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In this segment, we unravel the mind of an artist. Padmakar speaks on how painting helps to process one’s experiences and the world around. How art bridges the gap between pragmatism and the utopian world one lives within as an artist. A self-taught painter, Padmakar speaks about the brief but significant training he received some years ago from Kashinath Salve, retired dean of JJ School of Art and how it helped him learn some technical rules, which he is prone to disregard. While Padmakar has participated in art exhibitions and shows, including in Paris and UK, they have been largely group shows. So we bring great news when we announce that he is currently working on his first solo exhibition on theme “Framework & Phenomena “ which will be exhibited in Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai in October 2020.…
In the second segment, we briefly delve into Padmakar’s academic and career trajectory: from graduating in an unusual and interesting discipline - agriculture – to studying human resources in the renowned TISS (Tata Institute of Social Sciences) to working with Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) for over three decades. He reflects how one mustn’t typecast people and the importance of recognising the passions and interests of employees and encouraging them. BTW, if you haven’t yet already, do check our earlier released Keep it Alive podcast with Padmakar and his stellar initiative of rolling out iPassion platform at BPCL for building passion-based communities within the organisation and even the industry.…
This is the Highlights segment of our full conversation with Salil Murthy. Visit www.cxolife.com to catch the full conversation. Happy Listening!
In this first segment, we delve into Padmakar’s childhood – a wonderful world of imagination as he puts it, surrounded by his favourite books and illustrations which provided a painfully shy boy a cocoon to discover and nourish his artistic skills as a young child. He speaks of his growing years in Secunderabad & Chennai, his first painting of a blue elephant as a young kid, the role of his immediate and extended family in influencing his perspectives and rooting his artistic frame of mind. Happy listening.…
Is Salil superstitious before a run? What is his favourite comfort food? Did you know that Salil had interviewed Sir Arthur C Clarke as a journalist?! Find out more such interesting titbits on Salil through this CXO FunFacts segment!
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Listen to Salil share how his biggest commitment is to keep alive the curiosity within him and his son. It's this that led him to understand what he loves to do and presented to him a myriad opportunities. Even though Salil applied this simple and diligent approach with the intent of only ‘achieving certain local maxima’, he amazed himself at the way it magically led him to constantly reinvent his own potential, without planning or obsessing over any particular outcome.…
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In this segment, Salil shares the importance of having a positive work culture that promotes bringing one’s most ‘authentic self’ to work, the tone for which, Salil ascertains, is set at the top. He shares numerous initiatives undertaken at General Mills to encourage and empower its 500 employees, whom Salil feels most accountable towards. Happy Listening!…
This segment is about Salil’s love for golf. He had won quite a few corporate tournaments in Singapore before winning the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup for Bombay in 2016. He has represented India at the World Amateur finals in Turkey. More recently, in 2018, he also won the Indo American Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament at ITC Classic, Delhi. Salil shares how what began as hitting a grounder a decade ago, became a joy for Salil that now comes close only to him spending time with his family.…
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In this segment, we discuss running. Salil is an avid runner, having participated in numerous marathons across the globe, including four Abbot World Majors. He ran his fourth world major in Berlin in September 2018 (a few months before the interview). From struggling to complete a kilometer on a treadmill to running races around the world, backed by his competitive spirit, discover how Salil surprised people around him including himself with his self-driven, feisty flight.…
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1 14: Salil Murthy, Managing Director – India and South East Asia, General Mills Part 1/6: Key Milestones, Work-Life Balance, Life’s Purpose 12:00
In this segment, Listen to Salil share key life milestones encircling the roles he identifies himself with primarily - of a husband and father, a leader at work, a runner and a golfer. Want to crack the code on work-life balance? Salil, simply boils it down to gaining clarity about what one likes to do, is good at doing and what gives one satisfaction and well.. then focusing on those aspects.…
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Hey! you are listening to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife and before I introduce our next guest, I hope and pray you and your loved ones are healthy, safe and sound and continue to be so during these very trying times! We are in this together and so may our commitment to ensure the wellbeing of ourselves and the society at large prevail! Alright, no preaching now coz it isn’t fun at all is it. But you know what is? Imagine playing the drums or snakes and ladders or cuddling a pet or whipping up a dish whilst at work. No, we aren’t talking about working from home which is what offices the world over have had to adhere to, almost overnight. But about actually playing and having fun at work. Meet Nishant Parashar, Founder of engage4more, a leading employee engagement firm in Mumbai. Nishant who was also awarded the Business World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, within about a year of setting up engage4more, shares how engaging with people and eliciting a response from them through events, activities have driven him since young. In this conversation we speak of his foray into employee engagement, his perspectives on the subject, why he believes the HR has been inappropriately perceived to be responsible for this function which actually forays into marketing, how fun proved to be a business game-changer, how easy/difficult and important it is to infuse fun into engagement and how clarity regarding engagement objectives matter in the long run. We also speak about some of the unique service propositions offered by engage4more including CTC - Corporate Talent Championship - a one-of-a-kind corporate reality show, judging employee talent on music, acting, singing and dancing for companies across the length and breadth of India, how technology remains the solution for the problems it is set to pose in engaging with employees increasingly in a gig economy or with a scattered workforce and three engage4more apps suitably designed to address these concerns, and also Nishant’s future plans. We also delve briefly into a bit of his background while also having fun listening to him beatbox and sharing his experiences on a past love, standup routines. Ok! That’s it for now. Stay tuned for this fun conversation! Happy Listening! Stay safe!…
Hey! you are listening to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife and before I introduce our next guest, I hope and pray you and your loved ones are healthy, safe and sound and continue to be so during these very trying times! We are in this together and so may our commitment to ensure the wellbeing of ourselves and the society at large prevail! Alright, no preaching now coz it isn’t fun at all is it. But you know what is? Imagine playing the drums or snakes and ladders or cuddling a pet or whipping up a dish whilst at work. No, we aren’t talking about working from home which is what offices the world over have had to adhere to, almost overnight. But about actually playing and having fun at work. Meet Nishant Parashar, Founder of engage4more, a leading employee engagement firm in Mumbai. Nishant who was also awarded the Business World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, within about a year of setting up engage4more, shares how engaging with people and eliciting a response from them through events, activities have driven him since young. In this conversation we speak of his foray into employee engagement, his perspectives on the subject, why he believes the HR has been inappropriately perceived to be responsible for this function which actually forays into marketing, how fun proved to be a business game-changer, how easy/difficult and important it is to infuse fun into engagement and how clarity regarding engagement objectives matter in the long run. We also speak about some of the unique service propositions offered by engage4more including CTC - Corporate Talent Championship - a one-of-a-kind corporate reality show, judging employee talent on music, acting, singing and dancing for companies across the length and breadth of India, how technology remains the solution for the problems it is set to pose in engaging with employees increasingly in a gig economy or with a scattered workforce and three engage4more apps suitably designed to address these concerns, and also Nishant’s future plans. We also delve briefly into a bit of his background while also having fun listening to him beatbox and sharing his experiences on a past love, standup routines. Ok! That’s it for now. Stay tuned for this fun conversation! Happy Listening! Stay safe!…
