Great Leaders Take Risk Silicon India Leadership Summit 31-Aug-’07 1 Great Leaders Take Risk Srini Raghavan

Great Leaders Take Risk Silicon India Leadership Summit 31-Aug-’07 2 The ‘Start Up’ – Taking Charge A Great Opportunity to Build a Truly Great Team? A Big Risk with Too Many Uncertainties? The Degree of Sheer Rigor Needed in People Decisions is Key ‘Who’ is Important! Deal with ‘Misfits’ Upfront – Quick & Decisive “People are not your most important asset. The RIGHT people are!” Jim Collins

Great Leaders Take Risk Silicon India Leadership Summit 31-Aug-’07 3 Bally India: Shaping Our Destiny Large Vacuum at the Middle Rung Senior Tech Directors Ratio of 1:100 Large Tech Core Team with 5-10 years Experience Guaranteed Growth Path Recruiting The Right Talent is The Key “Through these doors pass ordinary people on their way to accomplishing extraordinary things!” Sam Walton

Great Leaders Take Risk Silicon India Leadership Summit 31-Aug-’07 4 Recruiting The Right Talent Programming Aptitude – is a Soft Skill Analytical Skills Ability To Seek & Understand Global Picture Energy & ‘Can Do’ Attitude When In Doubt, Don’t Hire Is Your Company Aligned to You? Is Your Company Loyal to You? “The greatest pleasure in life is doing what other people say can’t be done!”

Great Leaders Take Risk Silicon India Leadership Summit 31-Aug-’07 5 Great Leaders Do NOT Take Risk! Driven By Passion Direction Versus Goal Establish Common Purpose Seek To Transform Build Competence “ Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” Karl Barth

Great Leaders Take Risk Silicon India Leadership Summit 31-Aug-’07 6 Leading the Way! Bally India – A High Performance Team!