A book that raises important questions on ‘servant leaders’
Book review: Tata’s Leadership Experiment: The Story of the Tata Administrative Service
Category : leadership
The TAS experiment
The Tata Administrative Service was created by JRD Tata to find officers who would provide leadership for Tata companies. In this extract from their new book, ‘Tata’s Leadership Experiment’, Bharat Wakhlu, Mukund Rajan and Sonu Bhasin talk about the mixed success of that experiment
Ground Realities
How diverse really is India Inc’s diversity agenda?
Companies have an ableist bias. Youth4Jobs, and the young people they’ve trained, are fighting that bias
The Gist
‘A leader’s role is to shape the decades ahead, not just react to the present’
Insights from Indra Nooyi’s memoir ‘My Life in Full’, on leadership in a world “where authority and brilliance, to many people, still look like an older gentleman”
How Bishan Bedi took Delhi from Club Class to World Class
Throughout his career, the spin wizard seldom pulled his punches. His aggressive brand of leadership defined the rise of the champion Ranji side—and for the first time challenged Mumbai’s dominance. An extract from the book 'The Sardar of Spin'
When is a consultant’s job done?
The fees they earn is not a measure of how well a consultant has served the client. These three stories of change—of BP’s turnaround, Mexico City’s municipal workers, and of young consultants who want to make a real difference—show what a consultant's job really is. Extracted from Arun Maira’s latest book, ‘The Solutions Factory: A Consultant’s Handbook for Problem-solving’
Transforming Indian banking
To transform and build better governance, which of the two levers ought a leader use? Compliance? Or culture?
Hustle Fuel
Six archetypes of leaders for a new normal
The post pandemic era will need fresh thinking and an ability to learn and adapt
Hustle Fuel
Gaining ‘Tracxn’ in the startup world
Neha Singh, co-founder of Tracxn Technologies, talks about why she chose to be a generalist despite her techie credentials; how the startup ecosystem is evolving in India; and what founders ought to know about venture capitalists
How Leaders Can Embrace the Gig Mindset
Masterclass | A Bold New Breed: How Leaders Can Embrace a Gig Mindset Culture
Gig-mindsetters are any entity’s secret weapon in these volatile times. Who exactly are they, and how can leaders nurture them? Jane McConnell, Ravi Venkatesan, and Santosh Desai offer different lenses to understand and encourage this new breed
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