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This chapter presents a case study on the leadership style of Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, to add to the discussion on servant leadership styles of world leaders (which includes Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, and even Jesus Christ). In his speech from the Red Fort in Delhi on 15 August 2014 as the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Modi proclaimed: “My beloved countrymen! I have come here not as a ‘Pradhan Mantri’ (Prime Minister) but a ‘Pradhan Sewak’ (Prime Servant).” This chapter will ascertain whether he meets the three features that make up the essence of servant leadership, namely its motive, mode, and mindset (Eva et al., The Leadership Quarterly, 30, 1, 111–132, 2019).
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Modh, S., Modh, S. (2023). Narendra Modi. In: Roberts, G.E. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Servant Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01323-2_15
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