{"product_id":"leading-from-the-chariot-leadership-lessons-from-the-worlds-first-crisis-meeting-9798195652449","title":"Leading from the Chariot: Leadership Lessons from the World's First Crisis Meeting","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nitin Kukreja\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Decision Making \u0026amp; Problem Solving\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEADING FROM THE CHARIOT\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Conversational Leadership Journey for Project Managers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou have managed projects. But has anyone taught you how to manage yourself through them?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeadlines that shift. Clients who change their minds on Friday evening. Teams that quietly check out. Contractors who claim force majeure on delays they caused. Stakeholders who want everything, immediately, for less.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a crisis. This is Tuesday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery project manager has sat in a meeting, nodded calmly, and silently wondered: \u003ci\u003eHow do I lead through this without losing my mind, my ethics, or my team?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArjuna asked the same question. On a much larger battlefield. Krishna answered it - from the chariot, in the middle of the storm, before the battle even began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is that answer - decoded for modern professionals.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT THIS BOOK IS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeading from the Chariot\u003c\/i\u003e is not a religious commentary. Not a self-help book. Not another project management textbook in spiritual clothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a practical leadership manual built around real conversations between two experienced professionals - \u003cb\u003eKrishang and Chanikye\u003c\/b\u003e - navigating construction sites, IT sprints, infrastructure megaprojects, PPP contracts, ESG mandates, and AI adoption. Across 20 chapters mapped to the Bhagavad Gita, they decode what Krishna actually taught: how to think clearly under pressure, lead without ego, act with full commitment, and build work that leaves something meaningful behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT YOU WILL LEARN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the most dangerous PM is the one who needs to look good in every review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to manage risk with a still mind, not just a risk register\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe difference between stakeholder management and stakeholder manipulation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy ethical leadership is your most durable competitive advantage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to lead remote teams and integrate AI without losing human judgment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat ESG actually means when you're standing on a project site\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to evolve from Project Manager to Strategic Leader to Karmayogi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHO THIS IS FOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProject Managers. Engineers. Construction professionals. Infrastructure and IT leaders. EPC teams. MBA students. Civil services aspirants. Anyone who has delivered projects under pressure and wondered if there is a better way - without burning out or losing themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you have managed a metro project, water treatment plant, highway contract, IT go-live, or government PPP - this book was written for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHY THIS BOOK IS DIFFERENT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost leadership books give you frameworks. This one gives you a conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKrishang and Chanikye talk like real professionals - over chai at the site office, on airport calls, in sprint reviews, and during final handovers. Honest. Occasionally funny. Always grounded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bhagavad Gita provides the wisdom. The project site provides the test. Together, they produce something rare: ancient intelligence made immediately useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE JOURNEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the paralysis of a first real crisis to the clarity of a Karmayogi - a leader who delivers with full commitment, builds others without ego, and leaves every project better than they found it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the last chapter, the question is no longer \u003ci\u003eHow do I deliver this project?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt becomes: \u003ci\u003eWhat does this work leave behind?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Every pipeline carries water to someone's home. Every road connects someone to opportunity. That's not just a project. That's a responsibility.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKrishna didn't lead from the palace. He led from the chariot - beside the person who needed guidance most. That is where real leadership happens. Not in the boardroom. On the ground. Under pressure.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book puts you in that chariot.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47882733355159,"sku":"9798195652449","price":861.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798195652449.webp?v=1781096644","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/leading-from-the-chariot-leadership-lessons-from-the-worlds-first-crisis-meeting-9798195652449","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}