Inspiring leaders across history – such as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, and Abraham Lincoln – have shown that ordinary people can learn to lead in extraordinary ways.

At the 47th Regional Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India’s Eastern India Regional Council, Hitendra Wadhwa discussed what it truly takes to succeed, drawing inspiration from the lives of historical leaders like Mandela and Lincoln, and the simple actions they took that express the fundamentals of great leadership.