Management Perspectives

Why should the focus of first-time CEOs be on people skills and relationship building to ensure they feel thoroughly prepared for the demands of their role?

By working towards the ‘happy and healthy’ leadership approach, leaders will be able to balance themselves, remain open to the future, and embrace whatever comes. They will lead with strength and kindness.

A star performing employee gets elevated to a big leadership position, but one that is different from his domain. The situation throws up questions such as- ‘How does one learn to say “no” to an offer that is lucrative but not something that one wants do? Once one accepts this offer, but is unable to live up to the expectation of his/her bosses, how does one get out of this sticky situation?

The story of how, in less than two decades, Tatas transformed a sluggish public sector enterprise like VSNL into a global telecommunications conglomerate.