30th October 2019 BUSINESS STANDARD
In a previous column (BS, 25th Sep), I had described a progressive and happy society as one where enterprise, education and eudaemonia (=well-being) co-exist.11rd October 2019 BUSINESS STANDARD
Readers of my last three articles in this column have asked for an example to exemplify my advocacy that independent directors can and should act on signals rather than wait for a crisis to crack open25th September 2019 BUSINESS STANDARD
Indian CEOs should strategize on the fostering of business institutions rather than just running companies. Institutions are superior to companies, just like forts are superior to modern bungalows. India needs more forts.03rd October 2019 BUSINESS STANDARD
As a business strategist and writer, R. Gopalakrishnan has devoted his work to studying ethics, leadership, and human capital. He began his 31-year-long career at Unilever’s massive...30th, September 2019 FOUNDING FUEL
Ethics can be learnt, though it may be considered difficult to teach. What matters is the kind of experiences young managers are exposed to.11th September 2019 BUSINESS STANDARD
I responded to an event organizer’s request for an unconventional biodata about myself by sending something like29th August 2019 BUSINESS STANDARD
How do you deal with a high performing CEO, who is arrogant, in-your-face and cocky? Watch very carefully for prodromal signals and act on the 5C’s: consider, consult, counsel, coach and, if all fail, then confront02nd August 2019 BUSINESS STANDARD
Reading recent books on business—pharma, financial services, technology firms—it appears that we love to hate business. The truth is that we just cannot do without them. So we mock them, criticize them.30th July 2019 BUSINESS STANDARD
Although the group had showcased somany examples ofinnovations over thelastcentury, the prevailing perception internally and externally in 2005,...