Leadership (தலைமை)

The true worthiness of an individual, company or a nation is influenced by the basic principles on which the  entity is built and its legacy. IBM’s founder Thomas Watson laid down the motto of his company that his company is formed not for selling the machine but service as a whole. IBM became most famous for its customer service and focused on development of not only computer hardware but also software and services. Similarly, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started HP with basic innovation as the main driving force and it had helped it to achieve great heights. The Tata group, as we have already discussed kept their prime focus as service for the society and launched many programs to aid society in general and their employees in particular. Their group advertisement highlighting their many philanthropic ventures ending with “We also make Steel” has become legendary. GE’s former CEO Jack Welch took the company to dizzying heights and departed from the company as most respectable and best in terms of revenue and profitability as well as huge canvass of business domains GE had entered into. Ford Motor launched as the first commercial auto manufacturing company with an objective to manufacture cars affordably available to even entry-level staff within their own company. This initiative had led to Ford inventing the assembly line production concept and thus became the forerunner in efficient manufacturing thus driving down the production costs. There cannot be better example than to quote the present status of Singapore. Single man’s determination, Lee Quan Yew – first PM of the city state had transformed an underdeveloped fishing hamlet in to a throbbing economic giant in a short span of 40 years and to make it   the vibrant economic hub of Asia. Here, the greatness of above personalities are recognised  by the results they had achieved. Hence, it is mandatory that the top man in charge, has to exercise maximum caution and take innovative decision that  will  not only result in benefits the company or nation in the long run, but also bring laurels to him even after his departure from the scene. This aspect is extensively brought out in the book” In search Of Excellance”  by Modern Management Guru Mr. Thomas J. Peters along with Mr. Robert H. Waterman. In this, they had analyzed companies like IBM, HP and the good management traits inculcated by their founders, which had become the characteristics of the company itself.

In the words of Mr. Subroto Bagchi, founder and chairman of Mindtree, on of India’s most admired software companies and best selling business writer.    “ Success is not about what you consume. It’s what you leave behind a legacy. To achieve extraordinary things with ordinary people.

This couplet can also be considered as a warning to top executives to run the concern with prudence with long range benefits for the establishment and not to risk his reputation, as the result or outcome (good or bad) of his deeds will be attributed to him long after he relinquishes his position.  

தக்கார் தகவிலர் என்பது அவரது

எச்சத்தாற் காணப் படும் (114)

   

Thakkar Thagavilar Enbathu Avarathu

Echathar Kaanap Padum

ஓருவருது உண்மையான தகுதி அவர் விட்டு சென்ற பிறகு  இருக்கும் நிலையிலிருந்து வெளிப்படும்

One’s true worth is known by the legacy he left after his departure from the scene.