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1 11: Nishant Parashar - Part 8/8 : Few of My Fav Things - Beatboxing, Running, Stand-up Routines 15:37
Meet Nishant Parashar, Founder of engage4more, a leading employee engagement firm in Mumbai. Nishant who was also awarded the Business World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, within about a year of setting up engage4more, shares how engaging with people and eliciting a response from them through events, activities have driven him since young. In the concluding segment of our conversation with Nishant Parashar we speak of his love for beatboxing, stand up routines and running. Nishant also shares how he is committed to keep alive the curiosity spark within him forever. We also have some fun when Nishant beatboxes to one of his favourite songs ‘Kabhi kabhi mere dil mai’ and one of my favourite Rafi Sahab hits – Likhe jo khat tujhe. Happy listening.…
Meet Nishant Parashar, Founder of engage4more, a leading employee engagement firm in Mumbai. Nishant who was also awarded the Business World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, within about a year of setting up engage4more, shares how engaging with people and eliciting a response from them through events, activities have driven him since young. The seventh segment is all about taking a trip down the memory lanes. We speak about Nishant’s formative years and his personal milestones. Nishant reveals how he acquired a defined direction in life only when he started college. Hostel life proved to be a major transformative part of his life. It was in college where in spite of his reticent nature he discovered his love for organizing events, connecting with people and enjoying the thrill of evoking responses and handling them, since events don’t always go as planned now, do they? Stay tuned.…
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In this segment, Nishant shares how employee engagement is relevant and important across industries, regardless of the organisation’s size. He associates this with the changes in corporate culture marked by open workplaces, relaxed work attire and even the startup era. We also speak about the underestimated power of a genuine conversation within the context of engagement and Nishant’s future plans of expanding his services to a million offices across India and of building an authentic Indian brand globally. Stay Tuned.…
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1 8: Nishant Parashar - Part 5/8 – Role of Technology in Facilitating Remote Employee Engagement 8:07
Meet Nishant Parashar, Founder of engage4more, a leading employee engagement firm in Mumbai. Nishant who was also awarded the Business World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, within about a year of setting up engage4more, shares how engaging with people and eliciting a response from them through events, activities have driven him since young. As I revisit the fifth part of my conversation with Nishant on the role of technology and how it will change the ways companies engage with their employees, I can’t help but feel a bit eerie knowing that what seemed quite distant has become a reality almost overnight! The need to engage with employees remotely with the help of technology and that too, worldwide, as we are all witnessing it now. Nishant shares his thoughts on how technology will provide the solution to effective engagement as it begins enabling an increasingly digitised world marked by remote offices, scattered workforce and a gig economy. He speaks of virtual buddy systems, digital streaming, digital gamification and counselling which he believes will help in leading this shift. Engage4more in fact already has three apps – Tikkle, Hug and Pat to boost online employee engagement. How? Well, Stay tuned to know more!…
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Hey! You are listening to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife and before I introduce our next guest, I hope and pray you and your loved ones are healthy, safe and sound and continue to be so during these very trying times! We are in this together and so may our commitment to ensure the wellbeing of ourselves and the society at large prevail! Alright, no preaching now coz it isn’t fun at all is it. But you know what is? Imagine playing the drums or snakes and ladders or cuddling a pet or whipping up a dish whilst at work. No, we aren’t talking about working from home which is what offices the world over have had to adhere to, almost overnight. But about actually playing and having fun at work. Meet Nishant Parashar, Founder of engage4more, a leading employee engagement firm in Mumbai. Nishant who was also awarded the Business World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, within about a year of setting up engage4more, shares how engaging with people and eliciting a response from them through events, activities have driven him since young. In this fourth segment, Nishant shares an interesting insight on the effect meaningful employee engagement can have on containing attrition, with the CTC event as a strong case in point. He shares how the attrition rate is less than 10% among employees who participate consistently in CTC against the corporate 30%-plus attrition rate. Nishant also shares how repeat associations and participation by corporates, some since 9 years like Capgemini, Times of India, Walmart validate the value employers derive from such a collaboration. We also discuss two factors which enable success of employee engagement programs – clarity of objective and understanding employee interest. On a lighter note, Nishant shares how companies are increasingly seeking ways to constantly have such engagement events with employees especially with the advent of social media! Stay tuned.…
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1 6: Nishant Parashar - Part 3/8 – CTC Lockdown edition : Corporate Talent Reality Show Now Online! 12:59
Hey! You are listening to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife and before I introduce our next guest, I hope and pray you and your loved ones are healthy, safe and sound and continue to be so during these very trying times! We are in this together and so may our commitment to ensure the wellbeing of ourselves and the society at large prevail! Alright, no preaching now coz it isn’t fun at all is it. But you know what is? Imagine playing the drums or snakes and ladders or cuddling a pet or whipping up a dish whilst at work. No, we aren’t talking about working from home which is what offices the world over have had to adhere to, almost overnight. But about actually playing and having fun at work. Meet Nishant Parashar, Founder of engage4more, a leading employee engagement firm in Mumbai. Nishant who was also awarded the Business World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, within about a year of setting up engage4more, shares how engaging with people and eliciting a response from them through events, activities have driven him since young. The third segment of my conversation with Nishant is primarily on this exciting trademark event of engage4more called CTC – Corporate Talent Championship touted as the world’s largest performing arts platform for corporates. CTC is a corporate reality show based on employee talent showcasing. It has about a lac participants across the country and across corporates participating. The ninth edition this year, which will again showcase employee talent within the 4 categories - music, acting, dancing and singing, is still set to be on course but with a twist! The competition is going to be conducted online this year and will be entirely intra-corporate to enhance employee engagement during this crisis scenario. Well, our well wishes are with the entire team to work through this challenge and make the CTC – Lockdown Edition, as it has been suitably christened – a super hit! Do visit www.ctcstars.com (http://www.ctcstars.com/) if you need more details. Stay tuned! Stay Engaged!…
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1 5: Nishant Parashar - Part 2/8: Fixing the Corporate ‘Bandwidth-Idea-Budget’ Paucity for FREE! 13:32
