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Six things to keep in mind when you are stepping into your new role as CEO
By Devdutt Pattanaik
Sometimes you just have to go ahead and do things and take responsibility for the consequences, whatever they may be.
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The Mahabharata is full of colourful characters and they have lots of lessons for various contexts of corporate life, not least for a new CEO. Here are six things one must not do if one has just become a leader.
Do not be a Bhisma
Bhisma was the grand patriarch of the Kuru clan who had the power to determine the time of his death. In other words, he had no expiry date. And so he kept on living, from generation ..
Lesson: The organisation has to function even without you and you cannot do everything.
Do not be a Drona
Drona was the tutor of the Kuru princes and he fought for the Kauravas against the Pandavas. While he claimed loyalty to the Kurus, his real obsession was his son, Ashwatthama. Krishna knew this and spread the rumor that Ashwatthama had been killed in battle. This broke Drona's heart and he lost the will to fight.
Lesson: < ..
Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
By Devdutt Pattanaik
Sometimes you just have to go ahead and do things and take responsibility for the consequences, whatever they may be.
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The Mahabharata is full of colourful characters and they have lots of lessons for various contexts of corporate life, not least for a new CEO. Here are six things one must not do if one has just become a leader.
Do not be a Bhisma
Bhisma was the grand patriarch of the Kuru clan who had the power to determine the time of his death. In other words, he had no expiry date. And so he kept on living, from generation ..
Lesson: The organisation has to function even without you and you cannot do everything.
Do not be a Drona
Drona was the tutor of the Kuru princes and he fought for the Kauravas against the Pandavas. While he claimed loyalty to the Kurus, his real obsession was his son, Ashwatthama. Krishna knew this and spread the rumor that Ashwatthama had been killed in battle. This broke Drona's heart and he lost the will to fight.
Lesson: < ..
Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
