Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D

““Meka's method” is an educational approach that involves a series of questions to listen, think critically, empathize, and engage learners effectively. It is a teaching and training tool to employ higher levels of thinking learners. It emphasizes that knowledge grows when questioned. It encourages stories that inspire. It is a sage approach that debates, discusses, and decides. It emphasizes critical thinking, challenge assumptions, and encourage intellectual curiosity and integrity in learners.” ―Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D., The Father of Soft Leadership

Be a philosopher like Socrates. Be an orator like Cicero. Be a painter like Leonardo da Vinci. Be persistent like George Washington. Be resilient like Abraham Lincoln. Be a visionary and storyteller like Professor M.S. Rao

This research paper unveils eleven keys to your leadership. It enlightens us that we have everything within us. It maps the diagram that connects all of E's leadership to your leadership effectiveness and success. It primarily focuses on the personal proficiency domain of the Leadership Code. Personal proficiency underlies effective leadership at every level. Every leader needs to have the 11Es to deal with the day-to-day demands of various stakeholders.

This research paper unveils eleven keys to your leadership. It enlightens us that we have everything within us. It maps the diagram that connects all of E's leadership to your leadership effectiveness and success. It primarily focuses on the personal proficiency domain of the Leadership Code. Personal proficiency underlies effective leadership at every level. Every leader needs to have the 11Es to deal with the day-to-day demands of various stakeholders.

Soft leadership is leading through soft skills and people skills. It blends soft skills, hard skills, and leadership. It emphasizes the significance of precious human resources. It helps in managing the emotions, egos, and feelings of the people successfully. It focuses on the personality, attitude, and behaviour of the people, and calls for making others feel more important. It is an integrative, participative, relationship and behavioral leadership model adopting tools such as persuasion, negotiation, recognition, appreciation, motivation, and collaboration to accomplish the tasks effectively. Soft leadership is not submissive leadership or lame-duck leadership but assertive leadership where soft leaders adopt pleasing and polite communication to execute the tasks. It blends courageous leadership, thought leadership, servant leadership, and inspirational leadership and is the leadership style for the digital era. It believes in how much you care while hard leadership believes in how much you know. Soft leadership has 11Cs—character, charisma, conscience, conviction, courage, communication, compassion, commitment, consistency, consideration, and contribution. Soft leaders believe in setting a personal example, empathy, persuasion, negotiation, and assertiveness.