Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Chairman and MD Biocon

ABOUT THE BIOCON QUEEN.
Born on March 23, 1953 in Bangalore.

Educated at the Bishop Cotton Girls School and Mount

Carmel College at Bangalore.

B.Sc. in Zoology from Bangalore University.

Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education Australia to

study brewing and qualified as a master brewer in 1974.
About Biocon
Biocon is a fully integrated healthcare company that
delivers innovative biopharmaceutical solutions.

Biocon is India's first biotechnology company,

established
  in 1978

Biocon among Top 20 Indian companies in Forbes

‘Best Under A Billion’ list.
About Biocon
Biocon is India's first and largest biotechnology
company .
First biotechnology company to export microbial
enzymes to USA and Europe
First biotechnology company to receive ISO 9001
certification in India
The company ranks first in Asia in terms of
revenues and market capitalization and
sixteenth globally.
Leadership: The KMS way
The Success MANTRA - Listen to the little drummer in you
who keeps saying break free, become large, build something
memorable.

Motivation
Motivating Oneself
Motivating others

Strategy
Leadership is about approaching opportunity through strategy.
Leadership: The KMS way
Leadership Styles
• Democratic:
– May help motivation and involvement
– Workers feel ownership of the firm and its ideas
– Improves the sharing of ideas
and experiences within the business
– Can delay decision making
• Autocratic:
– Leader makes decisions without reference to anyone else
– High degree of dependency on the leader
– Can create de-motivation and alienation
of staff
– May be valuable in some types of business where decisions need to
be made quickly and decisively
Leadership Styles(Contd.)
• Laissez-Faire:
– ‘Let it be’ – the leadership responsibilities
are shared by all
– Can be very useful in businesses
where creative ideas are important
– Can be highly motivational,
as people have control over their working life
– Can make coordination and decision making
time-consuming and lacking in overall direction
– Relies on good team work
– Relies on good interpersonal relations
Personality Traits
– Openness to experience - Very High

–Extraversion – High

–Agreeableness - High

– Emotional Intelligence – High

–Conscientiousness - Very High

Participative Theory
• Definition: Participative leadership theories suggest
that the ideal leadership style is one that takes the
input of others into account

• Importance
• Finding future leaders
• Motivation,team,employee productivity
• All-round decisions

 Practical Illustration
Situational Leadership
Definition: Situational theories propose that leaders
choose the best course of action based upon
situational variables

Lets look at an illustration of how she performed

situational leadership
Situational Leadership
A Devastating situation – Personal Vs Professional Life

Biocon was busy negotiating with Danish firm Novozymes for

the sale of its enzymes business.

Her husband John Shaw was diagnosed with a cancerous lump in

his kidney.

Kiran not just tended to her husband in hospital, but also made
all the strategic decisions needed for the deal.

 Ultimately, the deal was a great SUCCESS for BIOCON

RELATIONSHIP THEORY:
Relationship theories also known as Transformational theories.

 This theory focus upon the connections formed between

leaders and followers.

 This theory motivate and inspire people by helping group

members see the importance and higher good of the task.

These leaders are focused on the performance of group

members, but also want each person to fulfill his or her
potential.
RELATIONSHIP THEORY:
Kiran motivates the young generation to face the
difficulties and over come the problems which they
face in the journey of being an ‘Entrepreneur’.

 She asks them to take up risk and treat the failures as

good experiences to achieve success and makes one
more stronger.
Transcendental Leader
• Doing the IMPOSSIBLE

•Surface courage from FEARS

•Touching the UNTOUCHABLES

•Understanding the inarticulate needs.

Strong commitment to goals : She transcended the
boundaries of self and her business.

•Relationship building within the organization as well as outside the

organization

•Customer relationship that helped Biocon’s growth.

•Kiran tried to add value to the business and customer.

– She commented in an article that as the company grew, the

equation with the customers changed.

– Earlier client meetings were under a cloud of patronization but

now they were meeting of equal minds
Social Responsibility
 Kiran encourages citizens of India to exercise their
right to vote.
 Explains the importance of not casting their vote.
 Highlights the fact that she is serious about giving
back to the community that has helped her establish
her business.