The Hindu Business Line : ‘Take on jobs that you can learn from’

Building, motivating and retaining a great team is the most important quality of a leader. A leader should also have the ability to look at the big picture but not lose sight of the details. He should trust his team and delegate responsibilities. Crucially, a leader should be secure and confident in his or her own abilities. Qualities such as the ability to innovate, and display executive maturity, keep a cool head and tenacity are all attributes that help a leader function effectively.

An incident from your life, or, what you observed, which you think was great leadership?

I haven’t yet seen something which has taken my breath away...

Two or three ways in which you think young managers can develop leadership skills?

Be patient and watch people whom you can emulate. Take jobs based on their learning potential. Read a lot, and take examples from all kinds of leadership, not only business.

Who is your leadership ideal in the corporate world - India or global?

My two greatest leaders are non-corporate; they are polar opposites of each other and did not like each other very much: Gandhi and Churchill. They inspired like no one before or after them. In India, Ratan Tata is my ideal, he has succeeded but has not compromised his value systems. Bill Gates is my favourite global leader - he is one of the very few people who is great in both technology and business. — Jaspreet Bindra, India Country Manager, Online Services Business, Microsoft India.

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