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There	
  is	
  only	
  one	
  boss	
  	
  the	
  customer.	
  And	
  he	
  can	
  fire	
  everybody	
  in	
  the	
 
company	
 from	
 the	
 chairman	
 on	
 down,	
 simply	
 by	
 spending	
 his	
 money	
 somewhere	
 
else.	
 	
 Sam	
 Walton.	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
Think	
  big,	
  think	
  fast,	
  think	
  ahead.	
  Ideas	
  are	
  no	
  one's	
  monopoly.	
  Our	
  dreams	
 
have	
 to	
 be	
 bigger.	
 Our	
 ambitions	
 higher,	
 our	
 commitment	
 deeper	
 and	
 our	
 efforts	
 
greater.	
  This	
  is	
  my	
  dream	
  for	
  India.	
  You	
  do	
  not	
  require	
  an	
  invitation	
  to	
  make	
 
profits.	
 If	
 you	
 work	
 with	
 determination	
 and	
 with	
 perfection,	
 success	
 will	
 follow.	
 
Pursue	
  your	
  goals	
  even	
  in	
  the	
  face	
  of	
  difficulties,	
  and	
  convert	
  adversities	
  into	
 
opportunities.	
  Give	
  the	
  youth	
  a	
  proper	
  environment.	
  Motivate	
  them.	
  Extend	
 
them	
 the	
 support	
 they	
 need.	
 Each	
 one	
 of	
 them	
 has	
 infinite	
 source	
 of	
 energy.	
 They	
 
will	
 deliver.	
 Between	
 my	
 past,	
 the	
 present	
 and	
 the	
 future,	
 there	
 is	
 one	
 common	
 
factor:	
 Relationship	
 and	
 Trust.	
 This	
 is	
 the	
 foundation	
 of	
 our	
 growth.	
 	
 We	
 bet	
 on	
 
people.	
 Meeting	
 the	
 deadlines	
 is	
 not	
 good	
 enough,	
 beating	
 the	
 deadlines	
 is	
 my	
 
expectation.	
  Don't	
  give	
  up,	
  courage	
  is	
  my	
  conviction."	
  	
  Late	
  Dhirubhai	
  H.	
 
Ambani	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
Our	
 assets	
 walk	
 out	
 of	
 the	
 door	
 each	
 evening.	
 We	
 have	
 to	
 make	
 sure	
 that	
 they	
 
come	
  back	
  the	
  next	
  morning.	
  Performance	
  leads	
  to	
  recognition.	
  Recognition	
 
brings	
 respect.	
 Respect	
 enhances	
 power.	
 Humility	
 and	
 grace	
 in	
 ones	
 moments	
 of	
 
power	
  enhances	
  dignity	
  of	
  an	
  organisation.	
  Progress	
  is	
  often	
  equal	
  to	
  the	
 
difference	
 between	
 mind	
 and	
 mindset.	
 I	
 want	
 Infosys	
 to	
 be	
 a	
 place	
 where	
 people	
 
of	
 different	
 genders,	
 nationalities,	
 races	
 and	
 religious	
 beliefs	
 work	
 together	
 in	
 an	
 
environment	
 of	
 intense	
 competition	
 but	
 utmost	
 harmony,	
 courtesy	
 and	
 dignity	
 
to	
 add	
 more	
 and	
 more	
 value	
 to	
 our	
 customers	
 day	
 after	
 day.	
 Leadership	
 is	
 about	
 
making	
 people	
 say,	
 'I	
 will	
 walk	
 on	
 water	
 for	
 you.'	
 It	
 is	
 about	
 creating	
 a	
 worthy	
 
dream	
 and	
 helping	
 people	
 achieve	
 it.	
 -足-足	
 NR	
 Narayana	
 Murthy,	
 chairman,	
 Infosys.	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
One	
  cannot	
  achieve	
  much	
  without	
  failures.	
  The	
  only	
  ones	
  who	
  make	
  no	
 
mistakes	
 are	
 the	
 ones	
 who	
 sleep.	
 I	
 think	
 we	
 know	
 how	
 to	
 learn	
 from	
 failures	
 and	
 
have	
 learnt	
 to	
 laugh	
 at	
 them.	
 We	
 are	
 perhaps	
 the	
 only	
 company	
 in	
 India	
 that	
 has	
 
acknowledged	
 failure.	
 We	
 have	
 trained	
 everyone	
 to	
 admit	
 failure	
 because	
 until	
 
one	
  admits	
  failure,	
  he	
  is	
  unable	
  to	
  change.	
  The	
  first	
  thing	
  is	
  to	
  defend,	
  then	
 
