Pradeep Kar
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Leadership and how it drives
Leadership means first what comes to my mind clearly is a sense of responsibility, a sense of conviction, a decision what I will take someone needs to be convinced, an ability to make a significant impact on business, customer and Industry.
Decision taken at the time of crisis
It depends on the situation. You have to be objective, make sure you have adequate data on table. When two choices arise, I take the decision basing on my intuit feel. It all depends what is the underlying factor, understanding both sides of the situation, getting a fair perspective
Crucial decisions and its come out
In 1989, the future was on networking, we start following on that. The second decision was in 1991, when Indian economy opened up, people started buying multinational brands, so we tied up with Cisco, Synopsys. In 1999, there was internet boom, so we focused on that and again 2001 when internet burst happened, we quickly sold 3 companies. In 2002, we thought IT outsourcing will happen, now we can see the benefits of staying the course.
Given a choice want to go back and change something
Yes. The 3 companies, which we sold, if we could sold them a year earlier, we could have got 10-20 times more money. But looking back you can always connect the dots.
Unique practices to build future leaders
As we are competing with tier-1 companies or multibillion companies, we need talent who are more entrepreneurial, responsive and faster. I spend a lot of my time in hiring people. Each month I invite 5 employees with their families to have launch with me.
Role model or mentor
I really didn’t have the benefit to have a mentor. But for me Steve jobs who is really stands out and has done exceptionally well. We make sure all employees will go through his Stanford speech during induction. It’s really inspiring
Leadership traits that you appreciate
Patience. Sometimes it’s better to leave things a little more, people will find the answer.
Fostering innovation in your organization
We have chief Innovation officer who reports to me. I ensure what they trying to do, they are well supported and adequately funded.
Thoughts about Leadership and management
Whenever you interact with an employee, they should feel inspired. We need to celebrate success every day. You should take the ownership as a leader and you have to be responsible and accountable.
Advice or suggestion to budding entrepreneurs
You have to stay optimistic and should have the self belief. You can’t be a captain of a ship and think that it’s going to crash. Raise money when you don’t need that. Hire the right people.
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