Leadership Chronicles My Experiments with Globalizing Indian Thought

Leadership Chronicles decodes some of the deep secrets of leadership. It tells the story of a lifetime of teaching, learning and institution building like never before. This book is a voyage of discovery of those unseen facets and mysteries of a maverick teacher’ s life. Debashis Chatterjee shares authentic insights from his personal and professional journey of nearly three decades. The perspectives, stories, and anecdotes reframe and shed light on the global application of classical Indian thought. This work presents transformative wisdom in a way that would move molecules in your mind. Told with candour, sensitivity and humour, the chronicles present a rich harvest of insights and ideas for the making of a leader.

Professor Debashis Chatterjee has taught leadership classes at Harvard University and at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta, Lucknow and Kozhikode for more than two decades. He has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship twice for Pre-doctoral and Post-doctoral work at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. His published work includes 17 books, including Leading Consciously (foreword by Peter M. Senge) and Timeless Leadership that have been translated in several international languages. He has trained more than 25 thousand managers globally in Fortune 100 corporations and over 20 thousand school principals and teachers. His recent book Invincible Arjuna has emerged as a path-breaking book in recent times. He has served as leadership coach to political leaders and CEOs of major Indian organizations. He has served as dean of an international business school in Singapore. A pioneer in the field of Asian models in leadership, Professor Chatterjee served as Director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode (2009— 2014). Dean and tenured Professor at IIM Lucknow, Professor Chatterjee is credited with transforming IIM Kozhikode from an obscure regional school to an institution of national impact and global recognition. He also served as director general of IMI, Delhi, India’ s first corporate sponsored business school and as independent director on the boards of several multinational and Indian Companies. Professor Debashis Chatterjee was the Mentor Director of IIM Amritsar from June 2018 to July 2019. He has been reappointed as director of IIM Kozhikode for a second 5-years term from June 2018.