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THE POWER OF PURPOSE

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Shweta Anand Arora – On Passion, Purpose & Potential

To connect with your own brilliance, seek within. Shweta Anand Arora strongly believes that to unlock our hidden potential, we must free our mind of societal shackles – and then there is no limit to what we can achieve. So who is Shweta? She doesn’t come across as the stereotypical leadership coach – there is...

OUR UNSUNG HEROES

Large companies with a huge and varied workforce would not be able to exist without these people – can you even begin to imagine what it takes to keep the wheels of big business turning smoothly? It is these unseen (for the most part) and unsung heroes who have made a difference with their commitment, dedication and innovative ideas.

Their voices should be heard. 

We would like to share their stories  – and we would like our viewers to be inspired and motivated to be the best version of themselves that they can be.

 

Selfishly, we hope to learn all of this ourselves too.

OUR MISSION is to recognize and acknowledge Experiential leaders from all industries; to learn from their stories – courage in the face of challenge, innovation in times of change, and their commitment to the people who look to them for leadership.

OUR VISION:

To facilitate a connection between experiential leaders with those who aspire to become path-breakers and create legacies of their own.

WALKING THE EXTRA MILE

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Naveen Kapur and the Pirate Ship!

50cr worth of cargo, a difficult order, and a sinking ship! Naveen Kapur has for us, this time, an adventurous business thriller with unimaginable fraud, massive monetary loss and lessons for a lifetime! Even though Naveen’s end of the deal was done, instead of walking away he walked the extra mile placing his commitment to the...

PASSION & PURPOSE

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Jayant Bakshi – Making The World A Better Place

Discovering one’s “why” fills every waking minute of life with meaning and purpose. For some, this is derived through real-life experiences, and that’s the story of Jayant Bakshi. Seeing his friends and colleagues become victims to gender bias at the workplace, young Jayant (today an advisor and ethical investigator) found his driving force – to...

TRUST & RESPECT

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Ashok Bajpai – Done My Bit!

Ashok Bajpai has seen it first-hand – the internet bubble burst, Wall Street collapse, the World Trade Towers hit by 2 suicidal jihadis flying into them. And now, the Pandemic. Yet as he says, the principles of business and management stay the same. Ashok was the first employee at Taco Bell in India, a subsidiary...

THE INTERNATIONAL VAGABOND

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Naveen Kapur and the Pirate Ship!

50cr worth of cargo, a difficult order, and a sinking ship! Naveen Kapur has for us, this time, an adventurous business thriller with unimaginable fraud, massive monetary loss and lessons for a lifetime! Even though Naveen’s end of the deal was done, instead of walking away he walked the extra mile placing his commitment to the...

THE INTERNATIONAL VAGABOND

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PLAYING CHINESE CHECKERS IN WENZHOU

“Ni hao -Welcome to Wenzhou, the city of riches!” said the A to Z (Armani to Zegna)  designer label clad young man as he bowed in the customary Chinese protocol and reverentially presented his business card, clasping it with both hands. The business card had his Chinese name on one side and his English name...

THE INTERNATIONAL VAGABOND

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KARMA OF AN INDIAN KABULIWALA

Afghanistan! The land of the Hindu Kush Mountains, henna bearded Pathans and the romance of Tagore’s Kabuliwala! The Embassy of Afghanistan in New Delhi’s Chanakyapuri, however was more evocative of the war that had ravaged the country for eons. The British, the Russians, the Americans, not to mention the Ancient Greeks had all fought and...

YOU CANNOT LEAD WITHOUT COURAGE

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Shweta Anand Arora – On Passion, Purpose & Potential

To connect with your own brilliance, seek within. Shweta Anand Arora strongly believes that to unlock our hidden potential, we must free our mind of societal shackles – and then there is no limit to what we can achieve. So who is Shweta? She doesn’t come across as the stereotypical leadership coach – there is...

LEADING BY EXAMPLE

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Pankaj Renjhen – On Building Your Tribe

“As kids, in the puzzle books, how did we get the mouse to the cheese?” he asks. “By drawing a line through the maze. But what if you drew the line from the cheese to the mouse? Would it not be easier?” As he shares his mantra to success, Pankaj talks about what he believes...

