Q. What makes an ordinary company a ‘great organisation’?
A. It is the people and always the people; this is what I have always believed in and have experienced too. It is the ability to attract, retain and nurture people that makes an organisation great. People make all the difference inside or outside a workplace and that is why they need to feel connected with the organisation. Our job as leaders is primarily to attract the right talent and allow them to be themselves which can be done through the following approach:
Experience, Explore and Grow
People should feel empowered. We, as leaders, have to be the Thirthankara (according to Jainism, Thirthankara is a human being who in addition to achieving liberation and enlightenment, became a role model and leader for those seeking spiritual guidance) who with knowledge and guidance will enable the connection and bridge the gap.
Q. What are your thoughts on the talent base in India? What is the need of the hour to generate more employment opportunities for them?
A. I think, fundamentally, our talent base is good both from the perspective of technical skills as well as from that of soft skills and this is increasingly being recognised globally.
There are some challenges that we have from our education system and from companies which do not equip people adequately to be job ready. But the biggest hurdle in my view is embedded in our thinking. Our system constrains us to think only in a certain manner. Our upbringing and milieu have instilled fear in our minds which has conditioned our living. We need to learn to unlock ‘that’ fear. I believe in F=S=O, that is, fear = scarcity = opportunity (on the lines of counterfactuals). Click here to read more...
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