Introduction

Name. : Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy

Born. : 20 August, 1946

Place. : Bangalore

Occupation:Chairman Emeritus Infosys

Board of director United Nations Foundation

Member of Advisory Board of Indusage Partners

Board of Trustee Ford Foundatio

Leadership skills of N R Narayana murthy:
Be Nimble

In Murthy’s words, today it’s the nimble one who eats up the bigger corporates as they lose the
value they used to have 50 or 30 years ago. So, in that sense it’s important to keep innovating
and bring new ideas and paradigms to the platform.

Start Mentoring

The primary objective of every leader should be to ensure that there is successive generation of
leaders. And one of the instruments for doing that is mentoring. A good mentor can not only
train the team but can also get the best from each member. “I am the first among the equals as
far as mentoring process is considered.”

Be Courageous

Courage is the most important attribute of great leadership. One should be courageous to
dream big and to take bold decisions. As Murthy says that one should have Courage of
Conviction, Courage.. to go against conventional systems and Courage..to travel the road less
travelled.

Respect Your Competitors

One should never ever underestimate their competitors.”Always respect them and learn
whatever you can. And that’s the way you can beat them.”

Stick To Your Ideas

Always believe in your idea and despite of any challenge, stick to it. “When we started, the
environment was completely business unfriendly. It took a year to get the telephone
connection and three years to get import license for computers. But we know, there was a huge
global opportunity and we stick to our idea.”

Be In A Great State Of Mind

Most of our energy is based on what our mental state is. As long as one is full of enthusiasm,
hope, confidence and Joy, then physical energy will come to him on its own.
Walk The Talk

A leader should be able to imbibe a great value system in the company. If you have gained the
respect of our stakeholders, investors, consumers or anyone around you, revenues will follow
on their own. Although it seems difficult to achieve, but as per Murthy, “Once you have
demonstrated your value system by deed, then grapevine travels so fast that it replicates itself.”

Be Prepared To Seize Luck

Luck is an important part of any journey. There are many smart people who have worked so
hard in their life but have reached nowhere. But as they say it, Luck comes to all, but only those
who are prepared for it can seize it.

Be Trustworthy

“I have learnt that leaders have to be trustworthy first before being high performers.” One
should always bring bad news to the investors early on a pro-active basis. “Let the good news
take the steps and bad news the elevator. Investors will respect those organisations that disclose
their mistakes and resolve to improve themselves.”

Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously

One should not let expectations around to pressurize his way of doing things. For instance, a
golgappa seller will always maintain the same pace in making rounds despite of increasing
crowd at the stall, to maintain his counting and avoid losses. “While we take our work seriously,
we don’t take ourselves very seriously.”