Mr. Bombastic !!

The God’s own country has never failed to produce miracles be it anywhere or in any form. For instance take the turnaround story of Indian Railways. There is not doubt left that the person behind such U turn is none other than Lalu Prasad Yadav. The most mimicked Politician, even termed as ‘clown’ by fellow politicians has never deterred from his path. Today the world knows him, loves him, adores him, invites him for management tips and he simply obliges them. The true rustic with socialist heart says, he strives for poor and weaker sections of the society. Critics who have never let go any incidence to laugh at him or to criticize him, were rendered speechless by the invites from Harvard or IIMs. Is it his relentless hard work ? flawless planning or sheer luck ?… is left to reader’s perception, but this khadi clad has always been on front foot to tackle any situation and has batted  innings with flying ‘sixers’ ! Ask him how to manage IR and he promptly replies “hamri maa ne sikhaya tha ke bhaisava ko poonch se nahi seengh se kabhoo main late hai, Relbey ke saath hum ne oohi kiya”.

Is he successful ? You decide, but here are few Mantras of this ‘Rocking’ Railway Minister, shared by him through his speeches!

His approach !

Have common sense: In times of crisis, one must fall back on one’s common sense. Relate a situational crisis to a personal one and ask yourself how you would have solved it in your personal capacity. Use your common sense and a solution is sure to follow. If you do not milk the cow fully, it falls sick.

Believe in practice, not theory: Do not get too bogged down by technical jabber of management theories. Simplest lessons of best management are learned through trial and error. Books can provide guidelines only, but never form the doer’s functional steps.

Have FAITH in your team: One must always place one’s faith in the team. The policy of standing by the people and trusting their ideas is an infallible management funda.

Be open to suggestions: One must always be open to open to new suggestions, no matter how important a position one holds. The best form of advice may come from the person working at the lowest stratum of a company.

Always acknowledge: Money is an incentive, no doubt but the biggest form of reward for any worker happens to be acknowledgement. Timely appreciation can go a long way in inspiring someone to do better than the best.

Be a doer not an expert: Everyone can’t be an expert and one doesn’t essentially need to be an expert to achieve success. In fact, there is no dearth of experts. One just needs to put in hard work to bring a positive change.

Be a good man manager: One must possess the tact to choose the right people for the right project. Someone who fails miserably at understanding a computer programme may show amazing skills at resolving a complicated puzzle of accounting. A good man manager knows who is good at what.

Last but not the least, the railway minister has consciously not raised the railway fares even as inflation continues to gnaw at the entrails of India. This has led to a sharp increase in the number of railway passenger in recent times.

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