In a webinar hosted by the Mizuho India Japan Study Centre, on May 28th, Jayaram Easwaran speaks on transformational leadership
In conversation with Saideep Rathnam, Chief Operating Officer of the Mizuho India Japan Study Centre (MIJSC), an IIM Bangalore Centre of Excellence, on May 28th, best-selling author Jayaram Easwaran shared some lessons from transformational leaders of India and Japan, focusing on time organization skills, teamwork, building loyalty and trust, and importance given to research and data.
“Japan is extremely data oriented, and data means facts. When leader asks their teams for information, if they do not have it, they would say ‘we will check and get back to you’, and it is not considered a negative thing. This is similar to the approach of effective leaders in India too,” explained the management consultant and Independent Director at Jindal Stainless Ltd.
Responding to the question on what Indian CEOs could learn from their Japanese counterparts, he suggested that leaders strive to be equidistant from their team members. “You have to be perceived to be maintaining equal distance from all the people who report to you. If there is a coterie within your team that has more access to you than the others, then the team is already broken,” he said.
On building loyalty and trust among employees of an organization, he shared several examples of how effective leaders take responsibility for mistakes made by the team. “It is also important that, as a leader, you explain to the particular employee why such mistakes must be avoided in the future. The way you treat your subordinates when they fail you decides whether they walk out of your room swearing at you or swearing by you!”
The webinar saw participation by industry leaders, faculty members and students from engineering and business schools in India and Japan.
Watch the webinar here: https://youtu.be/7wECgoLBQzw
In a webinar hosted by the Mizuho India Japan Study Centre, on May 28th, Jayaram Easwaran speaks on transformational leadership
In conversation with Saideep Rathnam, Chief Operating Officer of the Mizuho India Japan Study Centre (MIJSC), an IIM Bangalore Centre of Excellence, on May 28th, best-selling author Jayaram Easwaran shared some lessons from transformational leaders of India and Japan, focusing on time organization skills, teamwork, building loyalty and trust, and importance given to research and data.
“Japan is extremely data oriented, and data means facts. When leader asks their teams for information, if they do not have it, they would say ‘we will check and get back to you’, and it is not considered a negative thing. This is similar to the approach of effective leaders in India too,” explained the management consultant and Independent Director at Jindal Stainless Ltd.
Responding to the question on what Indian CEOs could learn from their Japanese counterparts, he suggested that leaders strive to be equidistant from their team members. “You have to be perceived to be maintaining equal distance from all the people who report to you. If there is a coterie within your team that has more access to you than the others, then the team is already broken,” he said.
On building loyalty and trust among employees of an organization, he shared several examples of how effective leaders take responsibility for mistakes made by the team. “It is also important that, as a leader, you explain to the particular employee why such mistakes must be avoided in the future. The way you treat your subordinates when they fail you decides whether they walk out of your room swearing at you or swearing by you!”
The webinar saw participation by industry leaders, faculty members and students from engineering and business schools in India and Japan.
Watch the webinar here: https://youtu.be/7wECgoLBQzw