How did you aim for your company to stand out? I will say it was an unwavering customer focus, service orientation and constant learning to deliver the customized solution with the latest and the best practices . An experience as an employee as well as an employer, working for a massive corporation and later starting my own company with only one person that is me, working through the public sector culture to later with multinationals as well as MSMEs and having ‘been there everywhere and had done it all’ I could understand the customer expectations with precision. My client list also read as diversely as it couldIndian Navy, KUONI Travels, BARC, SIEMENS INDIA, ONGC, Jet Airways, Nuclear Power Corporation, CEAT Tires, Departmentof Atomic Energy, ABN Amro Bank, Bombay Stock Exchange, Rustomji Constructions, Maharashtra state Electricity Board, RPG Group, SMERA, US Vitamins, Wallace Lifestyle, IDBI, Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) etc., have been my major clients over the last two decades. During this journey the list of collaborative association with prestigious professional bodies of “The Winning Edge” has been
What typical skillsets & attitudes do you look for while hiring a team for your company? Good character and old fashioned values of taking responsibility, hardwork, cultured demeanor with a desire for continuous learning and being accountable are the basic traits we look for our teammates apart from the requisite professional qualifications. It is always possible to mould a person to fulfill the job requirements if these basic qualities are present.
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A customer must gets the highest and sustainable value proposition while never compromising on ethics and the excellence in execution.
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To begin with, legally they may have equal rights however in reality they always come second to their male counterparts in family, society and workplace. However the blessing in disguise here is that this constant realization of thought of being ‘second to the top – no matter what’ always pushes them to aim for higher. This position of disadvantage makes women tireless workers with a never say die spirit. Next, having to spend the day away at workplace; they have to regularly work doubly hard and invest their personal time of rest and recreation at home to fulfill their familial obligations and once back to work they have to consistently show initiative for taking on responsibilities and not shy away from clocking in extra hours to prove that they mean business. A working woman is permanently under scrutiny at work as well at home and has to constantly prove her professional competence and personal commitments. Secondly the Nature has also loaded women with greater responsibility of childbirth and motherhood! Since a woman’s life is filled with multiple priorities, never ending struggles and conflicting responsibilities, she evolves to acquire high EQ, becomes more resourceful, collaborative and tenacious. Along the way she learns to prioritize her efforts and time more effectively to ably merge her personal and professional goals. In long term she is rewarded generously by respect and love of her people in addition to professional recognition.
So, I see the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs as the very foundation of their success. Every disadvantage in the beginning of a journey eventually becomes a source of empowerment. There is a lot to be grateful for behind those unwanted obstacles, rejections, limitations, non appreciation and sheer toil which seal her will to succeed no matter what!
equally long which enabled me to network and showcase my capabilities well in professional circles like All India Management Association, World Trade Centre, National Academy of Customs, Excise & Narcotics, Indo German Chamber of Commerce, Maharashtra State Women’s Council, Bombay Chartered Accountant’s Society, Institute of Management Consultants of India, Indian Society for Training and Development, Confederation of Indian Industry and Indian Merchants Chamber. Currently I am also serving as an Honourary Secretary of Bombay Management Association. As an educator I constantly learned the global best practices through research and get reverse mentored by the youngsters. These keep me updated, competitive and relevant through the rapidly changing business environment and deliver my best, while dealing with customers, students, mentees and colleagues.
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