INFLECTION POINT: Leadership Lessons from Turbulent Times - Softcover

Disha

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9789390547821: INFLECTION POINT: Leadership Lessons from Turbulent Times
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9390547822 ISBN 13: 9789390547821
Publisher: Rupa Publications India, 2021

Synopsis

Timely and practical, this book helps understand how businesses survive a downturn and emerge stronger once the recovery begins what is the secret sauce of the company that innovated andaunched more than 40 products in the first six months of the pandemic. How did a home services company train its contractual workforce to keep the highest safety standards when they visited the customer home. How did a stock broking company scale its technology to handle its highest single-day trading. How did a famous fashion designer generate employment in the times when many of his peers wereaying off their artisans. How did real estate move to a virtual world. How did an Internet provider afford to maintain continuity for the thousands working from home. In inflection point, businesseaders across diverse industries andeading companies of different scales share candid accounts on the challenges and opportunities in this new pandemic-stricken world as well as their response aseaders and as individuals. The book features stories of conglomerates such as ITC, shapoorji pallonji group, Manipal hospitals, Emerson automation as well as start-ups such as zerodha, urban company (aka urbanclap), among others. While told from the point of view of the pandemic, each story in this book has many subtleeadershipessons— lessons that will remain true for any future crisis.

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About the Author

An IIM Calcutta alumna, DISHA has spent more than a decade with corporate giants like Amazon, Paytm and Yatra.com, and is currently a product manager with Google India. Disha has been chosen as a Young Leader by The Economic Times. Her published works include three books, each of which has been recognized by prominent personalities and media for their literary contributions. Her second book Because Life Is a Gift is a national bestseller and the third Corporate Avatars is a satirical take on corporate lives.

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Publisher
Rupa Publications India
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9390547822
ISBN 13 
9789390547821
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
208
Rating
  • 4.12 out of 5 stars
    8 ratings by Goodreads