OB Presentation

Fall-out of the Narayan Murthy-Vishal Sikka

relationship in Infosys

Group 5
190101116 Smriti Shukla
190102018 Hari Siva Rami Reddy Dwarampudi
190103116 Rohith K R
190101095 Roshin Thomas
What Happened??
 Lack of communication

The perception of two different

generations towards employee
Why did we engagement and employee satisfaction
choose the
problem Promoter vs Successor

Could mentorship have averted this

problem?
 Common traits:
• Egoistic
• Extremely media-savvy
• Hunger for respect
Opposing traits
Personality
• Mr. Vishal Sikka
Traits • Loud
• Boisterous
• Hard-charging technocrat
• Mr. Narayana Murthy
• Operationally strong leader
• Very good people manager
 Mr. Vishal Sikka

• Wanted to implement his original ideas

without dilution
• Less accommodative of conflicting opinions
Contrasting • Wanted to transform Infosys into a product
company with services
Leadership
Styles Mr. Narayana Murthy

• Simple living and high thinking

• Sound philosophy of under-promising and
over-delivering
• Very accommodative of conflicting opinions
• Transparency in working style
Attribution Continuous media tussle
Theory and
Judging
Others Generation gap between the
two of them
 Mr. Narayana Murthy :
Downward communication

Effective
Communication
Mr. Vishal Sikka : Lateral
communication
Big Five
Model
 Onus of understanding lies on both the promoter and
the successor.

The successor needs to understand that the

promoter is giving up something he loved very dearly

The promoter needs to understand that he needs to

Conclusion slowly get detached from what he thought was his
own
Both parties need guidance and advise on how to
undertake this journey with the least possible
resistance
The personalities of the promoter and the successor
needs to be a match.
Thank You Any
Questions?