Oscar award winner Danny Boyle, director of the movie Slumdog Millionaire once remarked that the greatest asset India has is the aspirations that every Indian secretly thrives on - street side vendors, students, businessmen, everyone of us aspires to be better, greater, everyday. If each one of these aspirations are nurtured in the right way, we have a great country out here. Where everyone is pushing to realize a potential greater than himself. Where leaders are nurtured out of everyone. And where a great nation is built on these leaders.

LeadCap’s Million-Leader-Mandate strives to handhold a million of these ambitious individuals, that they could realize their true potential. And our approach is different. We do not consider leadership as a position, where people strive to be a manager, or a CEO, or even an MLA. We do not consider leadership as a set of skills also, where you hone your communication or negotiation skills so that you can influence people better. But we consider leadership as a decision. We believe that leaders are not born or made, but are the ones who are bold enough to take a decision. Hence everyone of us has an equal chance to be a leader, if we are willing to take that decision. Developing leadership is thus guiding future leaders through this decision. Exposing them to the nuances - sociological, psychological, managerial. Everything that could inspire them and give them that gentle push. We strive to do just that.

Being a part of the Million-Leader-Mandate is a simple three-step process:

• Take the Million-Leader-Mandate Pledge posted on the home page of LeadCap.org to get started
• Be a part of the Saturday 10am IST online leadership sessions to draw inspiration
• Join one of the LeadCap Spokes or create one of your own, to hone your leadership skills