Parting letter from Prabir Jha on his last day at Reliance

Prabir Jha, president and Group CHRO, Reliance Industries was a true people’s person. On his last day at work, he bids adieu with a heartwarming letter. Excerpts

Parting letter from Prabir Jha on his last day at Reliance

Prabir Jha, president and Group CHRO, Reliance Industries was a true people’s person. On his last day at work, he bids adieu with a heartwarming letter. Excerpts

Prabir Jha, president and Group CHRO, Reliance Industries put it in his papers on Tuesday, July 28. Today will be his last day at Reliance.

In his last heartwarming letter to his collegues at Reliance, he says that the development has moved very fast and that he will leave Reliance at the end of day.

He regretted that he may not be able to see, speak, hug and thank each of his colleagues in person.

However, he mentioned that the team at Reliance has been the most amazing one to have had the opportunity to lead and be part of.

“What we have achieved over the last two years has been truly remarkable. We have moved mountains at a lightning speed. The world has stood up and applauded this HR makeover,” he wrote in the letter.

“I want to put on record that none of this would have happened unless each of you had put your shoulder to the wheel. I am inspired by your resolve and effort. I am so proud of your collaboration. I am so grateful for your trust and support to make us get to where we have,” he added.

He referred to this parting as circumstantial, something which was completely personal. “But each of you will remain a friend forever. I am sure with the mountains and boulders moved, you will continue to lay the expressway that is worthy of the corporation. I shall always applaud at your future successes from wherever I shall be among the crowds,” he said.

He ended with quote by Ralph Emerson which was always there in front of him in his office at Makers, “To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch....to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.” This is to have succeeded.

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Posted on 03/07/2016, by:

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If you need to perfect at something, practice is mandatory. Leadership is no different. Only if you continuously hone your skills as a leader, you can become a master. We have a great article that talks about vital leadership practices in this issue of Leadership Excellence. 

Bob Anderson and Bill Adams’ article Six Leadership Practices, talks about six essential leadership practices that, if approached as ongoing disciplines, reliably mature the inner game and develop outer-game capabilities. According to them, these practices, taken together, are a spiritual boot camp for leaders. They are spiritual because they call forth the highest and best in us. They are a boot camp because they change and restructure us. They reliably transform Reactive leadership into Creative leadership and beyond. To know more, read the article.

As a leader (or a potential leader) you are constantly being evaluated on how well you display confidence, composure, credibility, connection, and charisma. Carol Kinsey Goman in her article Leadership Presence puts forth five simple strategies that can influence people’s impression of you and instantly increase your leadership presence. According to her, leadership presence needs to be rooted in your basic values – and the “homework” of knowing your strengths, weaknesses, talents and biases is crucial to aligning people’s impression of you with your best authentic self. Read this interesting piece to know more.

“In my work with thousands of leaders I consistently see three delegation mistakes that lead to countless hours of lost time, frazzled nerves, and frustrated leaders,” says author David Dye in his article Delegation, A Powerful Tool. The good news is that when you address these mistakes, your people grow, your team gets more done, and you have more time for the work only you can do. So find out the 3 delegation mistakes to avoid and get going.

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Diversity and inclusion have definitely grown up over the past 20 years. Studies have shown that diversity management tops the list of priorities that businesses will have in the coming years. And, within the last 10 years, there has been an explosion of senior-level diversity officer roles in corporations, higher education, and law firms. With all of these resources being put toward increasing diversity, why have most organizations not achieved the change they seek? Read Natalie Holder's article Uncovering Unconscious Bias In The Workplace to know more.

Hope you got a sneak peek into this month’s edition of Leadership Excellence Essentials. I haven’t talked about the rest of the articles, so that you get a chance to explore and find out what’s in store for you. I am sure, you will like it as always. Happy Reading!! 

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Wipro has been on the list consistently since 2012. Tata Steel has also won for the fifth time but not in a row, as it was not part of the list in 2014.

