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Itdemonstrates how a leader's mind engages progressively with broader matters, rather than stayingconfined to only those of his company and its operations.The author argues that this widening engagement with society at large is most satisfying for businessleaders, and emphasizes the role that business leaders can play in matters concerning nation andsociety. It demonstrates the practical way business leaders can contribute to the world, each basedon his or her domain of expertise.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56310033187189,"sku":"9789353335243","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9789353335243_4c846dd5-a590-4aee-bcd0-d2b7b41d6ce2.jpg?v=1786031519"},{"product_id":"9789353338565","title":"HOW ANIL NAIK BUILT L\u0026T'S REMARKABLE GROWTH TRAJECTORY","description":"How is a 'Shaper' different from a manager and a business leader? A Shaper operates with a long-term vision and successfully changes the trajectory of the company to make it future ready, in the way Anil Naik shaped the future of Larsen \u0026amp; Toubro (L\u0026amp;T). The narrative traces the spectacular five-decade-long journey of Anil Naik as a junior engineer from the shop floor to the position of MD, CEO and chairman. The story traverses through the parallel life journeys of L\u0026amp;T and Naik and witnesses their trials and tribulations. Naik built the growth trajectory of L\u0026amp;T on the foundation of 'value creation' and transformed the company into an agile and competitive business conglomerate. Based on a series of personal interviews with Naik and his team, the book explores Naik's mindset and actions that transformed L\u0026amp;T into a leading Indian MNC with a global footprint in fields as diverse as defence, nuclear power and aerospace to financial services, IT and engineering services. How Anil Naik Built L\u0026amp;T's Remarkable Growth Trajectory is the second book in the series, Shapers of Business Institutions. The book reveals 'The Naik Way'-new theories of leadership and management as a catalyst to growth.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56310033318261,"sku":"9789353338565","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9789353338565_24ab8bbb-0b87-400b-a27f-277e716902fe.jpg?v=1786031541"},{"product_id":"9789353338541","title":"How TCS Built An Industry For India","description":"What makes some organizationsong-lasting? How come some chart a new course which othersike to follow? Does this characterize them as \"business institutions' rather than merely \"good companies'? How do two businesseaders with radically different management styles embed values and practices into the sinews of a corporation through their thoughts and actions? These are some vital questions for India's economic growth that find resonance in the incredible journey of India'sargest software exporter, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). The narrative relives the highs andows in theife of this multibillion-dollar enterprise, as seen through the eyes of its architects”Faqir Chand Kohli (96), the founder, and his successor, S. Ramadorai (75). Between them, they spent 40 years making TCS an admirable industryeader and a corporation with agility, innovation and scale. Based on interviews with Kohli and Ramadorai, the authors provide an insider's account of their grand vision of igniting India's IT revolution. From the evolution of the offshoring model to harnessing the enormous opportunity offered by the Y2K problem, they offer rare insights into a company that they built, brick by brick. How TCS Built an Industry for India is the first book in the series, Shapers of Business Institutions, and is a unique blend of a must-read business biography and a management classic.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311071900021,"sku":"9789353338541","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9789353338541_1ed1fa4c-9429-41cc-b554-1b212643eb5f.jpg?v=1786031541"},{"product_id":"how-uday-kotak-build-a-valuable-indian-bank-hb","title":"How Uday Kotak Built A Valuable Indian Bank","description":"Inspiration and insights from the achievements and challenges of one of India's greatest entrepreneurs \"I have always held a deep belief that an institutionike a Bank mustive forever. If what you have created does not outlive you, then you have failed. It is the true test of what you are building.' how did Uday, a scion of a well-established cotton trading family, break away from the ready nest-egg offered by the traditional family business to set up his eponymous Kotak Mahindra Bank, known for being one of the most expensive Bank stocks in the world. \"How Uday Kotak built a valuable Indian Bank' recounts the story of a young man, brought up in a family with Gandhian values and a simple middle-class ethos, who just wanted to be a professional cricketer. With a foiled dream and a deep desire to do \"something on My own', Uday started out with an MBA degree and an innate ability to spot unseen business opportunities, to set up a company in the small Office space provided by his father. The company crossed various trials by fire in tandem with India's economy to emerge as the Bank with the highest market to book Ratio in the world, a measure that indicates the efficiency of the Bank in value creation as perceived by investors. Based on personal interviews with Uday, his Kotak team and friends, readers willearn what it takes to create a world-class financial conglomerate with international standards of corporate governance and asset efficiency. How Uday Kotak built a valuable Indian Bank is the sixth and final book in the series, Shapers of business institutions.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57495575232885,"sku":"9789390547753","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9789390547753.jpg?v=1786618253"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-r-gopalakrishnan.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}