Hey! You are listening to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife and before I introduce our next guest, I hope and pray you and your loved ones are healthy, safe and sound and continue to be so during these very trying times! We are in this together and so may our commitment to ensure the wellbeing of ourselves and the society at large prevail! Alright, no preaching now coz it isn’t fun at all is it. But you know what is? Imagine playing the drums or snakes and ladders or cuddling a pet or whipping up a dish whilst at work. No, we aren’t talking about working from home which is what offices the world over have had to adhere to, almost overnight. But about actually playing and having fun at work. Meet Nishant Parashar, Founder of engage4more, a leading employee engagement firm in Mumbai. Nishant who was also awarded the Business World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, within about a year of setting up engage4more, shares how engaging with people and eliciting a response from them through events, activities have driven him since young. In this second segment, Nishant shares some of the key challenges a corporate faces in effectively deploying employee engagement, namely the BIB – bandwidth, ideas and budget. He believes it is unfair to expect HR to take the onus for employee engagement when the function critically demands marketing, response generation, which the HR is ill-equipped to handle. Nishant also speaks about his company’s fastest growing segment – providing employee engagement services for free! Yes, you heard it right. He foresees 1 lac offices signing up for this segment which has clocked a whopping 250% q-o-q growth rate and has about 1670 offices currently using the 4500 free activities engage4more offers. We also speak on why having fun and engaging maximum senses simultaneously is imperative for effective employee engagement. Stay tuned!…
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1 4: Nishant Parashar - Part 1/8 – Unlocking the Employee Engagement code : More Fun for Better Response 14:12
Hey! You are listening to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife and before I introduce our next guest, I hope and pray you and your loved ones are healthy, safe and sound and continue to be so during these very trying times! We are in this together and so may our commitment to ensure the wellbeing of ourselves and the society at large prevail! Alright, no preaching now coz it isn’t fun at all is it. But you know what is? Imagine playing the drums or snakes and ladders or cuddling a pet or whipping up a dish whilst at work. No, we aren’t talking about working from home which is what offices the world over have had to adhere to, almost overnight. But about actually playing and having fun at work. Meet Nishant Parashar, Founder of engage4more, a leading employee engagement firm in Mumbai. Nishant who was also awarded the Business World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, within about a year of setting up engage4more, shares how engaging with people and eliciting a response from them through events, activities have driven him since young. In this first segment of our conversation, Nishant speaks about his foray into events and employee engagement subsequently and how he remains connected to the thread of reaching out to people and evoking a response that continues to propel him and drive him. We speak about the challenges of setting up a novel idea especially of grappling with the identity of a venture which doesn’t fall within the usual industry contours. And how reconnecting with and infusing fun in engagement proved to be a major game-changer for engage4more resulting in one of their biggest client wins with the FMCG giant P&G in 2017. Happy listening!…
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This is a bonus segment of our conversation with Rajesh Saluja, CEO & Managing Partner, ASK Wealth Advisors. Now, if you have listened to the full conversation we had with Rajesh so far, you will know that this veteran financial advisor consulting several HNIs, is a rare mix of eternal optimism and solid pragmatism, which is why we think you ought to listen to this bonus segment which is on a matter of universal interest – wealth, better yet, on how to increase it. Rajesh shares basic, simple tenets of investing within the India context, importance of staying systematically invested in equities and in other well-regulated investment products and doing so, responsibly. We need to mention here that though this conversation was recorded some months ago, Rajesh maintains the views he had shared with us even currently, when Indian markets are off their peaks by a whopping 30% amidst these very trying and uncertain circumstances, prevailing globally. Rajesh believes in staying invested, being focussed on the long-term to unlock the power of compounding, the eighth wonder of the world as Albert Einstein put it, and that patience is the key to getting lucky. Stay tuned.…
Rajesh Saluja, CEO & Managing Partner, ASK Wealth Advisors, has over two decades of experience in the consumer banking, wealth management and private wealth advisory verticals and is well known for his love for golf which he took to in 1999 when he was heading the Priority Banking & Deposits India arm for Standard Chartered Bank. He is also an avid cricketer and represents his son’s school at prominent inter-school-league tournaments, putting in several hours of dedicated practice during the season, typically October – March. That’s not all. Rajesh also enjoys playing Poker. This is the highlights segment of our conversation with Rajesh Saluja. Happy Listening!…
The International Women’s Day – celebrated worldwide every year on March 8th has come a long way over the century – from women demanding the right to vote to women currently excelling in every field, shattering glass ceilings, leading some of the largest conglomerates to being the epitome of balancing and managing it all – home, career, personal interests. But how do they really do it? How far do we still need to go? Is it even possible to have an added dimension personally and excel at it? We think we got some marvellous insights through our conversations we had with some stellar women CXOs. So, here’s a compilation of three feisty women, one who has run the distance of the earth and may soon be on her way to run it twice over – and she has headed some of the largest fintech organisations. Another went on from being a preschool teacher to being regarded as among the foremost K12 leaders in India and drew much strength from meditation through this rollercoaster journey and yet another, a distinguished Marketing veteran who went on to become a Masterchef Singapore finalist, starting an Indian supper club based on Maharashtrian-Bengali cuisine with her CXO husband. Seeing pink already? Well it’s about time, we say – the Sky Is Pink – Well it very well could be. Watch out! We bring to you the remarkable example of Vaishali Kasture, who is part of the Amazon Web Services India Core Leadership Team. She was also the India Country Head at Experian and has headed stellar organisations such as L&T Financial Services, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte India, Infosys BPO, Citibank etc. Vaishali, also a mother and a canine-lover, spoke with us on balancing a high-pressure career and personal commitments apart from following a passion ardently – Vaishali is the first Indian woman to have run all the world major marathons and to think she took to running in her thirties! We bring to you excerpts of our conversation wherein she shares how running above all else, helped her get more honest with herself and gain clarity of what she wants out of life. We also spoke of the challenges women continue to face in a largely patriarchal society and corporate culture, and how it is indeed possible for a woman to taste success on her terms, and append an additional dimension - a dimension only for her to cherish. Priya Barve, Head of BrandLab, APAC at Google, wears many hats. One such is of a Masterchef! This creative marketing executive also runs a supper club in Singapore, The Bombay Howrah Dining Car, celebrating Maharashtrian and Bengali cuisine. She along with her equally prolific husband, Aniruddha Ganguly, CEO and Co-Founder at Negobot, have hosted several guests. In my conversation with them, Priya spoke about how she began cooking, her takeaways from participating in Masterchef. Humour is a constant companion throughout this conversation. We also elicit amusing reactions of her colleagues when they came to know of her aspirations. Priya shares how she has sought learning, challenges and growth rather than designations to guide her when she chose the organisations she worked with and how success to her is an accumulation of experiences and she hopes to continue to do so. Lina Ashar, Founder of Kangaroo Kids Preschool and Billabong High International School shared some enriching insights into understanding the human mind, what it means of being in the business of tapping a being’s utmost potential. Her journey from being a preschool teacher, starting with a single preschool in Bandra West to an acknowledged K12 chain, arguably the foremost to bring forth the concept of ‘learning is fun’ , is inspiring. In my conversation Lina speaks how meditation provided her the right compass to give her a sense of reality – one which enables one to tell stories correctly, in a more peaceful manner, approaching it through love rather than fear. She speaks about how the power of meaning and purpose is well within the reach of everyone and the futility of dependin…
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Rajesh Saluja, CEO & Managing Partner, ASK Wealth Advisors, has over two decades of experience in the consumer banking, wealth management and private wealth advisory verticals and is well known for his love for golf which he took to in 1999 when he was heading the Priority Banking & Deposits India arm for Standard Chartered Bank. He is also an avid cricketer and represents his son’s school at prominent inter-school-league tournaments, putting in several hours of dedicated practice during the season, typically October – March. That’s not all. Rajesh also enjoys playing Poker. Happy Listening!…
