LEADERSHIP TRAITS AND
VALUES
A LEADER IS THE ONE WHO KNOWS THE WAY, GOES THE
WAY AND SHOWS THE WAY
- JOHN C MAXWELL
INFOSYS
FOUNDER
NR
NARAYANA
MURTHY
N R Narayana Murthy is the co-
founder of Infosys Technologies.
He was born on August 20,1946
in Mysore.
NR He was also the Chairman, CEO,
NARAYAN President and Chief Mentor for
Infosys before retiring
A MURTHY
He was the CEO of Infosys for 21
years (1981-2002)
He Graduated in electrical
engineering from NIE in 1967.
He Received his master's degree
from IIT Kanpur in 1969.
His 1st position was at IIM-
EARLY
Ahmedabad as chief systems
programmer.
He worked on a time-sharing
LIFE
system.
Designed and implemented a
“BASIC” interpreter for ECIL
(Electronics Corporation of India
Limited).
CAREER
Narayan Murthy first served as a Research Associate under a
faculty at IIM Ahmedabad and then later served as the chief
systems programmer
He started a company named Softronics. When that company
failed after about a year and a half, he joined Patni Computer
Systems in Pune .
Narayan Murthy and his six software professionals
founded Infosys in 1981 with an initial capital investment of Rs
10,000, which was provided by his wife Sudha Murthy.
LEADERSHIP
QUALITIES
NEVER GIVING UP
In 1976, Narayan Murthy
founded Softronics, a
company that lasted a year So he got failure in life but he
and a half. When he realised never stopped
that his first venture wasn't
taking off, he moved on.
ADVERSITY
Always raising
the confidence
of followers.
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In 1981, He started Infosys with Rs 10,000
RISK borrowed from his wife. In few years, Infosys went
on to become one of the largest wealth creators in the
country.
TAKING According to Narayan Murthy, ”Think Big. Don't
ABILITY Hesitate to Start Small.”
VALUES
And to create trust, the leader
has to subscribe to a value
For creating a successful
system: a protocol for behavior
organization, it requires
that enhances the confidence,
creating trust in people.
commitment and enthusiasm of
the people
After the IPO, Infosys decided
to share a portion of its equity
with employees. This helped
them retain talent and gave
employees a sense of
ownership. Murthy is proud of SHARING
having given away stocks
worth over Rs 50,000 crore to
employees.
IS
So as a leader he
always believed in
CARING
employee welfare.
Has created an environment
where each person feels secure
He brought transparency at
enough to be able to disclose
Infosys.
his or her mistakes, and
resolves to improve.
ENHANCING TRUST
ALWAYS A LEARNING
PERSON
For a successful leader, a constant learning process is very important. When due to lack
of knowledge, a leader cannot provide solution to the team, he loses respect in their
eyes. And sometimes he has to pay a heavy price for that.
Leadership and learning are indispensable.
And Narayan Murthy Was also the such person because when he lost money in his first
venture Softronics in 1980, he learned from his mistake and took care of all those things
in life.
GETTING Narayan Murthy, with his 'no
compromise' policy on greasing
RICH BUT palms and doing ethical business, set
the standards.
HONESTLY
The big man of Indian IT kept his personal life simple. He lives in
a simple, middle class house and flies economy till date. Narayan
Murthy has always been accessible to people around him.
So He always believes in simplicity of life.
SIMPLICITY
TWO MOTTOS IN LIFE
He always kept in mind two Sanskrit sentences:
1) Sathyannasti Paro Dharma (there is nodharma
greater than adherence to truth);
2) Satyameva jayate (truth alone triumphs).
• He Let these be his motto for good corporate leadership
CONCLUSION
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