aima final

Parithranaya Sadhunam vinashayasadhushkrutham|

Dharma samsthabha narthaya sambhavami yugeyuge||

“Whenever Dharma is endangered in this world, I shall incarnate in the world to re-establish Dharma by protecting the good people and destroying the evil elements

in the society”

- Lord Krishna, Bhagavat Gita.

All India Management Association

39th – National Competition for Young Managers

“Inspired Leadership for Turbulent Times & the Power of Youth”

AVATARS – An Inspired Leadership

Paradigm from Mythology

TITAN INDUSTRIES LTD – WATCHES & ACCESSORIES

SIDDHAARTHAN N.PARAMESWAARAN R.

MANORANJAN K.

TURBULENCE -MAN MADE

LEADERSHIP PERCEPTION

AVATAR MODEL

TITAN – AN EXAMPLE

FLOW

MYTHOLOGY

KALKI AVATAR

NOTHING IS NEW UNDER THE SUN

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• Lack of Vision• Reckless Greed for Money• Low priority to Stake Holder Value

GREATDEPRESSION

2008

• Negligence to Natural Resources• Lack of Multi dimensional thinking

UTTARKAND FLOOD

• Disregard to customer value• Fallacy about Market Establishment

KINGFISHER AIRLINES

• Lack of Compassion & Humane values

• Inadequate Security & Stringent Laws

DELHI NIRBAYA INCIDENT

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TURBULENT

TIMES

GOOD TIMES

MANMADE

MAN MADE

Good Leaders Good will Trust Happiness Perpetual Good &

Success Stories

Bad LeadersX Narrow mindedX Short livedX Creates impression of

failure and losses

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ACTIONS RESULTSPEOPLE’S

PERCEPTION

LONG LASTING

GOOD WILL

FAILURE(SHORT LIVED HAPPINESS)

GOOD

LEADER

BAD

LEADER

MYTHOLOGY


Destructive Violating Laws Envious Self-Centered Unethical

JustVirtuousGreat ThinkersKnowledgeablePowerfulCreative

X

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DIFFERENT YUGAS DIFFERENT TRAITS

(EVOLUTION)

1. Dasavatharam Legend - Vishnu took Nine avatars to show this world the path of righteousness.

2. Vishnu has managed difficult situations and challenging tasks through reinventing, innovating, impressing and convincing his followers.

1. Great Leaders will emerge to restore trust and respect in the turbulent times

2. They have to show multi-dimensional traits to tackle the increasingly complex situations.

AVATARS – An inspired model from Mythology.It tries to consolidate different Leadership Traits (expressed in Mythology) to be

possessed by an INSPIRED LEADER.

Titan Kalki Avatar

Vishnu, incarnated as a fish, envisioned a flood and guided Manu, out of danger.

He helped protecting Seers, specimens of all human beings and organisms in a

boat, such that the new world can be established.

Jamshetji Nusservanji Tata, Founder Tata

FUTURIST EXPLORERResource Manager


Vishnu merged the power of Asuras & Devas in the churning of the ocean of

milk.

He protected the world in the form of a tortoise when the world sank.

NEGOTIATOR

TATA Group Mergers & Acquisitions


Hiranyaksha, the Asura king destroyed the earth and hid it under primal waters.

When the world was considered to be doomed, Vishnu incarnated Himself as a

boar and resurrected the world, fought against the demon and created a new world

from scratch.

ENDURING

Steve Jobs, Ex-CEO, Apple Inc.


A demon king Hiranyakashyap, considered himself the Supreme Head of this world and brought untold miseries for his son Prahlada who was a staunch follower of Narayana. Hiranyakashyap had a very knavish boon regarding his death. Vishnu took Narasimha avatar – A combination of man and animal, and killed the demon thus upholding the Narayana consciousness in the world.

CHANGE EVANGELIST

Indira Nooyi, Chairman Pepsico


Vishnu in the form of a small boy asked for a three yards of space to Mahabali as an offering. The giant strides of the boy covered all the worlds in two yards and the king offered his head as the third. The king was pushed to the dark world by Vishnu. He supported the king building his own world.

CONFLICT MANAGERBlue Ocean Strategist

Bhaskar Bhat, MD Titan Industries Ltd.


A Brahmana by birth and a great disciple of his father, Seer Jamaghgini, Parashurama was annoyed by the barbarious behaviors of the Kshathriya rulers. Enraged Parashurama killed all bad rulers in 21 battles as a revenge for his father’s death.

CRUSADERBeing Ethical

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Ratan Tata, Ex-Chairman Tata Sons.

Rama, born in Suryavanshi kingdom, was highly disciplined and showed the characteristics of an ideal person. As a selfless Leader, he developed many leaders on the way and won the demon king with ten heads, Ravana. He gave up his personal life and served his country as a great ruler.

DISCIPLANARIANRole Model

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Warren Buffet, Wizard of Omaha

As a brother of Krishna, Balarama was known for his disciplined and ethical behaviours. He was a great teacher of martial arts (fighting with maze). He remained neutral in the Mahabaratha war as both of his students were in opposite sides.

SUPREME TEACHERUnbiased

Narayana Moorthy, CEO Infosys.


A flamboyant Krishna upholds truth and righteousness by helping Pandavas fight against their kinsmen Kouravas.In the form of famous Bhagavad Gita, He teaches Arjuna about performing ones duties without fear and without expecting outcomes. He motivates Arjuna by instilling confidence in his abilities and shows that the Supreme Power will be emanated from oneself. Throughout the war Krishna stays with Arjuna as his charioteer and manages crisis situation and assist him win the war.

MOTIVATORCharismatic; Crisis Manager

JRD Tata, Ex-Chairman Tata Sons.



AVATAR YOUTH WISDOM

MATSYA MANU

KURMA DEVAS

VARAHA BHOOMIDEVI

NARASIMHA PRAHLADA

VAMANA MAHABALI

PARASHURAMA KARNA JAMAGHGINI

RAMA LAKSHMNA,HANUMAN VISHWAMITRA & SAGES

BALARAMA BHEEMA , DURYODHANA SANDIPANI

KRISHNA ARJUNA VIDHURA & SAGES


Vision,Knowledge

Management

Tanishq Story

Awards and Recognitions

Leader in Watch & Lifestyle Segment

WOT, TitanOne, Fastrack Stores,

Helios, Franchise Models

Being EthicalTCOC

Acquisition of Favre Leuba

Innovative Products

Innovation School of Management


KALKI

FUTURIST EXPLORER

ENDURING

DISCIPLNARIANROLE MODEL

CONFLICTMANAGER

NEGOTIATOR

CRUSADER

CHANGEEVANGELIST

MOTIVATORCHARISMATIC

SUPREMETEACHER

INSPIRED LEADER

KALKI

KALKI

KALKI

KALKI


Ecclesiastes 1:1–11

FUTURIST EXPLORER

ENDURING

DISCIPLNARIANROLE MODEL

CONFLICTMANAGER

NEGOTIATOR

CRUSADER

CHANGEEVANGELIST

MOTIVATORCHARISMATIC

SUPREMETEACHER

IT’SYOU!!!