R. Gopalakrishnan has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators. The most-rated is The Made In India Manager.
When the Penny Drops
Summary
An invaluable source of inspiration and guidance to help leaders understand themselves and their own barriers to success. For centuries, we have learned what's not taught through our own experiences and the stories of others. Even today, only 3 percent of leadership development occurs due to classroom training and coursework. In fact, for most managers, the penny drops only when we are at the end of our careers. R. Gopalakrishnan, author of the best-selling The Case of the Bonsai Manager, has many stories to tell. With 43 years corporate experience across countries, each story recounted here has taught him a valuable lesson in some intuitive way. Each one is narrated here for you to allow you to reflect and learn for yourself how to improve and develop. Using the framework of the Tata Management Training Centre (TMTC) and the Center for reative Leadership (CCL), Gopalakrishnan explores: The three worlds of the manager the inner world, the world of relationships and the world of getting things done The importance of emotional quotient (EQ) to progress as well as intelligence to get ahead in your career The deadly personal qualities of bonsai-trapped leaders The deadly traps for organizations When the Penny Drops: Learning What's Not Taught encourages you to reflect on yourself. It will help you learn by identifying the success mantras embedded in you and releasing the lessons that might be entrapped within yourself.
©2012 R. Gopalakrishnan (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
Six Lenses
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Almost with a touch of philosophy, yet firmly grounded in the reality of business and national affairs, the author argues that 'there is no reality, only perceptions of reality.' Perceptions influence our thoughts and actions and these, in turn, are influenced by the 'lenses' through which we see the world. There are six such lenses: purpose, authenticity, courage, trust, luck and fulfilment. R. Gopalakrishnan uses, as examples, the lives of 'ordinary people' to illustrate his view. By rotating the lenses, Gopal attempts to understand what success in career and life really means. While biographies of celebrities are inspiring to read or listen to, they often seem like dramatic fairy tales - out of the scope of an average person. But in Six Lenses, Gopalakrishnan narrates the stories of PLUs (people like us) - as he likes to call them - from business and society, whom he has known during his illustrious career. He elucidates the extraordinary lessons that can be learnt from everyday experiences and shows how, by altering our perceptions, we can better overcome the challenges we face at work and in family matters. Thought-provoking, profound and questioning, Six Lenses will make you look at your life and career in a different light.
©2016 R. Gopalakrishnan (P)2017 Audible, Inc.
A Biography of Innovations
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R. Gopalakrishnan, the best-selling author of The Case of the Bonsai Manager, explores how concepts turn into ideas, which then become prototypes, models, and products. Defining thought as the ancestor of innovation - as without thought, there could be no innovation - he explores the impending questions such as: What happens next? How can you take on challenges and keep your ideas relevant? The Biography of Innovation is the definitive audiobook on the life cycle of new ideas and transformations.
©2017 R. Gopalakrishnan (P)2018 Random House Audio
The Made In India Manager
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Who are made-in-India managers? What do they do differently? Over the last 50 years, several Indians have occupied top positions in multinationals across the globe. Shantanu Narayen at Adobe, Satya Nadella at Microsoft, Padmasree Warrier at NIO and Sundar Pichai at Google - there are, today, innumerable instances of CEOs born and bred in India, helming S&P's 500 companies. What accounts for such a prominent presence of Indian professionals across the world today? In The Made-in-India Manager, two stalwarts of Indian business and academics examine this little-studied phenomenon and present a compelling argument: that a unique combination of factors has led Indian management thought and practices to become a 'soft power' with the potential to decisively impact global managers of tomorrow. Drawing on their long and varied experience among corporates, the authors explore: The deep cultural influences that engender a sharp competitive instinct and an astute business perspective The circumstances that inspire a high degree of resourcefulness in challenging situations The ability to 'think in English and act in Indian', which enables flexible functioning in multicultural work environments And, importantly, how today's young managers can build on these advantages and bring to the table their own generational learning, attitudes and capabilities to ensure future success Thought-provoking and provocative, this fascinating treatise takes a long view of the Indian professional's path to definitive career success and makes for compulsory listening for every management practitioner.
©2018 R. Gopalakrishnan and Ranjan Banerjee (P)2020 Audible, Inc.