People and Management February 2019 | Page 26

FOCUS That he is called on to share these mind-boggling concepts at large Corporate gatherings so far in over 50 companies to date across the country (he is also a Tedx Speaker) in order to inspire their participants, is merely a testimony to both his popularity and his capabilities. Capabilities? What capabilities do you ask? The capability to offer unlimited “Seva” – how is that different from Customer service? Let’s take a slight diversion - While all business organizations allude to their Senior most leader or leaders as “Management” and follow some methods of planning and executing called “managing”, that does not automatically result in good Leadership, higher productivity and greater profi ts. Often, these are owner-led organizations, that are transitioning from tightly controlled to professional ways of dealing with the workforce. These micro and small- sized outfits could constitute over 60 percent of the total number of registered companies in India. There are other organizations which change their management practices per the latest trends, which they pick up from larger corporations – more the trends, faster the number of changes in their methods and processes. These companies too are evolving from a small to a medium sized organization. And there are still other organizations; large ones, that are regularly overhauling their strategies and corresponding organizational structures in sync with “market forces”, sometimes bringing in a spate of Leadership changes and even exits, in its wake. 26 | Vol. 10 Issue 2 • FEBRUARY 2019, Delhi NCR There are employees who are always in unhappy anticipation of the next big thing in some of these companies. Is there any way to bring about stability in this Leadership milieu? This is exactly where the age old Indian approach, comes handy… I say, Indian approach, and yet the surprising thing is that the way business is conducted across the vast range of corporations is in the modern mould, which is founded on the principles of Management established by experts such as Fayol and Taylor in the early 1900s. These methods of management became popular across the US and Europe and from there, to other parts of the world, including India. The education system, a legacy of British colonialism, seems to the primary reason for this infl uence. So what’s the Indian approach anyway? The Indian approach is the approach from Aryavart (a place where noble reside), from Bharatvarsh. This approach is not at all complex and it is part of our DNA – it is a matter of simply revisiting the values which our family instilled in us, at a young age. The word most aptly used to describe this approach is Sanatan viz eternal. Eternal means – that without starting point and without end. Eternal automatically implies long lasting, forever. So what makes it sustainable? Enlisted are the key differences and the main features which lend it, the edge of timelessness: