Narayana Murthy is one of those rare individuals whose lives are the living embodiment of
achievement. To learn a bit from his experience, here are 10 points from Narayana Murthy to be
a great leader:
1.Be Nimble
So, in that sense it’s important to keep innovating and bring new ideas and paradigms to the
platform.
2. Mentoring
And one of the instruments for doing that is to have good mentoring skills.
3.Be Courageous: As Murthy says that one should have Courage of Conviction,
Courage.. to go against conventional systems and Courage..to travel the road less travelled.
4. Respect Your Competitors
Acc to him we should ”Always respect them and learn whatever you can. And that’s the way you
can beat them.”
5.Stick To Your Ideas
He said “When they started, the environment was completely business unfriendly. It took a year
to get the telephone connection and three years to get import license for computers. But they
knew, there was a huge global opportunity and they stick to their idea.”
6.Be In A Great State Of Mind
Most of our energy is based on what our mental state is. As long as one is full of
enthusiasm, hope, confidence and Joy, then physical energy will come to him on its
own.
7.Walk The Talk
Although it seems difficult to achieve, but as per Murthy, “Once you have demonstrated
your value system by deed, then grapevine travels so fast that it replicates itself.”
8.Be Prepared To Seize Luck
There are many smart people who have worked so hard in their life but have reached
nowhere. So, Luck is an important part of any journey.
9.Be Trustworthy
One should always bring bad news to the investors early on a pro-active basis.
Investors will always respect those organisations that disclose their mistakes and
resolve to improve themselves.”
10.Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously
One should not let expectations around to pressurize his way of doing things. For
instance, a golgappa seller will always maintain the same pace in making rounds
despite of increasing crowd at the stall, to maintain his counting and avoid losses.
“While we take our work seriously, we don’t take ourselves very seriously.”