107 – Professor M.S. Rao: International Leadership Guru, Author of 25 books on leadership, Founder MSR Leadership Consultants
Summary: Professor M.S.Rao is an international management guru, author of 25 books on leadership, and an internationally acclaimed leadership educator, executive coach, speaker, and consultant. He has 32 years of experience in leadership development and conducts training programs for various corporates and educational institutions. His areas of interest include Leadership, Learning and Development and Coaching. His vision is to build one million students as global leaders He is the Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants, India. He is the author of 25 books including the award-winning - 21 Success Sutras for Leaders that has been selected as one of ten finalists for the Department of Leadership Studies Outstanding Leadership Book Award – 2013 at the University of San Diego. He has published more than 250 papers and articles in international publications including Leadership Excellence, Leader to Leader, ASTD, Emerald, and Sage. He has been honored as an upcoming International Leadership Guru by Global Top Gurus 30 Leadership. He has been included as one of the leading achievers from around in Marquis Who's Who in the World in 2013. He coined an innovative teaching tool Mekas Method; created 11E Leadership Grid and Soft Leadership Grid and coined a new leadership style, Soft Leadership. He is the Advisor and Board Member for several international organizations including American Institute of Business Psychology (AIOBP), USA, and Global Leadership Awards Committee Malaysia and was honored as a judge for Global Leadership Awards 2011 and 2012 Malaysia. Honored as a Member of International Leadership Association USA, and Ranked as No.1 among the speakers in India as per reviews on Speakermix.org:http://speakermix.com/professor-m-s-rao He serves on the editorial boards of various prestigious international journals including Development and Learning in Organization, Industrial and Commercial Training of Emerald, U.K, International Journal of Business Administration, Canada and Journal of Business Studies Quarterly, USA. He is the book reviewer for Training and Management Development Methods, Emerald, U.K. His Amazon book URL:www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A16SKI0396UBRP He can be reached at: msrlctrg@gmail.com, and additionally maintains three popular Blogshttp://profmsr.blogspot.com/ (Where Knowledge is Wealth)http://professormsrao.blogspot.com/ (Born for the Students) andhttp://professormsraoguru.blogspot.com/ (Knowledge Grows When Shared).