Rajesh Saluja, CEO & Managing Partner, ASK Wealth Advisors, has over two decades of experience in the consumer banking, wealth management and private wealth advisory verticals and is well known for his love for golf which he took to in 1999 when he was heading the Priority Banking & Deposits India arm for Standard Chartered Bank. He is also an avid cricketer and represents his son’s school at prominent inter-school-league tournaments, putting in several hours of dedicated practice during the season, typically October – March. That’s not all. Rajesh also enjoys playing Poker. This is the CXO Fun Facts Section with Rajesh Saluja. Stay tuned for the full conversation. Happy Listening!…
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1 23: Rajesh Saluja on Handling Pressure, Wealth & Success - Part 5/6 – When the Going gets Tough, the Tough get Going! 13:01
Rajesh Saluja, CEO & Managing Partner, ASK Wealth Advisors, has over two decades of experience in the consumer banking, wealth management and private wealth advisory verticals and is well known for his love for golf which he took to in 1999 when he was heading the Priority Banking & Deposits India arm for Standard Chartered Bank. He is also an avid cricketer and represents his son’s school at prominent inter-school-league tournaments, putting in several hours of dedicated practice during the season, typically October – March. That’s not all. Rajesh also enjoys playing Poker. In this concluding segment, Rajesh shares with us his definition of success and the importance of maintaining balance across spheres of life. He reminisces his journey so far and speaks of his rather admirable trait of handling acute stress and pressure only to go on and excel under those very trying circumstances. This straight forward optimist unsurprisingly is also among the biggest crusaders for 'Health being the biggest Wealth' philosophy. So now, for the umpteenth time. Come on! Get going, Make time work for you coz you are worth it!…
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Rajesh Saluja, CEO & Managing Partner, ASK Wealth Advisors, has over two decades of experience in the consumer banking, wealth management and private wealth advisory verticals and is well known for his love for golf which he took to in 1999 when he was heading the Priority Banking & Deposits India arm for Standard Chartered Bank. He is also an avid cricketer and represents his son’s school at prominent inter-school-league tournaments, putting in several hours of dedicated practice during the season, typically October – March. That’s not all. Rajesh also enjoys playing Poker. In this brief segment, we speak of Rajesh’s recently acquired interest – Poker. Now, Rajesh had always been fond of playing cards since young. However, it was only a couple of years ago when Poker caught his imagination. He admits to having lost a lot earlier until he read up and gradually developed his own style. He now has a poker group in his residential complex who meet once every three weeks. Stay tuned!…
Rajesh Saluja, CEO & Managing Partner, ASK Wealth Advisors, has over two decades of experience in the consumer banking, wealth management and private wealth advisory verticals and is well known for his love for golf which he took to in 1999 when he was heading the Priority Banking & Deposits India arm for Standard Chartered Bank. He is also an avid cricketer and represents his son’s school at prominent inter-school-league tournaments, putting in several hours of dedicated practice during the season, typically October – March. That’s not all. Rajesh also enjoys playing Poker. In this segment, Rajesh speaks about his love for a sport which, even though he began learning for pragmatic reasons, soon turned out to be the one which he derived the most joy from. Now, golf is known to be an ideal networking sport. It is also perceived to be boring, complicated and perhaps a bit snooty? Well, Rajesh tells us how indeed appearances can be deceptive and highlights how golf, invaluably, even helps unmask hidden layers of acquaintances and potential business associates. Rajesh also shares some simple yet effective tips to play golf as per his experiences and hey mind you, you are listening to someone who has been playing it for a little over two decades now! His personal goal is to play a game a week in Mumbai from the three games a month he usually plays when he is traveling and meeting potential clients. We also converse about the lessons, skillsets and synergies Rajesh derives from cricket and golf. Stay put or rather Stay ‘putt’! Happy Listening!…
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Rajesh Saluja, CEO & Managing Partner, ASK Wealth Advisors, has over two decades of experience in the consumer banking, wealth management and private wealth advisory verticals and is well known for his love for golf which he took to in 1999 when he was heading the Priority Banking & Deposits India arm for Standard Chartered Bank. He is also an avid cricketer and represents his son’s school at prominent inter-school-league tournaments, putting in several hours of dedicated practice during the season, typically October – March. That’s not all. Rajesh also enjoys playing Poker. Ok! What is it with boarding schools churning out all-rounders? It’s a trend we have spotted far too often now in our conversations! In this segment, Rajesh Saluja too attributes his love for sports to his boarding school regime. Rajesh, who is a right-arm medium-fast bowler, also gets candid, revealing his stance on real-estate investment before we deep dive into his love for cricket! Listen to Rajesh shares how he has evolved into a seasoned-ball player thanks to the inter-school private league matches he plays with his son, representing his son’s school across such tournaments during October – March. We also speak about Rajesh’s most memorable innings, the values he has imbibed from cricket and also that delicate yet powerful father-son bond. Stay tuned!…
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1 19: Rajesh Saluja on Key Life Milestones- Part 1/6 - When Life gives you Lemons, Make Lemonade! 14:17
Rajesh Saluja, CEO & Managing Partner, ASK Wealth Advisors, has over two decades of experience in the consumer banking, wealth management and private wealth advisory verticals and is well known for his love for golf which he took to in 1999 when he was heading the Priority Banking & Deposits India arm for Standard Chartered Bank. He is also an avid cricketer and represents his son’s school at prominent inter-school-league tournaments, putting in several hours of dedicated practice during the season, typically October – March. That’s not all. Rajesh also enjoys playing Poker. In this segment you will listen to Rajesh open up about his formative years in Jamshedpur, the key turning points in life including an unfortunate loss he encountered rather early on in life which forced him to ‘grow up’ at once. We also discuss key professional milestones along Rajesh’s 3-decade long career, the broad theme reflecting a yearning for taking roads less traveled & setting up verticals/practices from scratch. Happy Listening!…
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It is 2020 and what better way to kickstart it than by showcasing a brilliant way an organization went about in building passion-based communities for all its employees, taking the concept of work-life balance to a different level altogether. And this, Our very own Bharat Petroleum Corporation! Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to present this lovely conversation Sunayana Nair had with Mr. Padmakar Kappagantula, HR Director at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, also known as BPCL. This is the highlights segment of the full conversation. In this episode, we spoke at length on the - · iPassion genesis of building an employee talent program, based on Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory. How did it come about? · The challenges the team faced to set up varied such communities across the organization, and how they continue to work around them. · BPCL's sustained initiatives to recognize, showcase and encourage talent. · Primary objectives and vision of the program which simply translates to making an employee more self-aware, more confident, and better equipped. · How iPassion also inspired and sparked curiosity within the entire oil and gas industry. How apart from inspiring an employee at an individual level, such initiatives at an organizational level and even at an industry level can come into a thriving self-sustainable ecosystem. · Time management and work culture ethos at BPCL and the importance of commitment and creation of abilities at an individual level which will eventually prove to add real and long-term value to an organization as a whole. Happy Listening!…
