Does Leadership Matter ?

What is Leadership?

• According to Narayana Murthy:

• “ Leadership is all about courage”
• Second, it is the ability to raise the aspirations of people.
• Third, to be open minded and to accept great ideas from different
countries and cultures across the world.
• Fourth, to recognize that there are two Indians, rural and urban and to
work towards the growth of both of them.
Infosys Technologies Ltd.

• 1981: Infosys started in a single room

• 1987: First International Office in London
• 1993: Infosys goes public
• 1997: CMM Level-4 attained
• 1999: Revenue of $ 100Mn and Listing in NASDAQ
• 2001: Revenue touched $ 400Mn
• 2002: NRN becomes Chairman
• 2006: Revenue touched $ 2Bn at the end of 25 yrs
• 2008: Net Profit crossed $ 1Bn
• 2009: 100000+ Employees Reaached
• According to Steve Jobs:
• “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower “
Apple Inc.

• 1971: Steve Jobs and Steve Wojniak started Apple and Apple-1 was released
• 1977: Apple-2 Released
• 1980: Apple-3 was Released but it was called off because of batch problems. Apple
Goes Public
• 1984: Mac was Released
• 1985: Steve Jobs leaves Apple because of power conflicts. Apple downfall starts
• 1985-97: Apple had many ups and downs. Introduced many products but failed
due to minor differences in product line up. Steve Jobs started its own NEXT co.
• 1995-96: Apple was in Loss
• 1977: Return of Steve Jobs
• 2011: $ 300Bn Revenue
Leadership from Books

Leading
Commanding People
People

Leadership

Guiding
People

Influencing
People