Corporate lessons from political happenings in Maharashtra

1.  Top Boss must be accessible to ALL: MLAs rebelled due to inaccessible CM.
2. Wrong business Alliances can break your company: SS entered into an alliance which was against the political ideology. Cultural integration became an issue, ultimately failed.
3. If unemployed, be ready to accept one level down position: Devendra Fadanvis assumed the post of Deputy CM after serving as the CM in his last stint.
4. Experience is superior to the inheritance: 2/3 of the MLAs supported Mr. Shinde who is a home grown talent of the party over the political heirs of Late Shri Balasaheb Thackeray.
5. Do not neglect your middle management: a neglected middle manager can be the future CEO of another company.
6. When the other party needs an alliance: negotiate hard- NCP and INC grabbed meaty portfolios in previous govt. They were aware about the shorter life span of the alliance.
7. CEO can't be on WFH.
8. Never underestimate your competition no matter how long you may have been in the field of politics. Devendra Fadnavis whose age is even less than the number of years Sharad Pawar has been a politician, yet he had this time going for him.
9. Always keep your eyes and ears open and be alert to all the happenings around you. The home minister of Maharashtra was caught unawares of the movement of state MLA's from one state to another in the middle of the night.
10. Gone are the days when you could be a chief minister or a minister of state for full five years. VUCA times is applicable to politicians as well. We have seen in the last 3 years that Maharashtra state has had 3 CM's, one for 2 days to another one for 2.5 years and now another one helming the affairs for the moment.
11. The sky is the limit for those who can dream and work towards it. Even an Auto Rickshaw Driver can become CM of a state that is the financial capital of the country.
12. We, as voters need to vote for a party based on what they have done for the state and it's people and what they can do in the future. Should not vote based on ideologies, freebies and populist measures.