Leadership

 An art to motivate a group of people towards achieving a common goal  The leader is the inspiration & direction of the action  Leadership abilities can be learned and developed hence leaders are not born but made  Thus companies are focusing towards leadership development A leader is…

 Self starter  Visionary  Motivator  Communicator  Mentor  Change agent  Risk taker  Strategic thinker  committed  responsible “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others." — Jack Welch

Developing Leaders

A recent global survey by Hewitt & RBS International has placed two Indian companies in the top 10 list for their initiative and venture for best leadership development programmes Leading towards a higher goal BUILDING FUTURE LEADERS-COMPANIES FOCUS

 Leadership development refers to any activity that enhances the quality of leadership within an individual or organization  Why is this so vital? Growth in scale Global exposure Acute talent crunch Changing market scenario High performance demanded Multiple roles performed

Incubation centres of companies

 Companies focus on leadership development programmes for grooming employees into leaders  , & HUL give stress to the role of leadership development in a great way  Leadership centers were started by companies to train employees-  Tata management & training centre- Tatas at Pune Gyanodaya- at Vashi Infosys Leadership Institute-Infosys at Mysore Leadership Development Institute-TCS at Thiruvanathapuram Tools for selecting leaders

 Competency models  360 degree feedback  Job Rotation  Experiential & action learning  Talent Management  Succession planning  Reward/Recognition  Coaching & mentoring

Leadership Traits

 Develop strengths in strategic  Early recognition of leadership & operational areas potential in employees

 Change management  Structured developmental activities  Content leadership  Focus on women leadership & diversity leadership  Adversity Management

 Various rotational assignments  Transition & talent leadership are provided to leaders

ILI, Infosys  MDC, IBM India

Plans and strategies  Unilever has a ‘leadership differential tool’ which measures their performance & potential, it forms the basis of rewards  IBM has a monthly cadence calls to track progress done by top team  Bharti group puts emphasis on talent development hence builds a career plan for leaders  Continuous Learning Programme (CLP) is a program by TCS making employees mandatory to attend it  Wipro develops leaders through coaching  Infosys has a nine part leadership trait model which a tool measuring employees

Women……. as leaders

 Diversity of thought, ideas & leadership styles are essential for sustaining competitive advantage hence supporting & understanding women capabilities and building them as leader is needed.  Leadership development is an important trait to be understood and developed in organization further giving human resources an important dimension. Thank You

By

VIJAY S. K.