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The Cranky Middle Manager #39 Managing in India With Naveen Lakkur
Posted on 17. Mar, 2006 by Wayne in Podcast
The Cranky Middle Manager Show #039
Most Westerners have no real idea of what India’s all about- and let’s face it we’ll either be working with or FOR someone from there soon, if we’re not already. Besides time zones, what are some of the challenges to being a manager in that booming economy? We talk to Naveen Lakkur, CEO of Compassites Software Solutions.
By the way, thanks to Rajesh Setty ( who will be a guest on the show soon) for setting this interview up. Enjoy.
SHOW NOTES
0:00 Welcome to the Cranky Middle Manager- ever feel like a Russian nuclear missile? Find out how.
This show is dedicated to Bahadur Shah Zafar, last Moghul leader of India (okay, it’s in Pakistan now, but the borders were fluid back then), and victim of a particularly vicious corporate takeover.
2:30 Podcast Network (TPN) is looking for hosts all over the world. Heck if I can have a show…..
3:30 An Indian quote of the week, and pondering on IIT graduates. How the world has changed.
5:24 Welcome Naveen Lakkur. Besides Time Zones… what are the challenges in developing managers in that red-hot environment?
8:00 I’ve taken some shots at GE, but they’re doing a lot to develop managers in India. Even Microsoft gets some props. The world IS changing……
12:15 As someone who manages people, what are they doing well and what’s not going so swell? Talk about Diversity issues….
20:00 Are the schools in India turning out managers or just great individual contributors?
26:00 Here’s an extensive list of things Naveen learns from:
BLOGS
http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com
http://www.tompeters.com
Yeah, we know that one……
BOOKS:
“Man Management†Divine discourses on Management by Sri Sathya Sai Baba I can’t find this one in Amazon… if anyone can find me a link, EMAIL ME
“Jonathan Livingston Seagull†a story by Richard Bach
“Offshore Outsourcing†by Marcia Robinson and Ravi Kalakota
“Co-opetition†by Adam M Brandenburger and Barry J Nalebuff
“Success@life†by Ron Rubin and Stuart Avery Gold
“Tough time’s never last, but tough people do†– Robert H Schuller
“Awaken The Giant Within†by Anthony Robins
“First Things First†– Stephen R Covey
“Who Moved My Cheese?†EDITORIAL NOTE: I put this one in under protest. I know where my cheese is…. I’m just lactose intolerant.
“Passion, Profit and Power†By Marshal Sylver
“Rich Dad, Poor Dad†by Robert Kiosaki More disclosure- I actually wrote a review on one of these sequel books. You can check it out here.
to add to your booklist; Ping A Frog in Search of A New Pond by Stuart Avery Gold. Perhaps the BEST book about managing risk and change.