Bhīṣma’s MBA: Timeless Leadership Lessons from the Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma’s MBA translates the arrow-bed counsel of Bhīṣma Pitāmaha into practical frameworks for today’s leaders. Combining narrative retellings with a management-oriented section Dr Harshal Giri Goswami maps classical teachings onto planning organising leading and controlling—then drills down into topics such as unity of command discipline remuneration decentralisation and ethics. Across 31 focused chapters the book pairs epic storytelling with actionable tools—cadences SOPs ritualised accountability and a dharma-first approach to decision making—so CEOs managers entrepreneurs and students can lead with courage clarity and conscience. This is a handbook for leaders who want to be effective and upright not efficient only. Dr Harshal Giri Goswami works at the intersection of exercise science strategy and spirituality. A celebrity fitness trainer and physiotherapist with a BPT and MPT in Sports Physiotherapy and a PhD in Exercise Science he has coached actors and business leaders while teaching exercise physiology biomechanics and sports science. A lifelong student of the Mahābhārata Rāmāyaṇa and Purāṇas he reads epic dharma as a playbook for modern life. This blend of lab-tested rigor and scriptural insight powers his writing from One Ball Left to Bhīṣma’s MBA.