inspiring words from narayana murthy - lessons from legends
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Lessons from Legends - Inspiring and Invaluable quotes taken from the excerpts of speeches made by various guests in Great Lakes Institute of Management. In this series, presenting Mr. Narayana Murthy inspiring words from his speech at Great Lakes Institute of Management.TRANSCRIPT
Great Lakes Institute of Management
Presents
- Powerful quotes from visionaries
- N. R. Narayana Murthy
“These are invaluable quotes taken from the excerpts of speeches made by various guests in
Great Lakes Institute of Management.”
These excerpts were taken from N.R.Narayana Murthy talk at Great lakes Institute of Management .
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Infosys was founded in 1981 by a team of 7 professionals.
Our aspiration derived strength from Leo Bernard word and I quote him, “When you reach for the stars, you
may not quite get one but you wouldn’t open up with a full of mud
either”, that’s what he said.- JOURNEY OF INFOSYS
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Businesses faced difficulties in timing even basic infra-structures like phones and data communication lines. Our resolve was based on Samuel Johnson’s words, “our aspirations are our possibilities.” Thus, we decided to go ahead and take our chances.- MOTIVATION TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES
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Entrepreneurial ventures require inspirational leaders who will act as
change agents in bringing transformational progress. Leadership
is about raising the aspirations of followers. It is about making people
believe in themselves. It is about making people more confident. It is
about making them achieve miracles.- IDEAS AND PRINCIPLES of INFOSYS
At Infosys, our value system can be summed up by our belief that“The softest pillow is a clear conscience”. Simple rules and easy to understand, easy to follow and easy to communicate, above all you cannot cheat people with simple rules. - INFOSYS – VALUE SYSTEM
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At Infosys, our employees are our most valued assets. Respect your employees, provide them the challenge in work opportunity, create good career prospectus for them and invest in world-infrastructure physical and technological.- IMPPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEES
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A company has to be fair to every one of its stakeholders. It is best to bring bad news to the investors early on a proactive basis. We at Infosys say let the good news take the stairs, let the bad news take the elevator. Investor respect organizations that disclose their mistakes and resolve to improve.- IMPPORTANCE OF STAKEHOLDERS
A corporation survival depends on satisfying and exceeding the customer’s expectation. Unless we live up to the best examples of the customers’ focus and customers’ fairness, we cannot enhance and maintain our market share. - IMPORTANCE OF CUSTOMERS
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No corporation can sustain a progress unless it makes a difference to a society. The core value of Infosys is therefore a strong sense of social responsibility. - INFOSYS – CORE VALUE
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The challenge of Indian companies is to create the
powerful international brands and that are recognized globally. Benchmarking on a global scale
is the only way to compete internationally
- BENCHMARKING
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There will be instances when your integrity will be tested. Remember that integrity would be your most important
attribute. Lead your team to fight for truth and never compromise the values.
Destiny I believe is not the matter of chance; it is indeed a matter of choice.
- INTEGRITY AN IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTE
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