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Gajendra Nagpal, CEO, Unicon Financial

Intermediaries Pvt. Ltd.

GREAT LEADERS AREGREAT VISIONARIES...

…They are the people whohave the courage to do theright things even underunfavourablecircumstances. Anotherimportant characteristic isthat they have animmediate connect withpeople. They aretransparent and have theability to carry peoplealong with them. Whetherleaders are born or made isdebatable. However, it ismore of an evolutionprocess and one has toconstantly evolve as aleader as the situation orenvironment changes, elseone would cease to be aleader.

I AM PASSIONATEABOUT…

…the kind of business weare into. I have seen mybusiness achieve greatmilestones and it is thegrowth and the respectthat renews my passion.

I BELIEVE IN GETTINGTHE RIGHT PEOPLE…

…onboard andempowering them. I setgoals which are SMART(Specific, Measurable,Achievable, Realistic andTime Bound) for mypeople and have a strictperformance managementsystem in place. I wouldlike to be a “coach” ratherthan a boss.

- Yasmin Taj

For Ritesh Sarvaiya,CMD, Rikhav In-fotech, a 4 am friend is

someone who is not onlyavailable during toughtimes, but also takes you outof that trouble. “My 4 amfriend is the one who givesme an honest feedback, callsa spade a spade, not worry-ing about my stature orwhat I may think or feelabout it,” says Sarvaiya.

Sarvaiya met FredrickHamilton when he wasworking at Wipro in 2004

as a technical consultant.“Fred was general manager- operations, Wipro BPOSolutions and was six lev-els above me. Over 1500people reported to him andthe way he went about hiswork, the respect he com-manded was truly awe-in-spiring. Once an an-nouncement was madethat he needed a MicrosoftExcel expert and I took theinitiative and helped himout. Impressed with myproactiveness and expert-

ise, he made me a part ofhis core team. Being a task-master, it wasn't easyworking with Hamilton.But, today, at every step inmy role as the leader of myteam, I realised the impor-tance of whatever I havelearnt from him. I feel ex-tremely privileged to haveworked with him andgrown tremendously, bothprofessionally and person-ally,” recalls Sarvaiya.

How often does he con-sult him for advice and hereplies, “I consult himwhenever I am stuck withchoices - as to which roadto take that will take meforward with minimumrisks. Having ideas is onething, executing them is analtogether different ballgame and Fred is the one,who has always given methe right advice with ex-tremely logical and patientexplanations. Six monthsago, when I moved to thisfacility, I had no idea if wecould manage the show as

seamlessly as we did whenwe were not so big. He hasbeen a powerful guidingforce for my company. Hisleadership skills, his abilityto inspire and motivatepeople, knowledge and un-derstanding of myriad top-ics as well as his ability tothink big and think out-of-the-box are some of thequalities, which I truly ad-mire in him.”

“Fred has always re-minded me to maintain awork-life balance. He be-lieves if you are successfulat the cost of your personallife, you are not successfulat all. And I completelyagree with him; I try toleave office by 6 pm so Ican spend some qualitytime with my family. Thereare times when I get blind-ed by my ambitions andunintentionally overlookmy personal life but fromnowhere Fred pops up inmy mind to remind methat I have life beyondwork,” adds Sarvaiya

HELPING HANDS

RIGHT SAID FRED

Hari Menon, CEO, Indi-aSkills had first met RajKalady, MD – PMI, India

when he joined Manipal Educa-tion in 2006. “My definition of a4 am friend would be someonewhom you can completely trustand expect support at all times. A4 am friend is there with you, es-pecially when you are down andout and you value his/her pres-ence the most during difficulttimes. We were colleagues andsimply clicked as friends within afew days of our meeting. Thereasons could be many; maybebecause we were both Malay-alees, we certainly had similarviews on many issues, could talkand laugh together for longhours and had some wonderfulcommon friends,” recalls

Menon.Does Menon consult him of-

ten and he says, “We stay intouch regularly - but that’s not asimportant as being available toeach other when we need it themost - and we both know that.”

Any impact Kalady’s had onhis personal and professional lifeand Menon elaborates, “Fromthe time we’ve met, he has al-ways been a great support to me.He has stood by me when thechips were down, especiallythrough a terrible personal trag-ic period I went through a fewyears ago. Our personal friend-ship has now resulted in somewonderful bonding amongst ourfamilies including spouses, ourkids, parents and extends to ourrelatives too.”

BUSINESS

WE’VE ALL HEARD OF THE

ADAGE ‘A FRIEND IN NEED IS

A FRIEND INDEED,’ RIGHT?

IF YOU THOUGHT THAT

INDIA INC EXECUTIVES,

AMIDST THEIR BUSINESS

COMMITMENTS AND BUSY

SCHEDULES FIND NO TIME

FOR THEIR FRIENDS, YOU

ARE MISTAKEN.

SHEETAL SRIVASTAVA

SPEAKS TO A FEW

EXECUTIVES WHO GIVE

THE ABOVE ADAGE A

WHOLE NEW MEANING

AS THEY REVEAL THEIR

4 AM FRIENDS AND THE

IMPACT THEY HAVE HAD

IN THEIR LIVES

‘FRIENDLY’

Rajji Rai, President, Travel Agents Associationof India (TAAI) & Director - South Asia Unit-ed Federation of Travel Agents' Associations

(UFTAA) has known Rana Kapoor, Chairman andMD of Yes Bank since his salad days. They used tomeet everyday in Panchshila Club and play a coupleof serious rounds of billiards and snooker.

“I consult him quite regularly on varied issuesconcerning my personal life as well as for my busi-ness ventures. I admire him for his sincerity, tenac-ity, dedication to his work and will power,” notesRai.

“Kapoor has strongly impacted my personal andprofessional life because I have seen the phenome-nal growth of his career in such a short span. I alsogreatly admire his single-minded devotion and ded-ication to his work I also know how he burns themidnight oil and works over 16 hours daily and fi-nally believes in the mantra that there is no shortcutto success,” concludes Rai.

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