Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Value as the core

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Sudhir Kumar(officer special duty of Indian Railways)
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The common man believes that it was Lallu Prasad Yadav who turned around the Indian Railways, well why then did he not get the Railway Ministers slot once again? That aside what is to be learnt from Indian Railways and its success is its focus on compassion as the core. As we move towards the bio tech era, the core of any enterprise or corporation, perforce need to be values and compassion. That will be the driving force.

I was reading the article written by Jaspal Singh Sabharwal (MD Future Capital) and I was quite taken aback when the name of Mr Sudhir Kumar (office special duty of Indian Railways)came up.

Jaspal Singh takes two huge corporations - Indian Railways and General Motors and takes a look at their Environment, Mission and Core Competencies (Responsible Leadership) GM apparently fumbled in misreading the environment . According to Jaspal "Leadership is all about focus and compassion - its not about efficiency in a cost sense, its about don't get distracted get-all-the-wood-behind-one-arrow sense".

I like this part " Traditionally we have searced for the miracle worker with a magic want to tun an ailing organization around. To establish maintain and restore the three survival assumptions (Enviro - Mission - Core competencies) does not require a Robin Hood or Leornardo da vinci in the executive room. It is not genius; its hard work. It is not being clever, its being conscientious. The responsible leaders do not dismiss unexpected failure, they accept that the three assumptions are dynamic in nature and to be successful, one has to operate with heads-up"

“Bankruptcy to Billions”, book by Sudhir Kumar

Leadership is about focus & compassion Jaspal Singh Sabharwal.
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