The document discusses Sourav Ganguly's leadership and impact as the captain of the Indian cricket team. It highlights how he brought aggression, toughness and optimism to the team, instilled a fighting spirit, backed young talent, and led India to several important victories including reaching the 2003 Cricket World Cup final. His leadership transformed Indian cricket and laid the foundation for future success, including winning the 2011 World Cup.

1. DADAGIRI
Sourav Ganguly – A Case Study in Leadership

2. DADAGIRI

3. SOURAV GANGULY
Good Leaders are
made, not born.

4. .
THE STRATEGIST

5. STEVE WAUGH
I saw in Sourav a committed
individual who wanted to
inject some toughness and
combativeness into a side
that had often tended in the
past to roll over and expose a
soft underbelly.

6. THE STRATEGIST
 Brought an optimistic vision to Indian Cricket
 Injected toughness and combativeness
 Took strong, hard stands
 Instilled a sense of aggression
 Ability to handle seniors and back the young guns

7. OPTIMISTIC VISION

8. T O U G H N E S S & C O M BAT I V E N E S S

9. I N S T I L L E D A S E N S E O F AG G R E S S I O N

10. T O O K S T RO N G A N D H A R D S TA N D S

11. BAC K I N G T H E YO U N G G U N S

12. A B LY H A N D L I N G S E N I O R S

13. .
ACHIEVEMENTS

14. ACHIEVEMENTS
 Imperious century in Test debut (Lord’s 1996)
 5 consecutive MoM awards in Sahara Cup, 1997 against Pakistan
 Arjuna Award in 1998
 Became captain in 2000, led India to 3-2 win over South Africa

15. C E N T U RY O N T E S T D E BU T

16. S A H A R A C U P V S. PA K I S TA N ( 1 9 9 7 )

17. S P O R T S TA R P E R S O N O F T H E Y E A R
AWA R D & A R J U N A AWA R D

18. ACHIEVEMENTS
 Halted Steve Waugh’s Final Frontier in Kolkata (2001)
 Unprecedented NatWest Series win (Lord’s 2002)
 India reaches World Cup finals after 20 years (2003)
 Awarded Padmashree after historic series win in and against
Pakistan (2004)

19. W I N AG A I N S T F I N A L F RO N T I E R

20. N AT W E S T S E R I E S W I N

21. M E N I N B LU E ( 2 0 0 3 )

22. S E R I E S W I N I N A N D A G A I N S T PA K I S T A N

23. AWA R D E D PA D M A S H R E E

24. .
MOTIVATION &
LEADERSHIP

25. M O T I VAT I O N & L E A D E R S H I P
 Positive Thoughts & Talk
 Vision
 An eye for Talent
 Nurturing Talent
 Indifference to Criticism
 Competent
 Intuitive Decision Maker
 Inspiring and Motivator

26. .
GOVERNANCE &
DECISION MAKING

27. G OV E R N A N C E & D E C I S I O N
MAKING
 Leader with an optimistic vision
 Prone to experimentation
 All-rounder with a “golden-arm”
 Honest in his appraisals
 Instinct and gut-feeling
 Challenged organizational protocol

28. TEAM INDIA – LED WITH OPTIMISTIC
VISION

29. GOLDEN ARM

30. HONEST IN APPRAISALS

31. CHALLENGED ORGANIZATIONAL
PROTOCOL

32. .
LEGACY

33. LEGACY
 Brought attitude, aggression and passion in the team
 A perennially defeatist team learned to believe
 Reflection of self-belief in the new generation
 Planted the seeds for the infamous 2011 World Cup win

34. PA S S I O N A N D AT T I T U D E

35. LEARNING TO BELIEVE

36. LEADERS IN THE MAKING

37. I N FA M O U S WO R L D C U P W I N 2 0 1 1

38. THE END
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