Shaping young HR leaders
Leadership
Most leadership teams in India can name, inside a minute, the two or three people whose departure would cost the business a year. Naming their replacements takes considerably longer, and often enough the conversation closes without a name at all.
Chanakya, the ancient Indian strategist and advisor to King Chandragupta Maurya, was a sage whose wisdom transcends time. Beyond his renowned political and governance doctrines, Chanakya’s teachings offer profound insights into managing money.
For the first time in workplace history, four generations Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z are working alongside each other within the same organisations, teams, and leadership structures.
Leadership is often mistaken for authority. But the leaders we remember rarely raised their voices, they raised people
Technip Energies India’s Managing Director Davendra Kumar has been conferred the Business Leader of the Year – Engineering Services award at the CHEMTECH Leadership & Excellence Awards 2026.
Insurance has long reflected societal norms: a healthy ingress of women into the workforce often encounters the middle management “pinch”, feeding into stark leadership underrepresentation. This historical male dominance in strategy and decision-making, however, is finally seeing a gradual change.
Swami Vivekananda, the ‘Great Innovator of Management Values,’ operated in an era devoid of formal management science. Management, essentially arising from organized common sense, existed from time immemorial in the minds of legendaries like Swami Vivekananda.
For a moment, imagine corporate leadership as an intense game of Scrabble, with each move raising the stakes—but with a twist: the board is constantly shifting.
A modern era of leaders is blending time-honoured values with inventive thoughts and is reshaping leadership in today’s business world. By placing empathy above authority, young professionals, which basically includes Millennials and Gen Z, are completely transforming boardrooms with leadership styles that emphasise more on compassion, authenticity, and purpose.
The synergy between different CXOs is integral to organizational success. In particular, CHROs and CFOs must work in tandem to ensure optimum utilization of internal assets and human resources to achieve organizational goals.
With over 1,580 Global Capability Centers (GCCs) already dotting the landscape, the country is proving to be a fertile ground for growth, supported by robust government initiatives and an insatiable demand for cutting-edge technology.
“India’s economic landscape is experiencing a significant shift, with women entrepreneurs playing an increasingly pivotal role. While progress has been made, there’s still a significant journey towards true inclusivity.
