LEADERSHIP PROJECT

COMPANY NAME: TABANI GROUP OF COMPANIES

INTERVIEWER: HAMZA Y. TABANI

(CEO of Tabani Group of Companies)

Group Members:
Sara Malik
Adeel Khattak
Muhammad Anwar
Ibad Ur Rehman
Junaid Imran

Submitted to: Mr. Masood Zia

Submitted On: 4-May-2019
Introduction:
TABANI GROUP OF COMPANIES is one of the most distinguished and reputable
business conglomerates in Pakistan. The group has a very strong presence in the
corporate society as an Integrated, Devoted and Dedicated body that strives to
provide customers with quality products and services. Standing firm with the
slogan “Techno trade men with a visionary Mission” Tabani Group of Companies
has won itself a very inevitable importance in different industrial and commercial
aspects in many parts of the world. Because of the value of commitment and the
excellence in the provision of various services on diplomatic levels, our Group
Chairman Mr. Mohammad Yaqoob Tabani, Third generation of the Founder
Yaqoob Abdul Ghani who at the helm of the group, has been appointed as the
Honorary Consul for Turkmenistan.

Today, automation, which is sought all over the world to maximize profits, is
shunned by the Group with the sole purpose of providing jobs to as many as
possible. Sharing is a belief of the family. Tabani Group of Companies has and will
always share its wisdom and expertise for further development of our
international image and the nation’s prosperity.

Tabani Group are Manufacturers, Importers, Exporters, Traders and Agents for
the well-known Reputable Principals from all across the Globe dealing with
corporate giants from Textiles, Metals, Plastics, Commodities, Cement,
Electronics, Machinery of Steel manufacturing Plants and Rolling Mills, Railway
Rolling Stock, Cement, Sugar, Fertilizer, Defense Industry, Oil & Gas Industry, and
Aviation Industry. It has the honor to promote the first Private Airline “Aero Asia”
and operated for more than 13 years on both Domestic and International Routes
catering more than one million passengers every year.

HAMZA Y. TABANI (CEO of Tabani Group of Companies):

Mr. Humza Y. Tabani, CEO – Tabani Group, is the spearhead of fourth generation
entering the Group and has been guided by the third generation. After going
through the rigorous academic career by completing his MBA with a reputable
University and stepped into practical business environment and joined hands with
his superiors to contribute in the betterment and success of the Group.
He is a member of Board of Directors of Tabani Group. He is engaged in the policy
formulation, further planning, decision making and implementation of the pre-
decided objectives and pre-determined targets of the Group.
He was appointed as Vice Chairman of the Group w.e.f November 2012. With
visionary and progressive thoughts and Innovative Ideas, he revamps the Group’s
business structure into dynamic and well diversified form and undertakes the
journey of further progress of the Group with modern business techniques.

Part 1 of the report:

Tabani Group is consisted of 150 employees directly reporting to the

CEO which means managerial ones, working in the head office. Other
than that there will be a lot employees as Tabani Group is dealing in a
lot of businesses as a whole all over the country.
Mr. Hamza Tabani sees himself as a leader as he is into businesses since
last 23 years and have seen a lot of ups and downs in the industry. He
thinks other than religious blessings on him he is a charismatic leader to
everyone who is following and working with him otherwise he would
not be able to manage such a big group. Employees are very happy with
him as a leader. Minimum limit of currently working staff’s tenure is
10+ years and as far as the loyalty is concern maximum it is, is of 35+
years. People do not want to leave the organization and show great
dedication and trust towards the organization.
Mr. Hamza Tabani believes strongly in TEAM WORK. He dedicate the
power to his employees. He said he do not keep any technical power to
him rather he delegates the decision power and authority to the
employees and he just manages from the top. He gets daily updates
from every project, every department so that he stays up-to-date. They
practice conference calls every week in order to stay updated from
other cities as well. Every other team and team members are
thoroughly accountable for the decisions they make. Every decision his
employees make for themselves Mr. Hamza Tabani owns them. He said
even in failures he keeps on standing on the backs of his employees in
order to keep them motivated. He further said he is managing this big
group just because of his employees so in order to get the most out of
them it’s important that we give them decision power and on their
decisions (regardless of success or failure).
Talking about motivation he said, I always work on how to keep my
employees motivated. Being the CEO I am always there to listen to my
employees, they can reach for me anytime they want and to keep
employees motivated being their LISTENER is equally important. He
said I am always the one “high on people” I keep my employees and my
team mates above all and they literally give me positive outcomes for
that.
Being leader he understands needs of the employees and assign them
in the departments they fit for. Also, he expects only how much he
think his employees can take and he never overburdened them.

When we asked him about change, he said he really appreciates

change. If employees show resistance towards change he try everything
possible to convince them in order to adopt that change. Convincing
power along with logics can do wonders, he said. Change is important
and he is all ears for employees who have valid explanations for
resistance. Communication should be both the ways. A good leader is a
good speaker and listener both at the same time.

Asking his views over coaching he said he considers himself as a good

coach too. He gives motivational sessions to people. He said people at
certain level can disagree too and that can be used positively as a
learning thing. Being observant, being a good a coach is always the best
if you are a leader.

Feedbacks are there on a daily basis and Tabani Group of Companies

doesn’t go with survey feedbacks because they believe that’s not
enough. Employee satisfaction is their first priority.

In the end asking what leadership skills future leaders or students like
us should have he said young people should not get disappointed so
easily because that’s the part of life. Adaptability, confidence, honesty
and guts to face challenges, problems and competition is important.
Always look for the solutions rather than crying over failures because
acceptance plays a vital role in leadership.

Part 2 of the report:

Leadership Development Pipeline:
Mr. Hamza Tabani commented on making future leaders through
delegating the power to his employees. He believes employees who
come to your development program, bring a rich amount of
organizational experience and knowledge. As a facilitator and leader,
he values and use that knowledge: Ask for the input of employees, and
give them authority to take decisions. He believes that if for the first
time the decision is wrong and you stand by your followers even if in
the second time the decision is wrong and you stand by them again,
they will never take the wrong decision thrice. He said there can be a
lot of leaders who make people learn through critics but only few can
make them leaders by motivating them in a positive way and through
standing strong by them because everyone has leadership qualities we
just need to get them out of them and polish them. He thinks
delegating power can make the best leaders for future and that is what
he is implementing in his organization. He considers his employees as a
raw diamond which requires polishing and they do it through
DELEGATING POWER AND AUTHORITY to them.