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Hardayal Singh
The writer was Chief Commissioner of Income-tax and is the author of the Moral Compass- Finding Balance and Purpose in an Imperfect World, Harper Collins India, 2022
Latest Articles By Hardayal Singh
Beyond Morgan Stanley: Stiff Challenges Await
In life, as in economics, it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere, you may have to run twice as fast, the Red Queen advises Alice in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass
Read More'You Get Happiness, When You Give It To Others'
Poor people near the equator have as much of a chance of finding it as rich people living away from it
Read MoreGautam Adani: Rise To Eminence
Adani's biographer, R.N. Bhaskar points out that, although he speaks English hesitantly, he makes up for this weakness by listening intently
Read MoreSuccess Is Not A Piece Of Cake You Can Bite Into When Hungry
Both Tandon as well as Ganguly would agree with Peter Drucker that because of the complex nature of decision-making in modern organisations – irrespective of whether they are governmental, semi- governmental or private – the person helming them has to be good listener. Besides, he needs good inter-personal and conceptual skills and needs to believe in team work says Hardayal Singh
Read More"Success Not A Piece Of Cake Which You Can Bite When You Are Hungry”
There are not that many people who can do this: good organisations, therefore, need to spend a lot of time in succession planning
Read More“Success Is Not A Piece Of Cake Which You Can Bite When You Are Hungry”
The book could be bench-marked against the account of Prakash Tandon, another eminent HUL CEO of an earlier generation, whose trilogy—the Punjabi Saga, comprising Punjabi Century, Beyond Punjab, and Return to Punjab (Rupa and Co 2001)—has become a literary classic in its own right
Read More“Remember, Leadership Is A Function To Be Performed And Not An Entitlement To Be Enjoyed”
The leader devises a strategy and monitors its implementation, and ensures effective communication with all stakeholders
Read MoreBudget Ruminations: How To Disburse Subsidies
Subsidies should never be based on populist considerations but on well-considered social cost-benefit analyses
Read MoreWelfare Vs Revadis, Some Fresh Thoughts
In a market-driven economy, which we embraced after the reforms of the 1990s, this is justifiable only as a last resort when markets cannot deliver desired outcomes and all other solutions fail
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