Employees First, Customers Second - Softcover

C. K. Prahalad,Vineet Nayar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1422143872 ISBN 13: 9781422143872

Publisher: Harvard Business Press, 2011

Synopsis

One small idea can ignite a revolution just as a single matchstick can start a fire. One such idea - putting employees first and customers second - sparked a revolution at HCL Technologies, the IT services giant. In this candid and personal account, Vineet Nayar - HCLT's celebrated CEO - recounts how he defied the conventional wisdom that companies must put customers first, then turned the hierarchical pyramid upside down by making management accountable to the employees, and not the other way around. By doing so, Nayar fired the imagination of both employees and customers and set HCLT on a journey of transformation that has made it one of the fastest-growing and profitable global IT services companies and, according to BusinessWeek, one of the twenty most influential companies in the world. Chapter by chapter, Nayar recounts the exciting journey of how he and his team implemented the employee first philosophy Creating a sense of urgency by enabling the employees to see the truth of the company's current state as well as feel the "romance" of its possible future stateCreating a culture of trust by pushing the envelope of transparency in communication and information sharingInverting the organizational hierarchy by making the management and the enabling functions accountable to the employee in the valuezoneUnlocking the potential of the employees by fostering an entrepreneurial mind-set, decentralizing decision making, and transferring the ownership of "change" to the employee in the value zoneRefreshingly honest and practical, this book offers valuable insights for managers seeking to realize their aspirations to grow faster and become self-propelled engines of change.About the AuthorVineet Nayar is the CEO of HCL Technologies Ltd., India's leading global IT Services Company. Fortune magazine called his leadership style "The World's Most Modern Management," and the London Business School labelled him "the leader of organizational innovation." IDC recog

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard Business Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1422143872
• ISBN 13: 9781422143872
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208