Unleashing Excellence is a show where Shruti Gehenwar and Karan Rayadurg hold conversations with people who are defining human excellence by their own terms. These conversations aim to understand who these people are and how they overcame their limiting beliefs, self doubts and other challenges to claim their agency, so that you - the listener - can learn to Unleash your Excellence.
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Unleashing Excellence is a show where Shruti Gehenwar and Karan Rayadurg hold conversations with people who are defining human excellence by their own terms. These conversations aim to understand who these people are and how they overcame their limiting beliefs, self doubts and other challenges to claim their agency, so that you - the listener - can learn to Unleash your Excellence.
Principles of Leadership - Responsibility, Equality and Compassion - Anil Nair - EP 03
Unleashing Excellence
41 minutes 43 seconds
3 years ago
Principles of Leadership - Responsibility, Equality and Compassion - Anil Nair - EP 03
In this episode Anil Nair former CEO and Managing partner at L&K Saatchi & Saatchi. Talks to us about his principles of leadership. In a career spanning over 25 years Anil has worked with some of the biggest global advertising companies like McCann and DDB. He co-founded India’s largest independent advertising agency – Law & Kenneth before it merged with Saatchi & Saatchi.
He has worked on brands like Coca Cola, Ariel, Olay, Dettol, Renault, Skoda, Sony, HSBC, ICICI Bank, Emirates, Cathay Pacific, Hero Motocorp, ITC, Dabur, Pepperfry, Jockey and Kent to name a few.
Anil is currently on his second innings as an entrepreneur and an investor. Today Anil nurtures his start-ups – The Pretty Geeky and Goodwind Mototours (a motorcycle touring company with charity at heart), and is a mentor and advisor to emerging startups.
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Anil's Definition of Excellence 1:44
How does one translate excellence to the team 3:30
Understand yourself first: Excellence as a personal philosophy rather than an external benchmark 6:30
Anil being the first Indian invited to the Global Leadership board of Saatchi & Saatchi what this means for India 7:58
Anil's Principles of leadership: #1 Responsiblity & a personal sense of accountability 10:00
Anil's Principles of leadership: #2 First among equals; you've been selected to lead 11:00
Anil's Principles of leadership: #3 Compassion; difference between being ruthless & being firm 11:40
Anil's Principles of leadership: #4 Being Humble; because this is also transcient. When you grow organically and stay observant, life teaches you 12:20
Let's clarify Compassion: fully understanding the reality & role of the other person in the situation 14:55
Advice from the female monk on how Firing someone is a Spiritual act 18:55
Sharing the truth & bearing the repercussions 20:05
Story of acceptance: How being let go can be a road towards fulfilling your purpose 23:05
Shruti sums up the learning on 'serving your purpose' with a personal example 24:40:00
How do Leaders and Teams contribute to maintaining harmony and progress 27:05:00
Individual Brilliance Vs concept of Team 28:00:00
Examples from Hindustan Lever Limited (Unilever) 29:00:00
Team Roger Federer 31:30:00
People are Different, not Difficult 33:50:00
Owning Up: Life lessons from childhood 35:58:00
It is always good to own up and not cover up. When you own up, you can have fun! 39:02:00
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Your host is Shruti Gehenwar, PCC (ICF), Founder of Coach Chakra Learning Solutions. A company that specialises in high performance coaching and leadership development.
Your host is Karan Rayadurg, Co – founder Coach Chakra Learning Solutions. A company that specialises in high performance coaching and leadership development.
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Unleashing Excellence
Unleashing Excellence is a show where Shruti Gehenwar and Karan Rayadurg hold conversations with people who are defining human excellence by their own terms. These conversations aim to understand who these people are and how they overcame their limiting beliefs, self doubts and other challenges to claim their agency, so that you - the listener - can learn to Unleash your Excellence.
