or a movement of an organization/society he/she belongs.

In view of the above five-building blocks for all the programs the Academy will offer, the participants will be expected to develop their personal development maps to unleash their power within, and determine likely positions/stands he/she might be able to take on emerging issues in pursuit of a dream or a movement, which in turn will define their leadership DNAs.