Author

R Gopalakrishnan

The role of luck in organisational transformation

Hindustan Unilever or Tata succeeded in the transformation largely because of their strategies but if someone else followed the same actions, can success be assured?

21 Apr 2022

Is it possible to vaccinate a corporation?

A company is prone to virus-like attacks like employee disengagement, inconsistent leadership behaviour, festering grievances and negativity in the workplace.

24 Mar 2022

Is the transformation programme working?

Imagine you are a shareholder of a company, whose leaders criticise predecessors for every malaise & blame media for negative reportage. Company’s results are not glamorous. Would you vote for change?

24 Feb 2022

When would an unfiltered CEO be successful?

Unfiltered CEOs are recruits from outside the company. Both filtered and unfiltered leaders have their value, depending on the circumstances of their recruitment.

27 Jan 2022

How much does CEO selection matter?

Does the company need major organisational change? How does the board identify the ideal leader who can successfully supervise the transition?

06 Jan 2022

How the Tata group transformed itself after 1991

The external impression was that Tata was less nimble than others, more resistant to change and extremely set in its ways.

01 Dec 2021

Transformation of HLL after liberalisation

Studying Hindustan Lever’s efforts to steady the boat after liberalisation shows how far Indian management has moved in terms of strategy in the last three decades

04 Nov 2021

Transformation of Tata around liberalisation

The odds were loaded against the Tata group at the start of Ratan Tata’s leadership. Bound by a slower functioning style, there was much to be done to face the fast-paced competition of the future.

07 Oct 2021

Transformation of HLL during liberalisation

Hindustan Lever had to completely reorient itself. It developed an enormous appetite for organic growth, something that industrial licencing had thwarted till 1991

09 Sep 2021

Why organisations tend to go around in circles

The most efficient path between two points is the straight line. But since effectiveness is more essential, leaders might choose a path that is inefficient to accomplish the task

11 Aug 2021

Transforming organisations: Role of subsonic sounds

Each organisation has a unique geology, conditioned by its history and culture. The leader must understand these and listen to the infrasound to make good decisions

25 Feb 2021