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Culture plays an important role in shaping how leaders ought to be effective in different set up.  As Indian is on cross roads of fast globalization, high impact digitalization, economic growth and loaded with its own rich cultural  heritage and value-based way of business and life, there is an imperative need to reflect on issues pertinent to the challenges faced by Indian leaders working across the globe; identifying the essential traits/behaviours for functional excellence especially from the indigenous perspective and finally drawing a plan to be culturally sensitive at work life should be the priority.  The present paper gives a panoramic approach to analyse the seminal qualities that attribute to the core perspectives of quality leadership in the matrix of global thinking – a fast emerging scenario of global intervention and its relevance to the emerging trends of leadership qualities which are essential for futuristic development in a global scenario. Amongst the mainly qualities, emotional intelligence, empathy and self awareness were found to be the most essential qualities required to be effective as a leader in a global functioning.

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