Today we had a 'meet' with our 'CEO'. The event is called 'Directions-09'
Aftereffects on me: Vineet Naiyar simply rocks!!! and so does HCL :)
It started with a recording...beautifully Vineet had told about what we have achieved in last year, what should be our strategy for the next year and how an HCLite can make a difference. It was a very inspiring and motivating video. Then.....
Then.....
Then..
Loud Music: 'Dekho...dekho...hai shaam badi deewani, dheere...dheere...ban jaye naa koi kahani' and then...it was him...dancing among the HCLities...moving all around the hall, trying to reach every one. People were clapping, shouting, whistling...this i feel was the best moment i have spent in HCL during my 2 years of journey.
Music stops. He talks.
'Did you Njoy???'
'Yeeeeeeeeeesssssss!!!!'
'Did you like my dance?' ;)
'Once more, once more'
'Ok! but you will have to dance with me'
Again, loud Music...people leaving their seats and rushing to him...every HCLite had a broad smile on their face.
Music stops. Everybody back to seat.
Vineet: I felt like ppl got hold of my ass :D
Everybody laughing!!!
Vineet: Do you know what happened last night?
Murmurs of Yes, yes, yes!!
Vinet: 'Oh my, how do you know that Mallika Sherawat was in my room last night?? Mind your own business.' and he laughs
Everybody again starts laughing.
Wow!!! it was so wonderful.
After getting everybody in a good and energetic mood,he starts talking. He talks about video. Discussions over the beautiful thoughts he had presented. .(Although they are worth mentioning, but wont elaborate here.)
What we like, what we dint like..everybody is free to speak. And then comes the most interesting part: QnA session...where anybody and everybody can ask him any question...even dirty questions (His sense of humour is awsome)
It went on for around 2 hours...our CEO, with us, for us, ready to talk, ready to share, ready to answer, ready to admit and share his mistakes, make others learn from them.
Good news were shared, bad news were also not left behind. Still, those few hours were really the WOW hours for all HCLites.
Who would have ever thought that employees will have the strategy planning told not by their managers and manager of managers...but directly from CEO?
Who would have ever thought that CEO will come in person to talk and share with you?
Who would have ever thought that your CEO would be interested in talking to you?
:) -> This is the only answer i can think of right now to all these questions.
Thanks Vineet!
(P.S.: Sorry for not covering the excellent topics discussed in presentation. Will probably write another blog on it ;))
Vineet is very motivating and the Directions are simply too good…
ReplyDeleteWhile attending the Directions its in the minds of each n every HCLite that HCL is the best company to work..
The man speaks tooooooo good and is surely very 2 convincing..
Mee too a big fan of his....
Vineet Rocks!!!!!
I attended one of these "Directions" sessions when i was with HCL. He definitely is a great speaker. He can pull off any joke in any public. It's good to have such motivated and cheerful leaders. Although there aren't many people in HCL who agree to his strategies but he definitely gave a new direction to the degrading HCL 5 years ago.
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ReplyDeleteWhy do you think people dont agree to his strategies? Can you elaborate more on that?
He's an agressive leader which is great to some extent but then there are certain things that he (of course together with the whole management team) neglects. He introduced the concept of EFCS and promoted it to almost all the clients but there are instances almost in every office every day where the concept doesn't stand good. I'm sure 80% of the employees would agree with this.
ReplyDeleteThere is least amount of transparency in the organization that creates a lot of havoc at the lower levels. Just with one event "Directions" in an year wouldn't suffice all the need.
the compensation policies change just a month before i4excel closure...is that fair? Everyone expected lower income raises this year coz of the industry's standing at this point of time and at the same time, you apply weird rules on the compensation structure.
They keep on taking a lot of new initiatives...again which is great...but do all of them sustain? I fully support all the new initiatives they take; they are all great but then they never show the intentions to keep them going.
I'm not saying the policies are bad. But these need to be framed in the right way and more importantly, at the right time. You at least need to respect your own "Employee first" motto.
Hope that answers your question.