LEADERSHIP

Skills of
KISHORE BIYANI
The retail king

By:-
Vinay kumar
Ankit yadav
Rahul Verma
Abhinav
 Success in business comes from the mastery in
all aspect including skills, training and motivating
the teammates. These things become crystal clear
from the life of ‘Retail King’ of India
Mr. Kishore Biyani.
Born on 9th August, 1961
In a typical joint Marwadi family
Chairman and Managing Director, Pantaloon
Retail (India) Ltd.
Kishore Biyani, who three was conferred
“International Retailer of the Year” Award by
the prestigious US National Retail Federation
(NRF), IN 2007.
Kishore Biyani, began his career selling
stonewash fabric to small shops in Mumbai.

He went launch Pantaloons, the biggest listed

retailer of the country, today.

Pantaloons is credited with launching many

retail formats in value and lifestyle retailing
under some of the best known retailing brand
names in the country, including Big Bazaar,
Food Bazaar, Central, e-zone, and Home
Town.
Since his young age, he had a rational thinking, He
would question each and everything and do it if
he found some logic behind it .

He was an introvert and shy person at young age.

He believed in the ideology “create and destroy”

The man who saw the future

 MBTI model to analyze his
personality

He falls in INTP
category :-
• Introvert
• Intuition
• Thinking
• Perception
 He would observe people, judge them and
then accordingly associate or dissociate from
them.

He loves simplicity and doesn’t demand for

luxury.

A lot of thinking goes behind when he takes

any decisions.
 More than a businessmen
It happened in India by Kishore
Biyani and Dipayan Baishya. The
book is an autobiography of Mr.
Kishore Biyani.

He explains his own life,

personal experience with
business and how important is
attitude, intuition, observation and
proper use of sense to become an
entrepreneur.
The book has sold some 100,000
copies, more than any other
business book published in India so
far.
 A winner all the way
Kishore Biyani was awarded the Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 in the Services
Sector.

Lakshmipat Singhania - IIM Lucknow Young

Business Leader Award by Prime Minister, Dr.
Manmohan Singh in 2006.

He was also awarded the CNBC First Generation

Entrepreneur of the Year 2006.
 Sectors
Retail Media
Brands Logistics
Consumer Finance Leisure &
Insurance Entertainment
Capital Shopping Malls
Ventures Knowledge
Services
E-Tailing
 Companies..
Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd.
Home Solutions Retails India
Ltd.
Future Brands Ltd.
Future Media (India) Ltd.
Future Logistics Solutions Ltd.
Convergem Communications
(India) Ltd.
Pantaloon Food Product
(India) Ltd.
Future Knowledge Services
Ltd.
Future Capital Holdings Ltd.
Future Generali India
Insurance Company Ltd.
Future Generali India Life
Insurance Company Ltd.
Futurebazaar India Ltd.
Weavette Texstyles Ltd.
Staples Future Office Products
Private Ltd.
Pan India Food Solutions
Private Ltd.
Talwalkars Pantaloon Fitness
Private Ltd.
ConvergeM
Indus League Clothing
Etam Future Fashions Ltd.
Galaxy Entertainment
Corporation Ltd.
Future Venture India Ltd.
Foot Mart retail
 The Right Way
The entrepreneurial culture and spirit
prevails in the company, whereby the
appetite for taking risks is encouraged.

He believe in learning while doing, and

this what has helped him on his journey.
he do not believe in any rigid
organizational structure and instead
prefer an organization design approach.
 Followers
His employees are completely empowered
individuals who are encouraged to think
out of the box, use scenario planning as a
tool for quick decision making, adopt
design management as an approach
which requires an individual to use both
sides of the brain while evaluating
business propositions.
 Characteristics
1) Visionary:- He is true visionary when he started
selling readymade garments when nobody preferred
ready-to-wear shirts or trousers. Now his vision is
serving Indian society and which is unchallenged.

2) Risk taker:- He tried out different things on his

own, like readymade garments, textile production,
creating brands before he ventured in retail business
of selling garments. He took risk in doing something
new every time.
3) Ambitious:- He always had ambition of making
it big in business, and that he have done.

4) Simplicity: You’ll never catch him in a tie and jacket.

He don’t drive expensive cars.

5) Optimistic: Till six months ago, in his own words,

Kishore Biyani was an “eternal optimist”. Today, he’s
transformed into a “realist”. “it’s my next phase in life,”
shrugs the Chairman of the Rs 8,600 crores Future Group,
which has today moved away from retail into financial
services.
 BIG FIVE MODEL OF
PERSONALITY
Conscientiousness
Agreeableness

Openness to experience
Adjustment
 TRAITS OF EFFECTIVE
LEADERS

High energy Self confidence

Internal locus of control

Integrity

Sensitivity

Intelligence Flexibility
Kishore Biyani, replaced conventional wisdom
with “guts and instincts” to create Future Group,
a $1 billion company

Known for his insights into Indian consumer

behavior, Biyani also represents an enigma to
the country’s emerging retail players, both
domestic and foreign.
 Key point to the
success
India was the Second highest Populated Country in the
World

Capital Availability:-Good Credit rating led the Biyani, to

receive a good amount of capital and support form the
Market.

Revolution:-India was on the move of revolution, when he

entered in this business, people not only welcomed him,
but led him to lead the retail business.
 On leadership..
Mr. Biyani says he could not find any particular
meaning of leadership.. but according to him

There are two types of Leadership:-

• The first is all about thought leadership, which

is original thought, believing in it and making
things happen based on those thoughts.

• The second type is skills leadership, which

refers to doing things consistently and in your
own style.
 A Interview of Mr. Biyani
Q. Who according to you is an entrepreneur?
Ans. A person who is able to work even when he
cannot measure the cause and effect.

Q. What is your favorite business mantra?

Ans. Go with the flow.

Q. Your contribution to society as an

entrepreneur...
Ans. Making good human beings out of people who
we work with and improving their lives.
 Suggestions from the king.
Q. Biyani’s advice to startups

Ans. Go with your belief and dreams.

Keep on pursuing it
You must realize whether you have the ability to think beyond

Everyone cannot be an entrepreneur

You need to know if you are comfortable with getting into
uncharted territory

Biyani:- Most people are trained to be preservers. It is

great to be a preserver. But for us, whoever has to
create has to destroy. Without destroying, you cannot
create anything new.
Th a nk
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