~:MAHARAJA:~SOURAV GANGULY

“BORN LEADER”

Presented by:N.Krishna ChaitanyaNakul ManjunathPraveen JayaramarajuKaustav Alex Alfred

PERSONAL BACKGROUND

• Ganguly was born on July 8, 1972, in an affluent family of Kolkata , India.

• In his childhood, soccer was his first interest and he played for the school team for four years. Later his interest shifted to cricket.

• Sourav was nicknamed "Maharaja" or "The Emperor" probably since his parents felt he will be a leader some day.

• Though Sourav is a natural right hander, he learned to bat with his left hand from his elder brother, Snehashish just because he could not find a pair of right handed gloves for himself.

INTRODUCTION Ganguly became the captain of the team India

in 2000, when it was in a deep crisis. Over the next few years, with the help of the

coach John Wright, he soon turned the team into a combative unit.

His team building skills, impartiality and, guts displayed in supporting his team members through thick and thin, endeared him to the team.

Experts credited him with instilling a sense of aggression in the team.

Ganguly soon became the most successful captain in the history of Indian cricket.

RESPONSIBILITY @ BIASED SITUATION

Till 2000, the Indian Cricket Team comprised a bunch of individual performance-oriented players. Seniors were more interested in making their places secure in the team. Juniors were not given proper chance to showcase their talents.

Issues like regional bias, different subgroups working against each other’s interests within the team ate into the team’s effectiveness as a unit.

In early 2000, the morale of the team was completely shattered by the match-fixing scandal. Sourav Ganguly was assigned captaincy at this crucial juncture.

A born leader, he went ahead with his

instincts and radically changed the

entire outlook of the team to create

‘Team India’ as we know it now.

Changes brought in by Sourav Ganguly in the Indian cricket team:

Provided ample opportunities to youngsters in the team, support and guide them and stood by them in difficult times.

Cultivated merit instead of regional bias. Positive, never-say-die attitude Looked eye to eye with the fiercest of opponents,

transforming the meek Indian cricket team into the confident and aggressive “Men in Blue”.

Reorganized the team structure, giving more liberty to seniors to guide and mentor junior members.

Shifted the focus from individualistic performances to teamwork. The concept of TEAM INDIA was born.

Strategies in communicating change as an effective Leader:

Sourav constantly backed and encouraged the younger team-members & guided them in difficult times, thereby gaining their respect, and the authority that he deserved as a captain. His strategy comprised a mix of:Tell And SellUnderscore and Explore

The change sought by him was developmental/incremental as well as charismatic, for which he used supportive and emotional communication style respectively.

Skills for communicating changes:

Sourav possessed excellent toxic handling skills. He shielded his team members from all kind of negative influences.

He also used his skills of upward selling of ideas, incrementally and continuously, while convincing the team management to implement his ideas about building the team.

He used the following language forms: Ideals – He always pitched in for

what he believed. Appeals – He sought the support of

his young team members in his fight for a change.

Consolidating changes: Redesign roles – Sourav assigned specific mentoring roles to

responsible senior players whom he believed to be aligned with his vision of change.

Constantly act with advocated action – He always lead from the front.

Redesign Reward system – For the first time in Indian cricket, he removed regional bias and pushed for selecting players on the basis of merit and talent.

Encourage voluntary acts of initiative – He encouraged youngsters to give him innovative ideas on the field.

Celebrate en route – The

famous NatWest shirt whirling

incident that marked the joyous

celebration of the birth of the

MEN in BLUE.

Vision & Achievements• Ganguly was considered as a leader with a vision,

who could set goals and inspire his team-mates. • Experts credited Ganguly with bringing in an

optimistic vision to Indian cricket.• Ganguly believed that India could achieve better

success in international cricket than it had been doing till then.

•  South Africa 3-2• The Legend Comes Back Home• Beating Pakistan in tests in Pakistan in 2004• Again, beating Pakistan in Pakistan in ODI’S in

2004. This is a feat which was not achieved by any of his predecessors before him.

• Leading the team to victory at the historic test match at the Eden Gardens against the mighty Australians to halt Steve Waugh’s “Final Frontier” after being made to follow on .The world saw the emergence of VERY VERY SPECIALLAXMAN to complete the tally of the ‘Famous Five’.

• Promotion of young guns in the team was another aspect of Dada’s captaincy. The current Indian team has many players who were brought  into the team by‘ DADA. Players like Yuvraj, Dhoni, Harbhajan, Irfan, Sehwag and Zaheer were some his key instruments in team building ‘TEAM INDIA

•  21 test wins as a captain•  Final of the world Cup in 2003 after a gap of 20 years.• His natural ability as a leader comes to light, when we notice

that his ability to handle seniors and greats like Sachin, Dravid, Laxman, and Kumble without any problems. Leadership comes naturally to him.

Ganguly was the best captain of Indian cricket team and Dhoni is the captain of best Indian cricket team

Achievements• Sport star Person of the Year - 1998 Awarded by the Sportstar

Magazine

Arjuna Award -1998 For outstanding performance in cricketCEAT Cricketer of the Year 99-00 , Cash prize of 5 lakh rupees and a trophy

CEAT Indian Captain of the Year 01-02 For outstanding achievement as leader

Award for Cricketing Excellence 2003 Presented to men who made "the difference"

Padma Shri 2004 4th highest civilian award in India