It is 2020 and what better way to kickstart it than by showcasing a brilliant way an organization went about in building passion-based communities for all its employees, taking the concept of work-life balance to a different level altogether. And this, Our very own Bharat Petroleum Corporation! Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to present this lovely conversation Sunayana Nair had with Mr. Padmakar Kappagantula, HR Director at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, also known as BPCL. In this conversation, we spoke at length on the - · iPassion genesis of building an employee talent program, based on Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory. How did it come about? · The challenges the team faced to set up varied such communities across the organization, and how they continue to work around them. · BPCL's sustained initiatives to recognize, showcase and encourage talent. · Primary objectives and vision of the program which simply translates to making an employee more self-aware, more confident, and better equipped. · How iPassion also inspired and sparked curiosity within the entire oil and gas industry. How apart from inspiring an employee at an individual level, such initiatives at an organizational level and even at an industry level can come into a thriving self-sustainable ecosystem. · Time management and work culture ethos at BPCL and the importance of commitment and creation of abilities at an individual level which will eventually prove to add real and long-term value to an organization as a whole. Hmm interesting ain't it? Let me also let you in on a secret, as to why this episode is really special and one which I so enjoyed recording. CXO Life will soon be launching a platform promoting talent or passion-based leadership communities. You will hear from us soon regarding that! But for now, stay tuned for a fascinating listen. Have a great day and a wonderful year ahead!…
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1 16: Padmakar Kappagantula - Part 6/6 - Staying Relevant amidst Disruption - Confidence Building, Multiskilling & Versatility 11:29
It is 2020 and what better way to kickstart it than by showcasing a brilliant way an organization went about in building passion-based communities for all its employees, taking the concept of work-life balance to a different level altogether. And this, Our very own Bharat Petroleum Corporation! Here's presenting a lovely conversation Sunayana Nair had with Mr. Padmakar Kappagantula, HR Director at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. on setting up talent-based employee communities for inspiring employees, enhancing the ease of communication across ranks, job functions, and team building. In this concluding segment, Padmakar shares benefits and challenges one perceives in nurturing and promoting talent, given the technological advances and how confidence-building might just prove to be the game-changer in this ever-dynamic world where disruption is the order of the day. The ability then to quickly adapt and reinvent ourselves will be of paramount importance and therefore multiskilling and versatility will be the most valuable employee attributes. Though it won’t be easy to build upon, we discussed. We conclude on a keynote - the importance of staying committed and the simultaneous creation of abilities at an individual level which will eventually prove to add real and subsequent long-term value to an organization. Stay Tuned.…
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1 15: Padmakar Kappagantula - Part 5/6 - Correlating Leadership Potential & Commitment to Overall Self-Development 12:04
It is 2020 and what better way to kickstart it than by showcasing a brilliant way an organization went about in building passion-based communities for all its employees, taking the concept of work-life balance to a different level altogether. And this, Our very own Bharat Petroleum Corporation! Here's presenting a lovely conversation Sunayana Nair had with Mr. Padmakar Kappagantula, HR Director at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. on setting up talent-based employee communities for inspiring employees, enhancing the ease of communication across ranks, job functions, and team building. In this segment, listen to Padmakar speak on time management, the work culture at BPCL the weightage accorded to a wholesome personality when it comes to recognizing leadership potential and the benefits of pursuing and learning new skills and interests. we also speak about Padmakar's perspectives on how developing a personal interest can be of tremendous help to a CXO. Happy listening.…
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1 14: Padmakar Kappagantula - Part 4/6 – Developing Employee Self-Awareness & Self-sustainable Talent Communities 11:58
It is 2020 and what better way to kickstart it than by showcasing a brilliant way an organization went about in building passion-based communities for all its employees, taking the concept of work-life balance to a different level altogether. And this, Our very own Bharat Petroleum Corporation! Here's presenting a lovely conversation Sunayana Nair had with Mr. Padmakar Kappagantula, HR Director at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. on setting up talent-based employee communities for inspiring employees, enhancing the ease of communication across ranks, job functions, and team building. In this segment, Padmakar shares how the primary vision of iPassion is to make employees understand themselves better, make them more self-aware and thereby generate more confidence, by showcasing talent through multiple spaces. He shares how communities can be build up in an organization, around such individual creative pursuits. The industry subsequently and therein become, a self-sustaining thriving activity in itself. He also discussed the representation of women in this program. Happy listening.…
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1 13: Padmakar Kappagantula - Part 3/6 – Inspiring, Showcasing, Rewarding Talent & its Impact on Employee Productivity 10:10
It is 2020 and what better way to kickstart it than by showcasing a brilliant way an organization went about in building passion-based communities for all its employees, taking the concept of work-life balance to a different level altogether. And this, Our very own Bharat Petroleum Corporation! Here's presenting a lovely conversation Sunayana Nair had with Mr. Padmakar Kappagantula, HR Director at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. on setting up talent-based employee communities for inspiring employees, enhancing the ease of communication across ranks, job functions, and team building. In this segment, Padmakar shares some of the renewed insights and attitudinal changes he witnessed across BPCL post the iPassion rollout. He recounts a particularly significant instance when an employee approached him and thanked him for ‘bringing me back into my world’ – to put it in his own words - powerful words there isn’t it, which must stay with one forever? Padmakar also shares how quite a few of his senior colleagues were surprised to see the talent of their own team members, most of whom they had known for years. We also discuss the initiatives BPCL is currently undertaking to showcase the talent of their employees, encourage other employees to come aboard, ways of rewarding employees who show sustained interest in developing their talent, and ways of studying and showcasing behavioral evolution whilst unraveling aspects of functional learning. Happy Listening!…
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1 12: Padmakar Kappagantula - Part 2/6 – iPassion: Multiple-intelligences-theory based employee talent program by BPCL 15:09
It is 2020 and what better way to kickstart it than by showcasing a brilliant way an organization went about in building passion-based communities for all its employees, taking the concept of work-life balance to a different level altogether. And this, Our very own Bharat Petroleum Corporation! Here's presenting a lovely conversation Sunayana Nair had with Mr. Padmakar Kappagantula, HR Director at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. on setting up talent-based employee communities for inspiring employees, enhancing the ease of communication across ranks, job functions, and team building. In this segment, Padmakar states how iPassion, run by his team at the Bharat Petroleum Learning Centre stationed at Sewri and where this interview took place, mainly comprises seven groups of interests. The Wordsmart Linguistic, Picture smart, Nature smart, Musical Smart, Body Smart, Number Smart, Multi – intelligence groups. Of these groups, the most popular interests of the 700 members so far are poetry, photography, traveling, gardening, singing, instrumentalists, dancers, puzzle solvers, yoga and meditation enthusiasts. He speaks of his team’s first brush with organizing an iPassion night wherein they also invited participation from other fellow oil companies like Indian Oil Corporation, HPCL whilst they exhibited and roped in external judges to review the best works put by employees in the photography section and also the singing and dancing performances. Padmakar shares how this initiative, even within such a short span, opened an entirely different perspective and dimension of viewing and bonding with their fellow colleagues whilst also introducing the concept to their industry members, which they took to, rather spontaneously and enthusiastically. Happy Listening!…
