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Call to internalise technical learning and sharpen decision-making skills

MARRIAGE OF MINDS: Mr N. Sundararajan, Company Secretary, Ashok Leyland, addressing students of Sathyabama Deemed University., near Chennai

Chennai , March 3

Fresh management graduates often face a dilemma about behavioural aspects after becoming a member of a corporate team. They often have to make sacrifices and also compromise on their beliefs and expectations. Their identity, priorities and responsibilities can also be very different from the persons they are.

Mr N. Sundararajan, Company Secretary and Head (Internal Audit), Ashok Leyland, while addressing management students of Sathyabama Deemed University, Sholinganallur, said corporate life is similar to that of a marriage when one enters a different league.

It has all the elements of married life - love, compassion, companionship, affection, surprise, compromises, sacrifices, failures, disappointment, frustrations and every other aspect of life.

Drawing from his three-decade-long innings as manager in various companies, Mr Sundararajan, elaborating on the topic `Transition from Student to Executive' described five stages of transition: self-development, difference between an executive's life and student's life, society's perception, approaches for success in a career and the role after reaching a managerial/senior position.

On the self-development front, he said that one has to internalise technical learning as one internalises regular day-to-day habits.

One has to sharpen the analytical and decision-making skills because employment is like an open-book exam. All the data is available and one's memory is not tested. What is tested is the ability to learn, understand, think, apply and find answers.

"What is going to be your USP?" he asked. All MBAs acquire the same textbook knowledge; therefore, learn additional skills. Try and get some extra feathers to differentiate yourself, he told the students. Additional qualifications and skills take one far.

"Business is not static; it always changes. You will come across imperfect situations, warranting quick decisions and many compromises. These are some of the major differences between a student's life and executive's life," he told them.

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