Narayan Murthy's Retirement Speech
Thursday, May 19, 2011
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I may not be always in line with Mr. N.R. Murthy. But then, the man, even his worst enemy will admit, has built a world-class enterprise from a typically poor, highly corrupt and politically, regionally, religion wise and linguistically divided India. And of course, it makes us proud. And as he has noted, he recognizes this as Infosys's biggest contribution - businesses can be run legally and ethically that it is possible for an Indian company to benchmark with the global best and that any set of youngsters with values hard work team work and a little bit of smartness can indeed be successful entrepreneurs.
Above all, corporate India faces the biggest test it all, LACK OF TRUST IN LEADERSHIP. Leaders who are servile, pompous, spineless, egomaniacs, want huge salary are dime a dozen and worse, some even do not fit at all in the roles they play. I have seen some and as India gets more and more linked to the global market, these are the people who will define the future 20/30 years. As a Leader, Mr. Murthy's record is impeccable.
Below is the farewell letter from him. Worth reading. The letter is same, I have segregated on the way I read it.
Letter Credit - Infosys Annual Report 2010-2011
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Family or Company – How Tough Really It Is?
It was on one of those rare nights at home during the late eighties. I was huddling with my young children, Rohan and Akshata, when Rohan, the most mischievous child I have ever come across, asked innocently whether I loved Infosys more than him and his sister. I got away from that embarrassing situation by saying that I loved my children much more than anything else. However, even today when we reminisce about the incident my children are not fully convinced that I was telling them the truth. When I was busy overseeing every detail of the strategy and the operations of the company from designing the company logo the company song and the
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I may not be always in line with Mr. N.R. Murthy. But then, the man, even his worst enemy will admit, has built a world-class enterprise from a typically poor, highly corrupt and politically, regionally, religion wise and linguistically divided India. And of course, it makes us proud. And as he has noted, he recognizes this as Infosys's biggest contribution - businesses can be run legally and ethically that it is possible for an Indian company to benchmark with the global best and that any set of youngsters with values hard work team work and a little bit of smartness can indeed be successful entrepreneurs.
Above all, corporate India faces the biggest test it all, LACK OF TRUST IN LEADERSHIP. Leaders who are servile, pompous, spineless, egomaniacs, want huge salary are dime a dozen and worse, some even do not fit at all in the roles they play. I have seen some and as India gets more and more linked to the global market, these are the people who will define the future 20/30 years. As a Leader, Mr. Murthy's record is impeccable.
Below is the farewell letter from him. Worth reading. The letter is same, I have segregated on the way I read it.
Letter Credit - Infosys Annual Report 2010-2011
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Family or Company – How Tough Really It Is?
It was on one of those rare nights at home during the late eighties. I was huddling with my young children, Rohan and Akshata, when Rohan, the most mischievous child I have ever come across, asked innocently whether I loved Infosys more than him and his sister. I got away from that embarrassing situation by saying that I loved my children much more than anything else. However, even today when we reminisce about the incident my children are not fully convinced that I was telling them the truth. When I was busy overseeing every detail of the strategy and the operations of the company from designing the company logo the company song and the