THE INTERNATIONAL VAGABOND

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Naveen Kapur and the Pirate Ship!

50cr worth of cargo, a difficult order, and a sinking ship! Naveen Kapur has for us, this time, an adventurous business thriller with unimaginable fraud, massive monetary loss and lessons for a lifetime! Even though Naveen’s end of the deal was done, instead of walking away he walked the extra mile placing his commitment to the...

LET EGO TAKE A BACKSEAT

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Ayushi Vastupal – Effective Communication

“Anything new I need to know?” is a question Ayushi’s people hear as she moves among them every day – and that sets the tone for the conversations she has with them. Ayushi Vastupal is passionate about the choices she has made. A law and marketing graduate, the savvy 27 year old is leading an...

SPIRIT OF PERSEVERANCE

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Asawari Kapur- Never Back Down!

FIVE-NIL!! It was an inter-school lawn tennis tournament and she was losing the match. Exhausted and low on morale, Asawari chose not to give up. Instead, she continued to deliver her 100% and the unimaginable happened – she won the game 7-5! And it is this spirit of perseverance, such an intrinsic part of this...

POWER OF HUMILITY

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Anil Kumar Beejawat- On Humility in Leadership

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, its thinking of yourself less.” – C.S Lewis First day at his first job, a young Anil Beejawat learned the basics from his subordinate! Today, CEO of the Indian unit of the world’s largest ceramic brand, he still remembers his first teacher on the job. This sense of...

CARE TO CREATE VALUE

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Ashok Bajpai – Done My Bit!

Ashok Bajpai has seen it first-hand – the internet bubble burst, Wall Street collapse, the World Trade Towers hit by 2 suicidal jihadis flying into them. And now, the Pandemic. Yet as he says, the principles of business and management stay the same. Ashok was the first employee at Taco Bell in India, a subsidiary...

BUILDING TRUST

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Pankaj Renjhen – On Building Your Tribe

“As kids, in the puzzle books, how did we get the mouse to the cheese?” he asks. “By drawing a line through the maze. But what if you drew the line from the cheese to the mouse? Would it not be easier?” As he shares his mantra to success, Pankaj talks about what he believes...

INNOVATE TO SUCCEED

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Umesh Shahra – On Building a Legacy

Umesh Shahra, third generation leader, is now welcoming his son into the family legacy as the fourth generation to lead it. What the Shahra family started 60 years ago as an agro-trading business under the flagship brand Ruchi, has metamorphosed into the Indian Steel Corporation Ltd. today. Umesh talks about the struggles, the joy and...

CREATIVE COOPERATION

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Meenakshi Davar – A Woman in a Man’s World

“I like being a woman, even in a man’s world. After all, men can’t wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.” – Whitney Houston Meenakshi Davar, the first full-time woman Director in the central Public Sector undertakings under the Ministry of Power– yes, that’s right, she’s the first! Born into a “fauji family”, she...

NEVER LETTING PEOPLE DOWN

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Karan Sethi on Trust

“Sometimes one has to resort to the take it or leave it approach – you do the best you can, and if you win the deal, great – and if you don’t – it was not worth it. Sometimes if you bend over backwards – the deal goes through, but will cause trouble in future”...

LESSONS OF LIFE

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Naveen Kapur – A student of life and a student for life!

Naveen Kapur is an interesting man – though he is an alumnus of St. Stephen’s college, and has done LLB from Law Faculty, MBA from FMS, and Foreign Trade from IIFT, he is nevertheless, a student of life! He says, “Experiences make you what you are today” Naveen, I couldn’t agree with you more! Full...

DRIVEN BY PASSION

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Kushal Mazumdar – The importance of finding your purpose

A lot of people have made peace with the idea that their professional life may not always align with their purpose, values or passion. Most people usually adjust to a job that enables them to pay the bills and they give up on their passion for it. Click to read what Kushal has to say...

COMMIT TO IMPROVE

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Sitesh Mukherjee – On his journey of learning.

With over 25 years of experience in the resolution of corporate commercial disputes, Sitesh Mukherjee has handled a huge variety of cases. His client list is diverse – with companies from the power, infrastructure and banking sectors. Sitesh is an invitee in industry sub groups of leading chambers of commerce in India, such as CII...