Here is what I wrote to BUSINESS TODAY on reading its cover story on CEOs:
Dear Sir, This refers to your Special Issue (BT Dec 21 2014) on “India’s Best CEOs”. Let’s say Cheers to the celebration of India’s corporate leadership!! Your eminent panel of selectors has done full justice to the final rankings based on parameters and selection criteria. It is indeed a great source of inspiration for the new breed of Gen Next leaders and CEOs to be. However, quite a few of your readers like me, will agree that merely statistics and figures of performance like profitability, capital efficiency, top line growth, return on equity etc. alone, do not truly reflect the success of a CEO. There are many personal qualities of leadership that shape the destiny of an enterprise. According to Joey Tamer, a widely-acclaimed strategic consultant to technology and media CEOs, U.S. and worldwide, following are the ten characteristics of a successful CEO: 1.Domain Expertise (technology or other) 2.Leadership & Personal Power 3.Financial Savvy 4.Ability to pitch and close 5.Honor 6.Realism 7.Perseverance 8.Patience 9.Perspective on the larger scheme of things and finally, 10.Courage to move forward, or stop, and to know when to do either one. She has done a lot of research on this topic which can be read about by visiting JoeyTamer.com. Yes, today we need CEOs with the above qualities to take the country towards its onward march to become a super-power in the knowledge, experience and expertise domains in times to come. Kudos to entire BT Team once again for its continuous efforts to bring to its readers such good articles highlighting our power-packed CEOs. May their tribe increase! J S BROCA, New Delhi
MY LETTER IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF BUSINESS TODAY DATED 4TH JAN 2015
Here is the edited version of my letter published on page 12 of the issue under the heading “Letters to the Editor”
This refers to BT’s special issue India’s Best CEOs (Dec 21). Kudos to the entire BT Team, for such good articles. Your eminent panel of selectors has done full justice to the final rankings based on parameters and selection criteria. It is indeed a source of inspiration for the GenNext leaders. However, quite a few of your readers, will agree that merely statistics of profitability, capital efficiency, top-line growth, return on equity,etc., do not truly reflect the success of a CEO. There are many personal qualities of leadership that shape the destiny of an enterprise. According to Joey Tamer, a strategic consultant to technology and media CEOs, there are 10 characteristics of a successful CEO. These include domain expertise, honour, perseverance and patience, among others. Today we need CEOs with the above qualities to take the country forward in its quest to become a super-power.
J S Broca , New Delhi
21.12.2014
MY LETTER IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF BUSINESS TODAY DATED 4TH JAN 2015
Here is the edited version of my letter published on page 12 of the issue under the heading “Letters to the Editor”
This refers to BT’s special issue India’s Best CEOs (Dec 21). Kudos to the entire BT Team, for such good articles. Your eminent panel of selectors has done full justice to the final rankings based on parameters and selection criteria. It is indeed a source of inspiration for the GenNext leaders. However, quite a few of your readers, will agree that merely statistics of profitability, capital efficiency, top-line growth, return on equity,etc., do not truly reflect the success of a CEO. There are many personal qualities of leadership that shape the destiny of an enterprise. According to Joey Tamer, a strategic consultant to technology and media CEOs, there are 10 characteristics of a successful CEO. These include domain expertise, honour, perseverance and patience, among others. Today we need CEOs with the above qualities to take the country forward in its quest to become a super-power.
J S Broca , New Delhi
21.12.2014