2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 Radhakrishnan Pillai studied the ancient
text “Kautilya’s Arthashastra” at Chinmaya
International Foundation, Kerala, under the
guidance of Dr. Gangadharan Nair.
 Educated in the field of management and
consultancy, he later proceeded to do his MA
in Sanskrit and obtained a doctorate degree
in the Arthashastra.

3. CHANAKYA
 Chanakya, who lived in 3rd Century BC, was
a leadership guru par excellence. His ideas
on how to identify leaders and groom them
to govern a country has been well
documented in his book Kautilya’s
Arthashastra.
 He was responsible to bring down the
Nanda dynasty and establish his able
student Chandragupta Maurya on the
throne as the emperor. Hence he is called a
'King Maker'

4. POWER
 Intellectual power, man power, financial power, power of enthusiasm and
morale
 “For the king there is danger of revolt in the interior or in the outer regions.’’
 “Control over the senses, which are motivated by training in the
sciences,should be secured by giving up lust, anger, greed, pride, arrogance
and overexcitement.’’
 If the king is energetic,his subjects will be equally energetic.If he is slack, his
subjects will also be lazy, thereby eating into his wealth.’’
 “The king,the minister,the country,the fortified city, the treasury, the
army,and the ally are the constituent elements of the state.’’-Seven pillars of
business.
 Success is threefold-that attainable by the power of counsel is success by
counsel, that attainable by power of might is success by might,that attainable
by power of energy is success by energy.’’

5. QUALITIES OF A LEADER
• “He (leader) should constantly hold an inspection of their works,
men being inconstant in their minds.’’
• “Just as an elephant, blinded by intoxication and mounted by an
intoxicated driver, crushes whatever it finds, so the king, not
possessed of the eye of science, and blind, has risen to destroy the
citizens and the country people.’’
• “He should hear every urgent matter,not put it off. An affair
postponed becomes difficult to settle or even impossible to settle.’’
• “Bravery, resentment,quickness and dexterity – these are the
qualities of energy.’’

6. COMPETITION
 “After ascertaining the relative strength or weakness of
powers, place, time, revolts in rear, loses, expenses, gains and
troubles, of himself and of the enemy, the conqueror should
march ahead.’’
 “The enemies should not come to know of his secrets; he
should, however, find out the weakness of the enemy.He
should conceal as a tortoise does his limbs, any limb of his
own that may have become exposed.’’
 Time comes but once to a man waiting for an opportunity;
that time is difficult for that man to get again when he
wants to do his work.’’

7. TO AVOID
 Reasons for dissatisfaction of subjects : discarding the good and
favouring the wicked.
 By starting unrighteous injuries not current before, by indulgence in
impiety and suppression of piety, by doing acts that ought not to be done
 By ruining rightfull acts, by not giving what ought to be given and
securing what ought not to be given to him.
 By doing harm to principal men and dishonouring those worthy of
honour, by opposing the elders, by partiality and falsehood.
 By the negligence and indolence of the king and because of the
destruction of well being decline, greed and disaffection are produced in
the subjects.

8. MANAGEMENT

9. EMPLOYEES
 Safety and Security  Security Above Salary
 Selecting the Right Managers  Command Promotion
 Deciding Rank  Make People Accountable
 Stopping Attrition  Safety in any Deal Making
 Changing Jobs  Welcoming back Ex Workers
 The First Step  Don’t Beat Around the Bush
 Death on Duty  Total Quality Control
 Taking Care of Employees  Take Initiative
 Want to be a good boss?

10. FINANACE
 Net profit Counts  Proper Accounts
 Take Care of Treasury in  Advance Money
Difficult times
 Paying Your Taxes
 Wages
 Making Timely Payments
 Budgeting
 Dirty Money
 Paying Taxes on Time
 Money for Wealth Creation
 Profit Margin  Money for More Money
 Road to wealth

11. TEAM WORK
 Security and Monitoring Systems  Want To succeed?
 Right Business Partner  Working Together
 Effective Meetings  Get Everyone Involved
 Planning a Business Trip  Power of Communication
 Public Relations  Stopping Fights
 Honour Men with Qualities  Team Work
 A Good Meeting  Brainstorming
 Finish what you have Started  Teaming up to Succeed
 Common Purpose

12. STRATEGY
 Requirement of Information  A Stable Organization
 Principles of Management  Working in New Regions
 Keep an Open Mind  Intelligence Management
 Managing Multiple Projects  Organizational Planning
 Politics and Politicians  The Best and the Better
 Constantly Educate Yourself  Time Management
 Disaster Management  Ensuring Growth
 Timing it Right  Land as an Alternative Asset
 Corporate Social Responsibility  Crime Planners

13.  Trainees
 Boss
 Organisation
 Advice

14.  Training children. • The right attitude.
 Catch them young. • Learning something new.
 Do not corrupt.
• Are you really an active
 Degrees alone are not person.
enough.
• Advice to modern Trainees.
 Mixing up the old and
new.

15.  Asset to the Boss.
 Identifying Potential Leaders.
 Choosing Right Path.
 Working with powerful person.
 Never force anyone.

16.  Self Discipline.
 Cleanliness at Work.
 Setting up System.
 Decision Making.

17.  The Correct Advice.
 The Power Behind The King.
 Advice of Consultant.
 Greatest Opportunity.

18. THANK YOU