Managing human resources has become extremely difficult for leaders in this globalized business scenario due to the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) nature of the environment. An organization can flourish with the help of strong leadership. However, weak leadership has the potential to destroy any institution or organization. To effectively and efficiently lead the organization, executives employ a variety of leadership styles. Thus, guiding the organization and advancing its vision is one of the most important challenges. Therefore, finding outstanding leaders and developing the best traits are the main problems and the true concerns of any firm. This problem has been scrutinized and debated from a variety of angles and ideas. Modern management theories have covered a wide range of leadership traits and approaches. It's fascinating to note that our ancient texts, including the Mahabharata had given us a variety of viewpoints on what leadership is and how it might benefit an organization.

For example, Lord Krishna, the divine incarnation of Lord Vishnu, was very intelligent, had excellent communication skills, was a great influencer and a convergent thinker. One could argue that, in the current situation, Lord Krishna has served as the world's best crisis manager. Krishna was the greatest strategist, according to the Mahabharata. Despite the fact that numerous other Mahabharata characters have addressed the significant issues of the day. Krishna was a wise and situational leader who changed his strategy depending on the situation, the people, and the time.

This paper primarily examines how ancient Indian texts like Mahabharata had different stances on leadership theory and how they can be applied to modern leadership challenges.