It is interesting and inspiring to know about N.R. Narayana Murthy, Ex-Chairman of Infosys, an IT lengend, institution builder, a leader par excellence and embodiment of directing abilities. Born on August 20, 1946 in Karnataka State, Mr. Narayana Murthy graduated (B.E.) from University of Mysore (1967), and obtained master degree (M.Tech) from IIT, Kanpur in 1969. He stated his career as head of the computer centre at IIM, Agmedabad. He started infosys, a small software company alongwith his friends in 1981 and turned it ino a global IT company by 2002. He was the chief mentor, CEO of the company for two decades. During that time, he took the company to unimaginable heights. With an equity capital of Rs. 10,000 in 1981, infosys market capitalisation reached Rs. 11 billion by 2001, Infosys became one of the biggest exporter to software from India. It is the first company to be listed in Nasdaq Stock Market in 1999. Narayana Murthy is remembered as a top leader for many things. He had Superme confidence on his team members, excecutives and workers. He nurtured and developed leadership qualities through coaching and training. He started Infosys Leadership Institute in early 2001 to help promising infoscians to develop into global leaders. Mr. Murthy leads by exmaple and by trust. Very often, he used to say "A true leader is one who leads by example and sacrifices more than any one else, in his or her pursuit of excellence". He truly practiced and proved it in Infosys. Mr. Murthy always motivated his team. He introduced number of motivational schemes including the noval stock option scheme for the executives of Infosys. Narayana Murthy was associated with many national and international bodies in different capacities and extended his services to the wide ranging activities. He received number of awards and rewards from academic, social and business community. Following the norms setup by himself, Narayana Murthy handed over reins of Infosys to his friend and co-founder Nandan Nilekani in 2002.
In the light of the above above case, state the qualities of a good leader.

Explanation

Following are the qualities of a good leader :
(i) Physical features A good leader must possess a good height, weight, health and appearanc, Health and andurance. Health and endurance help a leader to work hard and inspire others also to do so.
(ii) KnowledgeA good leader should have required knowledge and competence, so that he can influence others.
(iii) Integrity A leader should possess high level of integrity and honesty, so that he can be a role model to others.
(iv)Initiative A leader should have courage and initiative to do things on his own, rather than waiting for others to do it first.
(v) Communication skills A leader should be good communicator. He should be able to clearly explain his views to others. He should not only be a good speaker, but a good listener, teacher and counsellor.
(vi) Motivation skills A leader should understand the needs of his employees and motivate them by satisfying their needs.