Hard versus soft leadership? Examples and illustrations Available to Purchase

Professor M.S. Rao, PhD is Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants India, Hyderabad, India. He is the Father of “Soft Leadership” and Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants, India. He is an International Leadership Guru and an internationally acclaimed leadership educator, executive coach, speaker and consultant. He is a sought after keynote speaker globally. He has 35 years of experience and the author of 30 books, including the award-winning 21 Success Sutras for Leaders URL: www.amazon.com/21-Success-Sutras-Leaders-ebook/dp/B00AK98ELI which was ranked as one of the Top 10 Leadership Books of the Year – 2013 by San Diego University, USA URL: www.sandiego.edu/soles/departments/leadership-studies/thought-leadership/book-award.php. His award-winning book Success Tools for CEO Coaches: Be a Learner, Leader, and Ladder www.amazon.in/SUCCESS-COAHES-LEARNER-LEADER-LADDER/dp/9351102491 is the Community Award Winner for 2014 by Small Business Trends, USA. His award-winning book Smart Leadership: Lessons for Leaders URL: www.amazon.com/dp/B00D9S8SCW was published as a Spanish language e-book. He is passionate about serving and making a difference in the lives of others. His vision is to build one million students as global leaders by 2030 URL: http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in/2014/12/professor-m-s-raos-vision-2030-one_31.html His vision program was ranked as one of the Top 10 Finalists in the “Not For Profit” category of Leadership 500 Excellence Awards 2015. He received 10th International Prestigious Sardar Patel Award – 2015 for Lifetime Achievement in the field of “Excellence in Youth Development”. He was honored as an upcoming International Leadership Guru by Global Gurus URL: www.globalgurus.org/leadership/upcoming.php. He serves as an Advisor and Judge for several prestigious international organizations including Global Leadership Awards in Malaysia and Small Business Book Awards in the United States. He received International Award - International Coach of the Year 2013 from Prestigious “Comprehensive Coaching U, Inc”, USA, URL www.coachinstitute.com/CoachoftheYear/winners.html. He coined an innovative teaching tool – Meka’s Method; leadership training tool – 11E Leadership Grid; and leadership learning tool – Soft Leadership Grid, based on his new leadership style, “Soft Leadership” which is the most frequently downloaded research paper in ICT, Emerald, UK, www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17087126. He successfully led a webinar on Soft leadership organized by International Leadership Association URL: www.ila-net.org/Webinars/Archive/Rao082012.html. His Amazon book URL: www.amazon.com/M.-S.-Rao/e/B00MB63BKM. Most of his work is available free of charge on his four blogs http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in, http://profmsr.blogspot.com, http://professormsrao.blogspot.com and http://professormsraoguru.blogspot.com. He is a dynamic, energetic and inspirational leadership speaker. He is known internationally but mostly Asia and North America.