When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.
N. R. Narayana MurthyRead
If longevity is the best index to measure a company, a basic requirement is the ability of the corporation to generate new and new leaders.
Interpretation
A successful company must constantly develop new leaders to ensure its longevity.
This quote emphasizes that for a company to thrive over the long term, it needs not just to sustain operations, but to continuously foster leadership talent within its ranks. The ability to cultivate new leaders is essential for the growth and adaptability of the organization in an ever-changing business environment.
In practice
During a company seminar, to highlight the importance of leadership development.
When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.
When you are in business for a long time, you go through good times and bad times. When you go through bad times, you learn to control costs, satisfy customers better, satisfy employees better and become more transparent. Therefore, you build character in the company.
India is known for much development that has happened since our independence, but at the same time, we have also failed on many levels. It is the responsibility of the future generation to ensure that all these failures are corrected and help create a civilised society with equal opportunities for one and all.
The unique instrument to eradicate poverty and usher in prosperity is our youth.
The biggest impediment to growth is in our minds and not in the world outside, and only constant in the world is change.
The future of any corporation is as good as the value system of the leaders and followers in the organization.
If you can't describe your strategy in twenty minutes, simply and in plain language, you haven't got a plan. 'But,' people may say, 'I've got a complex strategy. It can't be reduced to a page.' That's nonsense. That's not a complex strategy. It's a complex thought about the strategy.
A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought⦠but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands.
If you're a set of guys looking to start a company, think about women you could team up with - they will see things differently and solve problems you didn't even realize you had.
Jesus teaches us another way: Go out. Go out and share your testimony, go out and interact with your brothers, go out and share, go out and ask. Become the Word in body as well as spirit.
Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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