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1 11: Padmakar Kappagantula - Part 1/6 – Establishing talent-based employee communities for inspiration & bonding 14:37
It is 2020 and what better way to kickstart it than by showcasing a brilliant way an organization went about in building passion-based communities for all its employees, taking the concept of work-life balance to a different level altogether. And this, Our very own Bharat Petroleum Corporation! Here's presenting a lovely conversation Sunayana Nair had with Mr. Padmakar Kappagantula, HR Director at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. on setting up talent-based employee communities for inspiring employees, enhancing the ease of communication across ranks, job functions, and team building. In this first segment, Padmakar shares how the idea of building passion-based communities within BPCL as an attempt to motivate and inspire employees, cutting ranks, divisions areas of expertise and location came about. Padmakar shares how scourging through several surveys and his own experience made him initiate conversations with people across levels to understand what got them going especially when the going got tough and how pursuing that passion might actually assist them get over performance blocks that people experience differently and at various points in time. Thus sprung the idea of developing individuals from the Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence theory perspective. iPassion was rolled out over a year ago to let the 12000 employees at BPCL across ranks, gender, location know that their passion matters as much to the organization they worked for as much as it should matter to them! Isn’t that wonderful? He shares how solitary operators in the company primarily in sales, who had no one to connect to or appreciate their finer aspects, now do! And how it resulted in ease of communication between employees, fellow colleagues who discovered similar interests cutting across hierarchies to form the now 700-plus members of iPassion. Padmakar also shares the challenges that his team grappled with initially and how it is now about getting more and more people onboard as they look forward to taking this platform to everyone’s smartphone so that it is more accessible and convenient to connect, share and bond! Happy Listening!…
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This is the highlights section of our conversation with Prashant Mehta, Partner at Lightbox. Don’t forget to listen to the full conversation – https://cxolife.com/prashant-mehta-lightbox-on-endurance-sports-biking-ironman-trekking-and-million-dollar-ideas/
Hey, you are listening to talkcxolife and in this edition, we will be conversing with Prashant Mehta, Partner at Lightbox, a venture capital firm in Mumbai. Now Prashant is also known as the endurance man. Why you ask? Imagine pedaling from Mumbai to Pune and back, that is about 330km, for 13 hours, and (no don’t run out of breath as yet) then within the same week of pulling off that feat, trekking to the Everest basecamp! Well, that is Prashant Mehta for you ladies and gentlemen! So hold on as we begin unraveling this intriguing story of Prashant across various fronts. Born in Mumbai, and having spent his growing years between India and Africa, Prashant studied biotechnology in the U.S. but ended up working for a bank, pursuing an MBA from Wharton School after which he headed straight to work for Lehman Brothers which helped him understand the art of investing in emerging markets. He subsequently moved to Silicon Valley to head Yahoo’s commercial operations for emerging markets. It was this move to California that also fortified his love for the mountains and he began studying and researching various aspects of trekking and mountaineering. His zest for testing his endurance too culminated in California, twenty years ago, when Prashant was grappling with some critical health issues. His then boss and friend egged him on to take to biking as a way to reboot his system. What started as a way to distract his mind and get fit soon became an obsession to push his limits, which Prashant himself hadn’t anticipated. Soon, Prashant began participating in various races and events across the US and other countries. It soon graduated to participating in triathlons and then came the half Ironman. A noteworthy interesting pattern, that emerges from his story as most of the other CXOs I have interviewed is also a strong presence of ‘the tribe’. An equally, if not more, enthusiastic bunch of friends who goad you on to do things, however out of reason or out of bounds it may seem, but doing them nevertheless and doing it together. And yet, if anything, there is hardly any pattern in his story excepting that of episodic, erratic moves including Prashant’s move from the US to Mumbai to head an advertising technology startup for 5 years before he surprised himself yet again and became a venture capitalist. And now here’s some great news, weeks ago, Prashant completed his Turkey half ironman that involves a 1.9 km swim, 90 km bike and a 21k run in 6.45 hours about 37 minutes better than his last attempt about three years ago. So here’s cheering for him and his gang of boys who call themselves the Worli 5.45. True to their style days after which, his gang of friends biked along the Turkey coast! Among the very many crazy things up their sleeve is an inspiring K2K (Kashmir to Kanyakumari) bike ride, which will be a second marvelous attempt at raising charity for children suffering from terminal and critical illness. The previous one was a non-stop Delhi to Mumbai ride through which Prashant and his team raised and donated Rs. 3.5 crores towards the same cause. And then there is the Full Ironman which Prashant is targeting after the K2K. Ah alright, I hear you, let’s get going already! But hey, as if this wasn’t already good enough we also captured the venture capitalist in him, sharing his insights on recognizing wealth-generating business ideas and more importantly people potential and of course his philosophy on success and work-life balance. Don’t forget to stay tuned for the CXO Funfacts segment at the end of the conversation wherein you’ll know of Prashant’s unusual fixations, fears, his favorite food and why Orange is indeed the new Black. Happy listening!…
In this latest edition of TalkCXOLife, Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life interviews Prashant Mehta, Partner at Lightbox, a venture capital firm in Mumbai. Now, Prashant is also known as the endurance man. Why you ask? Imagine pedaling from Mumbai to Pune and back, that is about 330km, for 13 hours, and (no don’t run out of breath as yet) then within the same week of pulling off that feat, trekking to the Everest basecamp! Well, that is Prashant Mehta for you ladies and gentlemen! Born in Mumbai, and having spent his growing years between India and Africa, Prashant studied biotechnology in the U.S. but ended up working for a bank, pursuing an MBA from Wharton School after which he headed straight to work for Lehman Brothers which helped him understand the art of investing in emerging markets. He subsequently moved to Silicon Valley to head Yahoo’s commercial operations for emerging markets. This is the CXO Fun Facts segment and an official warrant to turn up the amusement quotient on TalkCXOLife which is why it is unmissable! Stay tuned to know some interesting and fun insights about Prashant Mehta including why orange has been the black for him since quite a while, 9 of his most precious days of his life, some of his most enthralling journeys, dishes he loves to cook, his favorite comfort food, his fear, a quirky business idea that he believed in and took off and an unusual obsession which probably even his family is unaware of and I guess he would rather it stayed that way! You don’t want to miss this one!…
In this latest edition of TalkCXOLife, Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life interviews Prashant Mehta, Partner at Lightbox, a venture capital firm in Mumbai. Now, Prashant is also known as the endurance man. Why you ask? Imagine pedaling from Mumbai to Pune and back, that is about 330km, for 13 hours, and (no don’t run out of breath as yet) then within the same week of pulling off that feat, trekking to the Everest basecamp! Well, that is Prashant Mehta for you ladies and gentlemen! Born in Mumbai, and having spent his growing years between India and Africa, Prashant studied biotechnology in the U.S. but ended up working for a bank, pursuing an MBA from Wharton School after which he headed straight to work for Lehman Brothers which helped him understand the art of investing in emerging markets. He subsequently moved to Silicon Valley to head Yahoo’s commercial operations for emerging markets. In this concluding segment, we chat up on work-life balance, Prashant’s take on success and life’s unpredictable twists and turns. According to Prashant, having flexibility in life to figure out and pursue what one wants to, is what work-life balance is all about. He believes he will consider himself successful when he will be able to get up in the morning and do what he wants to do, that day, rather than having to follow a schedule and though he is fortunate like most to have that freedom on most days, he hasn’t been able to really act on it as often as he thinks he ought to. Prashant states that The ‘Never stop learning’ attitude is the legacy he would like to bestow his three wonderful daughters with. Happy Listening!…