Wipro has been on the list consistently since 2012. Tata Steel has also won for the fifth time but not in a row, as it was not part of the list in 2014.

Three Indian companies — Tata Steel, Tata Power and Wipro — have made it to the list of the world’s top ethical companies, once again. These three companies share the space with 131 other organisations including PepsiCo, Ford and LinkedIn from across 21 countries.

Wipro has been on the list consistently since 2012. Tata Steel has also won for the fifth time but not in a row, as it was not part of the list in 2014.

The list of the world’s most ethical companies was first instituted in 2007 and two Indian corporates — Hindustan Unilever and Tata Steel had found themselves on it.

During 2008–10, no Indian corporate could make it to this list. However, in 2012, HDFC was featured as the only Indian company in the list.

Out of the 131 countries selected this year, surprisingly 99 are from the US. However, it doesn’t imply that the world’s most ethical companies are based out of the US.

There are also four companies from the UK, three entries from France, India and Japan and two entries from Australia, Ireland and Switzerland. There were just single entries from the rest of the participant countries.

Since Ethisphere’s launch in 2007, the world has undergone dramatic expansion in terms of political and regulatory complexity. There has been a perceived and real ‘shrinking’ across markets. Companies and their executives are taking the leadership role around standards of behaviour. Issues, such as corporate citizenship, transparency, diversity, governance, and measurable values-based-leadership have come to form the foundation of the sustainable enterprise.

Companies will be increasingly rewarded financially for their efforts to attract and retain the best employees, and to operate with integrity and clarity of purpose. Ethisphere will continue to focus on creating the standards that correlate business integrity with performance.

After winning this accolade, Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo says, “PepsiCo’s longstanding commitment to transparency, engagement and the highest ethical conduct has always propelled our business forward. These qualities are embodied by Performance with Purpose—our belief that profitable companies of the 21st century will be those that align the needs of their business with the needs of the world around them.”

“This honour reflects the hard work of men and women across PepsiCo whose integrity enables our success, and I want to thank Ethisphere once again, for recognising their achievements,” she adds.

Ethisphere recognises companies that not only promote ethical business standards and practices internally, but also exceed legal compliance minimums and shape future industry standards by introducing best practices. It rates the companies on the basis of their EQ (Ethical Quotient).

For the uninitiated, the EQ score is derived through a proprietary matrix of relationships between answers to given questions and a set of complex formulas based on demographic qualifiers.

The framework of EQ comprises a series of multiple-choice questions that capture a company’s performance in an objective, consistent and standardised manner. The information collected is not intended to cover all aspects of corporate governance, risk, sustainability, social responsibility, compliance or ethics. Rather, it is a comprehensive sampling of definitive criteria of core competencies.

The EQ framework and methodology has been determined, vetted and refined by expert advice and insights gleaned from Ethisphere’s network of thought leaders and from the World’s Most Ethical Companies Methodology Advisory Panel.

The EQ framework consists of five core categories, of which the weightage for the ethics and compliance programme is 35 per cent, while CSR, culture of ethics, governance and leadership, and innovation and reputation have 20 per cent, 20 per cent, 15 per cent and 10 per cent weightage, respectively.

The body reviews documentation submitted by the participant companies, conducts additional research and requests extra information and documentation from the companies.

They also perform reputational and legal reviews to determine any outstanding or historical issues.

External data sources, such as SEC filings, the RepRisk Index, Glassdoor, and global news outlets, among other sources are also consulted.

Compliance or ethics issues will be reflected in a company’s leadership, innovation and reputation scores. Seriously deficient scores in these categories will prevent a company from being selected as a 2016 World’s Most Ethical Company.

EQ scores are often adjusted on the basis of the documentation review and independent research. Each candidate then receives a ‘validated’ score that may be higher or lower than the initial ‘self-reported’ score. If verification of certain aspects of self-reported performance does not take place, the resulting scores may be discounted.

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