World Cup Cricket, Indian Team, India and Business Lessons...

First of all, congratulations to all of us, to every proud Indian to be part of this dream achievement of winning the world cup. It was a great emotion. After all, Cricket is our national passion and we all take very pride and emotional when comes to Cricket. And after all its world cup!

However, though I didn’t follow the entire set of matches, I thought there are set of business lessons.

1) Having a Dream, a Vision: Indian team had a vision or a dream to win a world cup. And team started preparing towards that. Look at the recent records of India before world cup, they have been constantly raising the bar of performance.

2) Having a bigger picture: No doubt, Indian team did face some setbacks during the journey, they lost to SA, almost managed a tie with England, didn’t win with comfort while playing with minor teams, however, team had a bigger vision, they could let these things to and regroup to accomplish a bigger task. And peak when it is required.

3) Leading from the front: Dhoni led it from the front, be it promoting himself in batting order or marshaling his forces and keeping his cool during tension times. It’s a great leadership lesson, keeping a cool head when things start going wrong and focus on end result. I personally picked few things from Dhoni’s leadership skills. It is pretty impressive.

4) Having Strategy in Place: It appeared that Indian team had a strategy in place, for every team and for every opponent. Every business leader should have a strategy in place to execute.

5) Admit Mistakes Openly. Dhoni few times admitted the mistakes he or team made. This is a leadership lesson, if things are going wrong, leader should accept the mistake and make sure it is not repeated again.

6) Celebrate Victory: Celebrate every win and success!!

7) Have Mentor: Its important to have mentor in life, as Indian team had Garry as coach, who can tell you when to change the gears and can analyze you.

8) Mental Stability: Indian team seems to have lot of mental strength, which builds the confidence and to say never die when things are going bad. Leader should have this mental stability to face the worst and take action.

It might appear that since India won world cup all of a sudden all looks very positive. But again, this is what corporate life is all about, keep wining….