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In this latest edition of TalkCXOLife, Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life interviews Prashant Mehta, Partner at Lightbox, a venture capital firm in Mumbai. Now, Prashant is also known as the endurance man. Why you ask? Imagine pedaling from Mumbai to Pune and back, that is about 330km, for 13 hours, and (no don’t run out of breath as yet) then within the same week of pulling off that feat, trekking to the Everest basecamp! Well, that is Prashant Mehta for you ladies and gentlemen! Born in Mumbai, and having spent his growing years between India and Africa, Prashant studied biotechnology in the U.S. but ended up working for a bank, pursuing an MBA from Wharton School after which he headed straight to work for Lehman Brothers which helped him understand the art of investing in emerging markets. He subsequently moved to Silicon Valley to head Yahoo’s commercial operations for emerging markets. In this segment, we try to get into the mind of Prashant Mehta, the venture capitalist as we try and understand the bankable attributes he looks for in a person/team before partnering with them. Prashant shares how for him, instincts play a bigger role in arriving at such a crucial decision apart from weighing the leadership and the business opportunity. He lets his instincts guide him to recognize the possibility of building trust and being able to work together and work through things together in the long term. Which he says is the most crucial aspect of a partnership such as this. We also speak about how pursuing a parallel dimension one is deeply passionate about besides work helps one evolve.…
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In this latest edition of TalkCXOLife, Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life interviews Prashant Mehta, Partner at Lightbox, a venture capital firm in Mumbai. Now, Prashant is also known as the endurance man. Why you ask? Imagine pedaling from Mumbai to Pune and back, that is about 330km, for 13 hours, and (no don’t run out of breath as yet) then within the same week of pulling off that feat, trekking to the Everest basecamp! Well, that is Prashant Mehta for you ladies and gentlemen! Born in Mumbai, and having spent his growing years between India and Africa, Prashant studied biotechnology in the U.S. but ended up working for a bank, pursuing an MBA from Wharton School after which he headed straight to work for Lehman Brothers which helped him understand the art of investing in emerging markets. He subsequently moved to Silicon Valley to head Yahoo’s commercial operations for emerging markets. This segment is about Prashant’s love for the mountains. Know how it all began and listen to Prashant share how a trekking trip with his daughter to the Annapurna base camp proved to be revelatory in more ways than one. In the CXO Funfacts segment, in fact, Prashant refers to this time he spent with his daughter as the 9 most precious days of his life. We also converse about a mountaineers’ popular itch of conquering the highest peak, the reason Prashant hasn’t yet attempted it and the unfortunate and tragic incident at Mount Everest this year. Prashant also divulges how pursuing these varied interests have made an impact on him.…
In this latest edition of TalkCXOLife, Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life interviews Prashant Mehta, Partner at Lightbox, a venture capital firm in Mumbai. Now, Prashant is also known as the endurance man. Why you ask? Imagine pedaling from Mumbai to Pune and back, that is about 330km, for 13 hours, and (no don’t run out of breath as yet) then within the same week of pulling off that feat, trekking to the Everest basecamp! Well, that is Prashant Mehta for you ladies and gentlemen! Born in Mumbai, and having spent his growing years between India and Africa, Prashant studied biotechnology in the U.S. but ended up working for a bank, pursuing an MBA from Wharton School after which he headed straight to work for Lehman Brothers which helped him understand the art of investing in emerging markets. He subsequently moved to Silicon Valley to head Yahoo’s commercial operations for emerging markets. In this segment, Prashant touches upon his approach towards running, biking and swimming and how he has evolved with respect to each. We also converse about his training methodology – which comprises 5 to 6-day routines per week. Prior to an event, training is scheduled and worked backward, usually 2-3 months prior, with a minimum of 15-20 hours per week. The biggest challenge for Prashant is to get back to training after a break due to frequent travel since as per his admission, even a week’s break sets him back by a month. He also divulges how he stopped being obsessive about his diet once he realised that he and the people around him weren’t really having fun.…
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1 3: Prashant Mehta, Lightbox - Part 3/7 – Mission I’mpossible - Combining the Crazy with a Cause 11:29
In this latest edition of TalkCXOLife, Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life interviews Prashant Mehta, Partner at Lightbox, a venture capital firm in Mumbai. Now, Prashant is also known as the endurance man. Why you ask? Imagine pedaling from Mumbai to Pune and back, that is about 330km, for 13 hours, and (no don’t run out of breath as yet) then within the same week of pulling off that feat, trekking to the Everest basecamp! Well, that is Prashant Mehta for you ladies and gentlemen! Born in Mumbai, and having spent his growing years between India and Africa, Prashant studied biotechnology in the U.S. but ended up working for a bank, pursuing an MBA from Wharton School after which he headed straight to work for Lehman Brothers which helped him understand the art of investing in emerging markets. He subsequently moved to Silicon Valley to head Yahoo’s commercial operations for emerging markets. In this segment, you’ll get to know of the crazy bike rides Prashant and his team have undertaken. The first such major ride was from Bombay to Pune and back. After just 6 weeks of training, Prashant and two of his friends endured a 13-hour road journey and kept pedalling away even as Prashant started feeling delusional midway due to exhaustion. Soon after the completion of this trip, Prashant trekked to the Everest basecamp and describes this as the craziest two weeks of his life. Another crazy ride was a non-stop Delhi Bombay ride with a targeted time of 60 hours which his gang manged to pull off in spite of the several challenges they faced and learned from. Prashant speaks of how these charity bike rides bordering on insanity are made possible when it is the heart which switches the gear during the trying times. For Prashant, a cause or a mission motivates him to push his limits much more than wanting to ace a timing or attain a desired speed.…
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In this latest edition of TalkCXOLife Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life interviews Prashant Mehta, Partner at Lightbox, a venture capital firm in Mumbai. Now Prashant is also known as the endurance man. Why you ask? Imagine pedaling from Mumbai to Pune and back, that is about 330km, for 13 hours, and (no don’t run out of breath as yet) then within the same week of pulling off that feat, trekking to the Everest basecamp! Well, that is Prashant Mehta for you ladies and gentlemen! Born in Mumbai, and having spent his growing years between India and Africa, Prashant studied biotechnology in the U.S. but ended up working for a bank, pursuing an MBA from Wharton School after which he headed straight to work for Lehman Brothers which helped him understand the art of investing in emerging markets. He subsequently moved to Silicon Valley to head Yahoo’s commercial operations for emerging markets. In this segment, Prashant shares how he began his endurance journey through biking with the help of his ex-boss, twenty years ago when he was coping to come to terms with life after battling a serious health scare that had him feeling overwhelmed. What began as an attempt to give his mind a fresh lease, soon graduated to pushing his limits gradually, as his ex-boss constantly motivated him to keep giving it his best shot. Together, they began participating in biking events and races across the US and then even across the world. Prashant believes cycling gave him an incredible opportunity to explore food culture and people around. He also speaks of the importance of the role of his ‘crazy bunch of friends’ in discovering his limits and pushing them. Constantly. Happy Listening!…
