Introduction

Leadership - Influencing, motivating, and enabling others to contribute toward the

effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members



Non-Executive Chairman, Infosys
Member of Advisory Board and Council at Cornell University, INSEAD,ESSEC,FORD Foundation, UN
Foundation
25 Honorary Doctorates, M. Tech IIT-Kanpur, B.Tech University of Mysore
Padma Vibhushan (2008) and Padma Shri (2000)
Founder Softronics and Co-founder Infosys

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy
Simple living
High thinking
Still uses public transport for
commuting
Lives in a simple 2bhk house and flies
economy till date.
However, he does not cut corners on
buying books or brushing up on
literature.
Visionary
Got together with 6 professionals and
wanted to start Indias first software
company of the professionals, for the
professionals, by the professionals
He had vision and ZERO CAPITAL
Clear and distinct vision of not
venturing into dotcom which eventually
saved them from losing the market
Because of his farsightedness, Infosys
is now one of the most sought after
company.
Courageous
He believes there is no leadership
without courage: courage to do what is
right, to admit one's mistakes, to accept
that peers can be smarter and better,
and to take tough and unpleasant
decisions.
TRAIT THEORY
Made Infosys the first company to offer staff
stock options
First Indian company to list on NASDAQ 100 list
First Indian company to attain the highest level
of quality certification

Initiator
Murthy gave away stocks worth over 50k crore
to employees
Tremendous respect for people and sound
philosophy of under-promising & over
delivering
Build a healthy long-term relationship
Employee-
Oriented
Leadership
Behavioral THEORY

Charismatic
Leadership

Unconventional
behaviour:
He sent a mail to
employees urging to cut
down working late after
office hours
Personal Risk :
Despite failures in the
past, he decided to
start a new company
by investing hard
earned money.

Transformational
Leadership
Intellectual Simulation:
A young,
argumentative Indian,
was asking too many
questions at an annual
general body meeting
of Infosys. More
impressed than
irritated, he hired
Mohandas Pai, who
went on to help Infosys
list on NASDAQ


Transactional
Leadership
Contingent Reward:
When Infosys decided
to give its employees
stock options, Murthy
insisted that some
shares be given to good
performers through the
'Chairman's quota.'
Transformational Leadership
Ethics and Trust
In the '80s Infosys developed an
application for a German client. Murthy
noticed a single character error and
informed the client immediately.
C-LIFE: Training given during induction to
every new joinee
- Customer Delight, Leadership by
example, Integrity and transparency,
Fairness, Pursuit of Excellence
Mentoring
Narayana Murthy continues to set a brisk
pace with his venture capital fund, and
his role as mentor
After 2006, he took over the role of Chief
Mentor
He was key person in guiding all the
board of directors in important decisions
and make over of the firm during crisis at
top level
AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP