Leadership

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¦rganization
 Profile of CTS

Cognizant started in 1994, as Dun &

radstreet Satyam Software

In 1996, the company became a division of

the Cognizant Corporation
 Profile ¦f CTS (contd.)
It also has offices in angalore, Coimbatore,
Hyderabad, Kolkata, „umbai, Pune and Cochin and
one development centre in Shanghai, China.
Cognizant has over 45,000 employees

It also became first company in the world to be

certified for C„„I-Level 5 as per latest model
 Profile ¦f CTS (contd.)
In June 1998, Cognizant Corporation was again split
into independent companies, and Cognizant
Technology Solutions was formed as a division of
I„S health

Headquartered in New Jersey, USA, most of

Cognizant Technology Solutions' employees are
based in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu
PR¦ ILE ¦ THE LEADER
NA„E : „r Prashun Ghosh
DESIGNATI¦N : Strategic head of Campus
Recruitment
EDUCATI¦NAL QUALI ICATI¦N : -school
graduate from XI„
EXPERIENCE : Working for more than 6 years with
CTS
J¦ PR¦ ILE : Heads a team of 14 members
spread across the nation
 Does he fit into the
Trait Theory?
Yes,he says Leaders who are
empathetic can sense others needs

In this team he believes himself to be

more of a parental figure
 He says (contd.)
He has to build self-confidence, pour in
encouragement, care and give recognition to
overcome hurdles when things are not on the
way

He must groom a follower to become a future

leader
 „anagerial Grid
He is rated 7.5 on

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of lake and
Concern „outon
for
people He is more
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people than for
production
Concern for Production
 Does he caters to the
Contingency Theory?
He rightly believes in the Contingency Theory

Prefers to act as per the situation warrants

him

Also believes himself to be the CE¦ of his

own department of affairs
To which Contingency Theory
does he fit?
its himself well into the PATH-G¦AL
THE¦RY developed by R¦ ERT H¦USE

Assumes the role of the leaders to be flexible

elieves that the same leader can perform

any or all of the behavior depending on the
situation
Dealing with his subordinates!
Treats his team members as the situation
demands

Sometimes flatter and praise his team

members

If required he also criticizes and reprimands

his team members
 He says,³Think out of the
box!!!!´
Imagine a car ever moving with a square
wheels !!!!!!!

Can it move !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, it can move as efficiently as with a

rounded wheel !!!!!
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 „entoring Relationships
Career unctions Psychosocial unctions
Helping to develop Counseling regarding
skills and achieve work self-confidence
objectives Sharing personal
Acting as sounding experiences
board Providing friendship and
Lobbying to get the acting as a role model
challenging
assignments
Challenges Faced

„obility
Cultural diversification
Changing priorities or goalposts
Lack of time to meet as a team
¦ffice politics
 He Concludes y Saying:-
³ If a company manages people
properly,it rightly aligns good
performance with rewards. The better
you do,the more you get and you get it
in terms of both satisfaction and the
wallet.´
What Leaders should do ?

Leaders should relentlessly upgrade their

team,using every encounter as an
opportunity to evaluate,coach and build self-
confidence

Leaders should make sure people not only

see the vision,they live and breathe it
 What Leaders should do ?
(contd.)

Leaders should get into everyone¶s skin,

exuding positive energy and optimism

Leaders should inspire risk taking

and learning by setting the example
 What Leaders should do ?
(contd.)

Leaders should have the courage to make

unpopular decisions and gut calls

Leaders should celebrate