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In this latest edition of TalkCXOLife Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life interviews Prashant Mehta, Partner at Lightbox, a venture capital firm in Mumbai. Now Prashant is also known as the endurance man. Why you ask? Imagine pedaling from Mumbai to Pune and back, that is about 330km, for 13 hours, and (no don’t run out of breath as yet) then within the same week of pulling off that feat, trekking to the Everest basecamp! Well that is Prashant Mehta for you ladies and gentlemen! Born in Mumbai, and having spent his growing years between India and Africa, Prashant studied biotechnology in the U.S. but ended up working for a bank, pursuing an MBA from Wharton School after which he headed straight to work for Lehman Brothers which helped him understand the art of investing in emerging markets. He subsequently moved to Silicon valley to head Yahoo’s commercial operations for emerging markets. In this first segment Prashant speaks of his childhood. His parents’ bold move from Mumbai to Zambia during the copper rush with less than 1000 dollars in their pockets, how he came back to Mumbai for schooling and lived with his grandmother in a chawl which lent him his first major impressions and went on to colour his perspectives as a child. He shares how going to a boarding school in Panchgani in the fifth grade and his five years there had the single most important impact on his life. Prashant thereafter went back to Zambia and then to Texas to complete his last years of high school where he picked up American football and made some great friends. He believes these experiences across vastly different cultures ingrained within him the ability to survive anywhere and get along and understand people from all walks of life. Prashant also shares what it takes to sustain or endure and how at the behest of a friend, he took to Ironman, considered the hardest single day sport, especially when he didn’t even know how to swim and how with some much support he overcame that hurdle! BTW, Prashant recently completed his fourth Ironman 70.3 in Turkey and true to style, also biked along the Turkey Coast soon after the Ironman, along with his gang! Happy listening!…
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1 43: HIGHLIGHTS : Ajith Nair - Director, Kincentric on employee experience/engagement, leadership, engaging corporate culture 27:46
This episode comprises the highlights of the conversation of Ajith Nair, Director @ Kincentric, a talent and HR advisory firm specialising in employee engagement, leadership assessment and development & HR advisory with Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life. Ajith speaks at length on the – · Essence of employee engagement in every organisation & its role in managing and aiding disruption · Emergence of EX – Employee Experience & the benefits (& need) of linking it with customer experience · Challenges organisations face implementing sustainable engagement solutions & how the basics are at reach for every organisation regardless of its size, · Importance of work-life balance and how encouraging employees to expand their faculties can, in fact, help a corporate to 'de-risk' · Role of corporate and leaders in inducing and more importantly, sustaining a dynamically engaged corporate culture, · Attributes and skill-sets of a new-age leader & · Leadership is more of a calling to go beyond oneself – be it a corporate, local or global level. And of course, since this is the KIA series we also conversed about Ajith’s passions, primarily, his love for music, playing the mridangam and other percussion instruments as well as yoga and writing. As a way of giving back, Ajith regularly coaches students and NGOs and is also part of a Citizen's Action Group working towards shutting the Deonar Garbage dump in Mumbai. I hope you enjoy listening to this conversation! Stay tuned!…
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1 42: Full Conversation - Ajith Nair - Director, Kincentric on employee experience, engagement, leadership 53:59
Welcome to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife. In continuation with the series of conversations we are having with HR leaders, people-centric managers and coaches we bring to you our conversation with Ajith Nair, Director of Kincentric, a talent and HR advisory firm specialising in employee engagement, leadership assessment and development & HR advisory. Ajith spoke to Sunayana Nair, Editor, CXO Life at length on the – · Essence of employee engagement in every organisation & its role in managing and aiding disruption · Emergence of EX – Employee Experience & the benefits (& need) of linking it with customer experience · Challenges organisations face implementing sustainable engagement solutions & how the basics are at reach for every organisation regardless of its size, · Importance of work-life balance and how encouraging employees to expand their faculties can, in fact, help a corporate to de-risk · role of corporates and leaders in inducing and more importantly, sustaining a dynamically engaged corporate culture, · Attributes and skillsets of a new-age leader & · Leadership is more of a calling to go beyond oneself – be it a corporate, local or global level. And of course, since this is the KIA series we also conversed about Ajith’s passions, primarily, his love for music, playing the mridangam and other percussion instruments as well as yoga and writing. As a way of giving back, Ajith regularly coaches students and NGOs and is also part of a Citizen's Action Group working towards shutting the Deonar Garbage dump in Mumbai. We hope you enjoy listening to this conversation! Stay tuned!…
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Welcome to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife. In continuation with the series of conversations we are having with HR leaders, people-centric managers and coaches we bring to you my conversation with Ajith Nair, Director of Kincentric, a talent and HR advisory firm specializing in employee engagement, leadership assessment and development & HR advisory. · In this segment, we delve briefly into the academic and career background of Ajith - His transition from Advertising communications to research to HR and Talent advisory. · His present role in Kincentric which encompasses training individuals and teams to do their best and helping organizations look at talent in a way that it serves to be of strategic advantage. · We also delve on Ajith’s passions which include his interests in yoga, playing the mridangam and other percussion instruments, writing poetry, blogging, coaching and also environmental activism.…
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Welcome to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife. In continuation with the series of conversations we are having with HR leaders, people-centric managers and coaches we bring to you my conversation with Ajith Nair, Director of Kincentric, a talent and HR advisory firm specializing in employee engagement, leadership assessment and development & HR advisory. · In this segment, Ajith speaks on the essence of leadership and the attributes of a new-age leader · How leadership is a calling to go beyond oneself and beyond the ordinary and · He also speaks of the importance of time management within the context of striking a balance between work and life…
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1 39: Ajith Nair - Part 3/5 – Role of Leaders in Inducing & Sustaining a Motivating Corporate Culture 13:00
Welcome to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife. In continuation with the series of conversations we are having with HR leaders, people-centric managers and coaches we bring to you my conversation with Ajith Nair, Director of Kincentric, a talent and HR advisory firm specialising in employee engagement, leadership assessment and development & HR advisory. · In this segment, Ajith speaks of how some corporates are promoting multiple growth-seeking avenues to employees to tap their overall potential, actively motivating them to seek such platforms and how this is a great way for organisations to de-risk itself. · the role of leaders in inducing and sustaining such a growth-led mindset and culture · How an increasing number of CXOs are seeing the benefits of pursuing a passion which helps them to engage the mind in different ways, be more effective as a leader and even differentiate themselves in their professional realm.…
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Welcome to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife. In continuation with the series of conversations we are having with HR leaders, people-centric managers and coaches we bring to you our conversation with Ajith Nair, Director of Kincentric, a talent and HR advisory firm specializing in employee engagement, leadership assessment and development & HR advisory. In this segment, Ajith Nair speaks to Sunayana Nair, Editor, CXO Life on - The commonalities across corporate cultures globally while pointing to the differences within the employee ecosystem. He emphasizes the significance of fundamentally anchored value systems – pillars of what an engaging culture thrives on and how these lead to unfathomable employee behaviours – what he calls as emergent behaviours – behaviours, much beyond the expectations any employee manual can seek. And how this is a by-product of a thriving engaging culture. The critical role of engaged employees in aiding and managing disruption The need for organisations to shift from the outdated Process lens which served well for consistency and predictability to intent-culture-purpose led lens to tap that delta or competitive edge.…
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