Unusual People Do Things Differently

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Pub. Date: 2011-01-01
Publisher(s): India Portfolio
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Summary

Unusual people are ordinary people who strive hard to do extraordinary things. They are sensitive to nuances, look to provide lateral solutions, dare to think out of the box, and often end up changing the rules of the game.T.G.C. Prasad presents the views and experiences of sixty-five individuals, from well-known names like Mike Lawrie, Azim Premji and Mother Teresa to a chef, a masseuse and a service boy, with whom he has had meaningful interactions and who have inspired him. He includes people from a broad professional spectrum; CEOs, doctors, the director general of police, realtors, an attorney, a chartered accountant, a consultant and a sports coach are among those who make his list. Singling out a dominant factor from each person's story, he outlines the journeys these people undertook and the behaviours they exhibited, and shows how these link up to the results they achieved.Unusual People Do Things Differently is full of pithy everyday management lessons and offers valuable insights to everyone who aspires to grow, manage and lead.

Author Biography

T.G.C. Prasad is the founder and CEO of mSupply.com, one of India's largest B2B commerce companies for construction, infrastructure, interiors, industrial, manufacturing, MRO related products and materials. He was also the country head and board member of Misys, India, a USD 4 billion global IT software product company. He is a civil engineer from NIT, Calicut and has done his master's from Tata Institute, Mumbai. He attended and delivered programmes at Stern School of Management (NY), Fordham School (NY), IIMA and IIMB.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. ix
Prefacep. xi
Note from the Authorp. xv
Strategic and Focused on Value Creation
Creating Valuep. 3
Management of Technologyp. 9
Stirring Recipesp. 14
A Businessman's Attorneyp. 18
Emerging Internet Usersp. 22
Meeting Campus Graduatesp. 26
Outbound Centrep. 30
Mallasamudram to Minneapolisp. 34
Each Step in the Right Directionp. 39
Realizing Potential and Making Dreams Come Truep. 43
Technology for Self-Help Groupsp. 48
Participatory Democracyp. 53
Perceptive and Derive Creative Solutions
Dump Your Leather Walletp. 61
A Logo to Rememberp. 65
Screenwritingp. 70
Simple Living, High Thinkingp. 75
Cultural Integration Key to Mergersp. 81
Giving is Important, Not How Muchp. 86
Plan A, Wharton, and Think Tanksp. 88
Pop Song in School Assemblyp. 92
Play with Gary Kasparovp. 95
Keeping Happyp. 98
Driven by Business Excellence
Getting Fundedp. 105
Go Collect Moneyp. 111
Outstanding Woman Manager 2009p. 116
Appeared Matriculation, but Failed (AMBF)p. 119
Recruiting and Recognizing A-playersp. 123
Sales is a Mind Gamep. 130
Ambiguity-Direction Gridp. 134
Re-strategizing During Recessionp. 138
Transforming Healthcarep. 142
Three Initiativesp. 147
Deploy Professional Skills to Win
Chak De! India-Coaching to Winp. 157
Overcoming the Fear of Failurep. 162
True Business-Partneringp. 167
Managing Patientsp. 170
Stop when the Going is Goodp. 176
Asking for Discountp. 180
Combining Skills to Win Businessp. 183
Professional Organizationsp. 186
Adaptive Growthp. 190
Mentoring is Bi-directionalp. 195
Breaking Mythsp. 199
Passionate and Lead from the Front
Building Trustp. 205
Trees for Freep. 208
Standing Tallp. 211
Passion plus Competenciesp. 214
The Desire to Make Moneyp. 217
Mulberry Meadowsp. 221
Successful People are Average Peoplep. 226
Dialogue for Peacep. 229
Carry People Along with Youp. 235
Sensitive to People and Customer-centric
Remember My Name, 'Srinivas'p. 243
Meeting Commitmentsp. 246
Million-dollar Massage-Parlour Businessp. 250
The Talent Networkp. 253
Three Rules of Survivalp. 257
Fire in the Bellyp. 261
Word of Mouthp. 265
Contextual Sensitivityp. 269
For Baby, Milk is Freep. 273
Fireworks in the Officep. 275
Indian Flag in Epson Gardenp. 278
Leadership with a Personal Touchp. 281
Making a Choicep. 285
Referencesp. 289
Indexp. 290
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