escape	
 and	
 pass	
 on	
 the	
 blame.	
 I	
 have	
 never	
 blamed	
 anyone	
 for	
 my	
 mistakes.	
 The	
 
leader	
 has	
 to	
 take	
 the	
 blame.	
 At	
 every	
 stage	
 in	
 life,	
 one	
 learns	
 and	
 matures	
 and	
 
sees	
 new	
 scenarios,	
 new	
 opportunities	
 and	
 new	
 possibilities.	
 In	
 a	
 fast	
 growing	
 
economy,	
  one	
  focusses	
  on	
  growing	
  revenues,	
  exploring	
  new	
  businesses.	
  In	
  a	
 
subdued	
 economy,	
 growth	
 has	
 to	
 be	
 multi-足dimensional	
 	
 growth	
 could	
 mean	
 
growing	
  efficiencies,	
  growing	
  margins	
  and	
  getting	
  more	
  from	
  the	
  same.	
  Even	
 
today,	
  we	
  are	
  just	
  as	
  ambitious,	
  but	
  our	
  ambition	
  is	
  more	
  about	
  getting	
  more	
 
from	
  the	
  same	
  scale	
  of	
  business	
  or	
  operations	
  or	
  resources	
  through	
  better	
 
productivity	
 and	
 better	
 execution.	
 -足-足	
 Kishore	
 Biyani,	
 founder	
 and	
 CEO,	
 Future	
 
Group.

	
 
Leadership	
 is	
 not	
 magnetic	
 personality	
 	
 that	
 can	
 just	
 as	
 well	
 be	
 a	
 glib	
 tongue.	
 
It	
 is	
 not	
 'making	
 friends	
 and	
 influencing	
 people'	
 -足-足	
 that	
 is	
 flattery.	
 Leadership	
 is	
 
lifting	
 a	
 person's	
 vision	
 to	
 high	
 sights,	
 the	
 raising	
 of	
 a	
 person's	
 performance	
 to	
 a	
 
higher	
 standard,	
 the	
 building	
 of	
 a	
 personality	
 beyond	
 its	
 normal	
 limitations.	
 The	
 
leaders	
 who	
 work	
 most	
 effectively,	
 it	
 seems	
 to	
 me,	
 never	
 say	
 "I."	
 And	
 that's	
 not	
 
because	
 they	
 have	
 trained	
 themselves	
 not	
 to	
 say	
 "I."	
 They	
 don't	
 think	
 "I."	
 They	
 
think	
 "we";	
 they	
 think	
 "team."	
 They	
 understand	
 their	
 job	
 to	
 be	
 to	
 make	
 the	
 team	
 
function.	
  They	
  accept	
  responsibility	
  and	
  don't	
  sidestep	
  it,	
  but	
  "we"	
  gets	
  the	
 
credit.	
 This	
 is	
 what	
 creates	
 trust,	
 what	
 enables	
 you	
 to	
 get	
 the	
 task	
 done.	
 Your	
 
first	
 and	
 foremost	
 job	
 as	
 a	
 leader	
 is	
 to	
 take	
 charge	
 of	
 your	
 own	
 energy	
 and	
 then	
 
help	
  to	
  orchestrate	
  the	
  energy	
  of	
  those	
  around	
  you.	
  -足-足	
  Peter	
  F	
  Drucker,	
 
Management	
 expert,	
 thinker,	
 author	
 and	
 teacher.	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
Any	
 crusade	
 requires	
 optimism	
 and	
 the	
 ambition	
 to	
 aim	
 high.	
 In	
 my	
 own	
 work,	
 
I've	
 tried	
 to	
 anticipate	
 what's	
 coming	
 over	
 the	
 horizon,	
 to	
 hasten	
 its	
 arrival,	
 and	
 
to	
 apply	
 it	
 to	
 people's	
 lives	
 in	
 a	
 meaningful	
 way.	
 When	
 it	
 comes	
 to	
 helping	
 out,	
 I	
 
don't	
  believe	
  in	
  doing	
  it	
  for	
  the	
  media	
  attention.	
  My	
  goal	
  is	
  to	
  support	
  the	
 
organizations	
  that	
  need	
  help.	
  I	
  am	
  very	
  excited	
  to	
  be	
  supporting	
  one	
  of	
  the	
 
world's	
 most	
 visionary	
 efforts	
 to	
 seek	
 basic	
 answers	
 to	
 some	
 of	
 the	
 fundamental	
 
question	
 about	
 our	
 universe	
 and	
 what	
 other	
 civilisations	
 may	
 exist	
 elsewhere.	
 
