Leadership Lessons from India

Vineet Nayar, CEO of the Indian IT services giant HCL, likes to rock the boat. To discover how Indian leaders drive their organizations to high performance, the research team interviewed senior executives at 98 of the largest India-based companies. MindTree’s cofounder Subroto Bagchi, whose title is vice chairman and gardener, spends much of his time coaching the company’s top 100 leaders. And he invited employees to evaluate their bosses and their bosses’ bosses; then he posted his own review on the firm’s intranet for all to see, and urged others to follow his lead.