Management Learnings From The Movie

MANAGEMENT LEARNINGS FROM THE
MOVIE
Presented By:-
1. ANOUKSHA
2. DARSHAN PORWAL
3. KAMAL PIPERSANIYA –74022019301
4. NITYA
5. PRATEEK MADAN
Submitted To :-
Dr. Sameer Pingle sir
Lesson 1: Learnings from Mentor
As a young kid, Dhoni’s talent was first noticed by his school’s coach who found him fit for wicket keeping. When
approached through one of his friend, Dhoni had interest lying in other sports and turned down the idea of cricket. He
bumped into the coach the next day who taunted him for being scared of the hard cricket ball. A young Dhoni, in order to
prove the coach wrong, showed up for the cricket practise the very next day.
Learning: The coach realised Dhoni’s talent before anyone else did and he motivated the child to channelize the talent
then letting go by doing nothing at all. Similarly, such call to actions require a leap of faith at every level by recognizing
an employee’s talent and entrusting them with responsibilities that bring out their true potential
Lesson 2: Champion leader learns from other champions

Dhoni goes ahead and becomes a local hero with his sixes painting the Ranchi sky in myriad colours. During one match
he saw a fellow sportsman; who later became one of his best friend; give one swirling shot that landed on the other’s girl
friend’s balcony. The lesson could be that boys perform better when their love interests are hovering in their terraces,
however, neither Dhoni nor we will talk about the obvious. Where Dhoni’s attention was restricted to shot, which later
became the famous “helicopter shot”, one of our lessons was how selflessly his friend taught and trained him in that shot
without ever feeling threatened that someone would later outperform him.
Learning: There always are distractions around but it is the attention to details that sometimes later become monumental
hits and misses. By listening and watching others keenly, you open yourself to learning from different habits and thus
incorporate new things in your armour which adds on to your personality and talent.
Lesson 3: Failure is inevitable
Dhoni got an opportunity to play in Duleep trophy which required him to travel in a tight time line sans money. He tried to
seek help from the men up the ladder but in no vain. His then boss only as much offered to reimburse their travel cost for a taxi
they hired to travel over night for Dhoni to catch a flight to the next stop. The friend’s pitched in to help with whatever money
they could collect and hit the road taking turns to drive. After a night of such hardships they reach the airport only to realise
they have missed the flight and Dhoni lost the opportunity to play in the first match of Duleep trophy.
Learning: Failure, truly, is the most necessary step we must take to reach success. In this case, it was not just failure of one
person, but of the entire team and an honest victory lies only in our ability to recognize our failures and learn from them.
There are so many organizations that do not permit the teams to fail, thereby killing the mere spirit of innovation.
Lesson 4: Focus on Possibilities

Dhoni later joins the Indian Railways much to his father’s respite. He succumbs to the routine life of running between trains
and training for railways and his yearning for playing nationals only gets fainter with each passing day. One day as a lost
Dhoni sits pondering about where his life is headed, his then boss, AK Ganguly, another cricket fanatic tells Dhoni of
similarities between cricket and life. He quotes, “If there is a tough bouncer, simply duck.”
Learning: Life will always give you options. It is for you to decide what it is that you want. As enterprises, we are offered a
hundred million random options to do or not to do something. We cannot take every option on our platter and do nothing
about everything. Instead, we must concentrate on the possibilities that are true to our cause. We rather, just deliver that
which is imperative, than be a jack of all trades and master of none really!
Lesson 5: Taking Tough Calls as a Leader
Dhoni follows his dream which finally lands him in the Indian Cricket Team where his performance in matches as its
finisher, fetches him such rewards and recognition that he soon becomes the captain of the Indian team. Three years
before the world cup, and with T-20 world cup in his pocket, Dhoni took a tough call as a leader to replace the then
famous cricketers who were slow in field with those who were fast enough to save runs. His decision fetched
scandalous responses from every corner but he stuck to his guns of setting high standards and demanding impeccable
performance. He was tough but also fair with people.
Learning: As a leader, you will have to take tough calls at every nook and cranny. Probably the hardest part of
leadership is to make sure that you will not compromise when choosing people. You cannot let emotions get in the
way when making a choice.
Lesson 6: Commitment
During the 2011 world cup, with raw energy bursting throughout the country, Dhoni saw Murli balling and told his
coach Gary that he would like to go up the order and take responsibility. Throughout the world cup he refrained
from making this decision but at the heat of the moment on the final’s night, he did.
Learning: The biggest learning to each one of us here is we need the ability to take the ownership of tough decision
and not delegate them elsewhere. It’s not fair to let the guy below you take the brunt of making hard decisions.

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Lesson 4: Focus on Possibilities

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