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Industry | Cover StorySanthosh Babu

maildindia@cmdia.c.in

Murthy 2.0Inss can nl g ndMh nds addss nmschallngs s is pas gl

th call Nr Naaana Mh, h lgnda

nd swa gian Inss tchnlgis,

as h ci chaiman h cmpan has

n haild mdia, analss, sck mak, and in-

ds ps, aing an ccasinal ciic. His n is

sn as a m jna h cmpan h s p

in 1981.

th n s n his lgnda ladship, which

nnal, nl a w his sccsss displad pjcd sinc h nd 65 and i in 2011 dn h

il chaiman mis. th Jn 1 m hw h

cpa mh n n is indispnsal, h

windw. S nw w ha a si, M Indispnsal,

add a sing ladship aisisina, sinc,

and alss.

thgh spising, his m is n ni in h It

inds. Glall, yah!s J yang, Dlls Michal

Dll, and Appls S Jsnds lading It

cmpanisha nd h dis sa ingack had das gwh. th sls in h cass

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lad Inss. Kv Kamah, h man wh hgh

ging h mas las ack n h pich ndsd

ha sids sing cndnc amng clins i will -

ngi and mia h 150,000 sng Insians.

onc h dam cmpan ngining sdns

and was knwn is spawling campss, mlipl

caia sing a ai cisins, a wld class

laning camps a Ms, gl css, and sa-

-h-a inasc, is n lng h s chic

amng sdns.

VALuEs, CuLturE, And strAtEGy ALInGnMEnt

As an achic Inss al ssm CLIFeCsm

cs, Ladship ampl, Ingi and tanspan-

c, Fainss, and ecllncMh nds dli-

a n niggling sins and ppl and ladship

dlpmn.

th ac ha h si nds s h

Ceos Inss pins a cl ha is m clannish

( amil ind) wh ganiain cncnas

n innal mainnanc wih cncn ppl and

snsiii csms. Was i n incmn pn

Mh ain, cach, and ppa high-pmsnd h h c-nds lad? I Mh knw

ha mandd wn d, am, and gn. Whil

accping h nw l, Mh admid ha h was and

will alwas a sldi Inss.

F a pincipld nd, i ms ha n cpinall

ling s his middl child g innal and nal

ashing, ha h chs ak w sl impsd ns

imn ag 65 and ha nds amilis wldn

a pa h sinss.

I s a Kv Kamah, n h ns manags,as his sngh admi ha Mh is ippd

o Mh chs ak his wn w sl impsdnsimn ag 65 and ha nds

amilis wldn a pa h sinss, whil

sing his middl child ging innal and

nal ashing

o Fllwing h plic pming nds h

Ceo psiins, Inss cad w ppni-

is high pms amng ad mms

HIGHLIGHts

Four oF tHe SIx FouNDerS roSe tobe tHe Ceos oF INFoSyS, PoINtING to A

CuLture tHAt IS More CLANNISH

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Shilal a ga c wh

did Inss n cnin wih KisGpalakishnan as h Ceo.

Whil n n ganiain cl

is spi anh, sag and

cl nd alignd a all ims.

th clannish cl hlpd

Inss gw and ms h

Inss als w als

linkd Naaana Mhs

psnal als.

tHE rEturn OF MurtHy

th h cming ack spp his ganiain

and his cn is a mh

n sn in mis

and cnd in s

ks. And h h n-

dsands ha h ims

ha changd and h gani-

ain . Mh nds

fc n a w sins

h ss lad

h ganiain; is h

cn cl hlping

Inss gw? I n, can

h di cl chang in

Inss? Did Inss ha

a pcss idni

and n ng high

pnial lads wh

cld sp in ak

igg ls and spn-

siiliis?

Wha h answs

hs sins a, iis cla ha csmic shis

and ansacinal changs will n ngh p h

ganiain in h nw ajc gwh.th las Inss annal p sas, th nminains

cmmih ad plan an dl sccssin

ladship wihin h ad and h cmpan, and

mainain cningnc plans sccssin in cas an

ignc. Pi ha whn h ignc as, i chs

all ack n is nding Ceo.

b llwing h plic pming nds h

Ceo psiins, Inss cad w ppniis

high pms amng ad mms. F a l glal

sinss ha Inss psns i is spising ha nn

h sinss hads wh s Inss ad as

whl-im dics a nn-Indians. (th h wwhl-im dics a nds).

th a ps ha h sach pcss h n

Ceo has n iniiad plac SD Shilal whn h

will i in 2014. I is again a discming signal h

p ladship amid ps ha sm hm ma

had hnd lad h It ms.

tha Mh will sa chaimans c wih his am

m Caamaan, inclding his sn rhan M, wh

hlds c c-mins wih his wn m is a sp ha

nds cnsidd. I h insiin chaimans

c is cnind, i wld s add h am

h Inss manpw pl han plck i a

as.

Inss will d wll ak a la h k

w is cmpistCS and Cgnianwhich ha

mch ng Ceos han Inss. F nw, i appas

Inss can nl g nd Naaana Mh as

lng as h idnis, ns, and ppas m lads

a Inss wh a han himsl.

tHe Hero uNDerStANDS tHAt tHe tIMeS HAve

CHANGeD AND tHe orGANIzAtIoN too. MurtHy

NeeDS to reFLeCt oN A FeW queStIoNS beFore

He SetS out to LeAD tHe orGANIzAtIoN

The author is ounding MD o leadership

and development frm OD Alternatives