उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानम नात्मानमवसादयेत

आत्मइवा ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः

“One should raise himself to excellence.

Don’t condemn yourself. You are your own
friend and you are your only enemy.”
 यक्ष प्रश्न:
… The making of a Corporate Athlete

SYNERGY – HR, EOC

• Indu Balkrishna
• Meenal Smith Vishnoi
• Smita Menon
 LATEST RESEARCH FINDINGS

 Gallup Poll (2008) says that employees seek happiness,

meaning and purpose at work

 95% of workforce wants to be spiritually aware at workplace

 70% of employees feel stressed at workplace due to

improper handling of their emotions

 Focus on more Workshops and Seminars on Emotion

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TO ENRICH WHAT IS HIDDEN
 Looking for
Answers by
dipping in the
vast
knowledge of
our epics and
puranas
 COURAGE OF DRAUPADI
“Whom did you lose first, yourself or me?”

• Courage in face of adversity

• Intellectual capability
• Enterprising nature

“What is left of the Dharma of Kings?”

COURAGE TO SPEAK
THE TRUTH
 DURYODHANA’S ENVY
Why should one like you envy Yudhisthira?
Be content with what you have, stay with your own dharma-
That is the way to happiness

•Pride
•Greed
•Anger
•Hatred
•Excess EGO
•Waste of mental Energy
•Ill health
“When I see their fortune and that splendour hall, I burn as if with
Fire”
Ambani V/s Ambani

• Consumed by Duryodhan Like envy,

younger brother Wages war against
more accomplished elder brother

• Shareholders life long savings at stake

• His obsession with his brother’s

downfall is not going to do Reliance
any good.”
ARJUN’S PURITY OF MOTIVE
• Dedicated Nature • Seek True Knowledge
PURITY OF MOTIVE

INDEPENDENCE FOR INDIA

 KARNA’s STATUS ANXIETY

• Obsession for social Status and

recognition
• Sense of identity/Self worth
• Personal Agenda
THE GREED TO BE SOMEBODY
 BHEESHMA’s SELFLESSNESS
“Be intent on the act, not on its fruits”

• Discipline
• Truth and Duty
• Loyalty

“Perform actions, firm in discipline,

relinquishing attachment”
 SELFLESSNESS

NARAYANA MURTHY AZIM PREMJI

 YUDHISHTHIRA’S ADHERENCE
FOR ACTION

• Unflinching affinity to satya (truth) and dharma

(righteousness).
• Instinctive Sense of Duty

• Emotional Balance

I do not act for the sake of the fruits of Dharma

I Act, Because I must
 Survey: Michael Kremer , Harvard
University
• One of four teacher in Government
school is absent
• One in four although present is not
teaching
• One in 2 teacher out of 1.5 million
teacher not doing his job
 Dharamapuri District Tamil Nadu, May 2005
• A man who has bicycled 32 kilometers each day for
the past 20 years without missing a single day of
school. Because of his commitment, as well as ability
to inspire students , a surprising number of his
former students went on to become hugely famous.
When asked about his roots of motivation, he
answered “Teaching is my dharma”
REVENGE OF ASHWATHAMA
“My heart burns day and night but never
burns it out”
• Forgiveness
• Curb the feeling of vengeance

“In this world, the slaughter of the sleeping

Is not respected as conforming to dharma”
 FORGIVENESS

V/S

ARGENTINA SOUTH AFRICA

 KRISHNA’s LEADERSHIP
• Great Mentor

• Leads to realise goals and mission

• Prompt, fair and equitable

• Team Builder & Collaborator
• Courage in face of adversity
• Unmatched communication skills
• Protect and facilitate
 LEADERSHIP
• Narayan Murthy
• Bill Gates
• Jack Welch
• E Sreedharan,
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Martin Luther King
• Nelson Mandela
• Ratan Tata
......
CONNECTING THE DOTS
 THE ExCEL MODEL
(Excellence through Conscious Enlightened Living)

SELF SOCIAL
SELF AWARENESS SOCIAL AWARENESS

• Emotional Awareness • Empathy

AWARENESS •Accurate Self assessment •Service Orientation
•Self Confidence •Developing Others

SELF REGULATION SOCIAL SKILLS

• Self Control •Communication

•Trustworthiness •Leadership
RELATION •Conscientiousness •Building Bonds
•Adaptability •Conflict Management
•Innovativeness •Teamwork &
Collaboration
 FOCUS ON
“WHATS INSIDE YOU”
THE NEED OF THE HOUR
 ABSENCE OF ENVY

SEEKING KNOWLEDGE COURAGE

HUMILITY
CORPORATE FORGIVENESS
ATHLETE
EMOTIONAL BALANCE

SELFLESSNESS
DETACHMENT
PURITY OF MOTIVE
 Do’s and Don’ts
• COURAGE
• Stand up for what is RIGHT
• Do not be a “YES” person always
• Speak Right, but with Humility
• ABSENCE OF ENVY
• Emulate rather than Imitate others
• Rejoice in other’s success
• Operate with feeling of abundance
• DETACHMENT
• Being Unbiased
• Free from overt desire
• Take Failure in your stride
 Do’s and Don’ts
• EMOTIONAL BALANCE
• Being equanimous in success and failure
• Control over anger and poise in praise
• Focus on the essential rather than getting lost in un-essential
• FORGIVENESS
• Revenge is No Solution
• Strive for reconciliation
• Forgive and Forget
• PURITY OF MOTIVE
• Righteous Intent of Action
• Means are Important too
• Fair and Equitable
 Do’s and Don’ts
• HUMILITY
• Attitude of Gratitude
• Not just Success but Service too
• Ego-lessness
• SELFLESSNESS
• Work for Greater Good
• Adapt to the Organisation’s Vision and Mission
• Team before Self
• SEEKING KNOWLEDGE
• Be open to ideas
• Break the boundaries
• Be Creative
•
 ROAD MAP
(in context of NTPC)
 IMPETUS TO THE PROGRAMME BY TOP MANAGEMENT
The ExCEL TEAM
 CATCH THEM YOUNG! INTERACTIVE SESSIONS
DURING ET TRAINING/INDUCTION TRAINING
 EMPHASIS IN MENTORING MODULES
 PART OF CAREER LINKED PLANNED INTERVENTION
 CONTINOUS TRAINING ON SELF AWARENESS AND
IMPROVEMENT
 REWARDS & RECOGNITION – “ExCEL CHAMPION”
 YAKSHA PRASHNA
Q. When have you last seen Duryodhana?
A. When you got jealous of your colleague.

Q. When did you meet Ashwathama?

A. The moment you wanted to take revenge.

Q. When was Karna your ally?

A. When you thought you were lesser than someone

Q. When did Draupadi accompany you?

A. When you stood up for what is Right!
“With uplifted arms I cry, but no one heeds,
From Dharma flows wealth and pleasure,
Then why is Dharma not pursued?”
THANK YOU