What	
 should	
 exist?	
 To	
 me,	
 that's	
 the	
 most	
 exciting	
 question	
 imaginable.	
 What	
 do	
 
we	
 need	
 that	
 we	
 don't	
 have?	
 How	
 can	
 we	
 realize	
 our	
 potential?	
 The	
 possible	
 is	
 
constantly	
  being	
  redefined,	
  and	
  I	
  care	
  deeply	
  about	
  helping	
  humanity	
  move	
 
forward.	
 -足-足	
 Excerpted	
 from	
 Idea	
 Man,	
 Paul	
 Allen.	
 A	
 Memoir	
 by	
 the	
 co-足founder	
 of	
 
Microsoft.	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
The	
 first	
 step	
 is	
 to	
 end	
 the	
 denial.	
 We	
 cannot	
 be	
 a	
 superpower	
 with	
 60%	
 of	
 the	
 
population	
 living	
 in	
 miserable	
 conditions	
 and	
 we	
 cannot	
 be	
 a	
 superpower	
 unless	
 
we	
 create	
 our	
 own	
 development	
 path,	
 stopping	
 the	
 trend	
 of	
 adopting	
 national	
 
policies	
  just	
  as	
  they	
  are	
  reaching	
  their	
  sell	
  by	
  date.	
  First	
  was	
  the	
  Nehruvian	
 
period	
  of	
  Fabian	
  socialism,	
  which	
  was	
  already	
  twenty	
  years	
  out	
  of	
  date	
  when	
 
initiated,	
 quickly	
 followed	
 by	
 nationalization,	
 a	
 few	
 years	
 before	
 the	
 idea	
 of	
 state-足
controlled	
 business	
 was	
 thoroughly	
 discredited.	
 Today	
 we	
 have	
 jumped	
 aboard	
 
the	
  consumption-足driven	
  development	
  bandwagon	
  just	
  as	
  the	
  headlines	
  are	
 
proclaiming	
 it	
 will	
 lead	
 to	
 a	
 global	
 environmental	
 catastrophe.	
 Its	
 time	
 for	
 India	
 
to	
 create	
 its	
 own	
 developmental	
 path.	
 -足-足	
 Excerpted	
 from	
 Making	
 India	
 Work	
 by	
 
William	
 Nanda	
 Bissell.	
 
	
 
	
 
"You	
 can	
 design	
 and	
 create,	
 and	
 build	
 the	
 most	
 wonderful	
 place	
 in	
 the	
 world.	
 But	
 
it	
 takes	
 people	
 to	
 make	
 the	
 dream	
 a	
 reality."	
 -足-足	
 Walt	
 Disney

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  • 1. There is only one boss the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. Sam Walton. Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one's monopoly. Our dreams have to be bigger. Our ambitions higher, our commitment deeper and our efforts greater. This is my dream for India. You do not require an invitation to make profits. If you work with determination and with perfection, success will follow. Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities. Give the youth a proper environment. Motivate them. Extend them the support they need. Each one of them has infinite source of energy. They will deliver. Between my past, the present and the future, there is one common factor: Relationship and Trust. This is the foundation of our growth. We bet on people. Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation. Don't give up, courage is my conviction." Late Dhirubhai H. Ambani Our assets walk out of the door each evening. We have to make sure that they come back the next morning. Performance leads to recognition. Recognition brings respect. Respect enhances power. Humility and grace in ones moments of power enhances dignity of an organisation. Progress is often equal to the difference between mind and mindset. I want Infosys to be a place where people of different genders, nationalities, races and religious beliefs work together in an environment of intense competition but utmost harmony, courtesy and dignity to add more and more value to our customers day after day. Leadership is about making people say, 'I will walk on water for you.' It is about creating a worthy dream and helping people achieve it. -足-足 NR Narayana Murthy, chairman, Infosys. One cannot achieve much without failures. The only ones who make no mistakes are the ones who sleep. I think we know how to learn from failures and have learnt to laugh at them. We are perhaps the only company in India that has acknowledged failure. We have trained everyone to admit failure because until one admits failure, he is unable to change. The first thing is to defend, then escape and pass on the blame. I have never blamed anyone for my mistakes. The leader has to take the blame. At every stage in life, one learns and matures and sees new scenarios, new opportunities and new possibilities. In a fast growing economy, one focusses on growing revenues, exploring new businesses. In a subdued economy, growth has to be multi-足dimensional growth could mean growing efficiencies, growing margins and getting more from the same. Even today, we are just as ambitious, but our ambition is more about getting more from the same scale of business or operations or resources through better productivity and better execution. -足-足 Kishore Biyani, founder and CEO, Future Group.
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