Indian Family Business Mantras

In Mantras for Success, India's finest CEOs and business leaders tell you what it takes to be successful. They take you to the heart of their enormous businesses and tell you how they built these corporations and grew them to their present standards of excellence. These icons of business will show you how to find the keys to greatness, unlock the secrets of their ability to innovate, break the conventions, overcome challenges and generate strategies.

“Most of my clients are well educated, run good businesses with good potential, and are serious about improving the way they manage their business. As multi-generational multiple families, they have a basic desire to stay together and therefore seek my assistance. Since they are all experienced businessmen in a competitive world, and their time is precious, they are also clear that I must deliver value. And, to me, delivering value is to create a positive family business governance structure that also simultaneously improves business performance and results.” 1. "According to Raju Swamy, a capable and committed next generation that aligns and multiplies the vision of the previous generation is the most important legacy a Family Business can have. His focus is on achieving continuous profitable growth through ‘professionalism’ in the management of family-owned businesses. Ultimately, this developmental strategy across generations can increase the longevity of the family business." Jayanti Meghjibhai Patel, Executive Chairman, Meghmani Organics Ltd., Ahmedabad, India 2. "With Raju’s help and leaning on his three-plus decades of rich, ground-level learnings in this field, our family business was able to find the balance between the older generation and the new. It is his distinctive understanding in not only absorbing unconventional challenges that exist, but in also maneuvering a way through these challenges that matter to a Family Business leader." V.K. Surendra, Chairman, VST Group, Bangalore, India

Family businesses are vital to the health of a nation’s economy, but distresses such as economic downturns and the Covid-19 pandemic can put them at grave existential risk. Drawing from her dynamic experience working with her family-owned company MPIL Steel Structures Ltd, Priyanka Gupta Zielinski presents a unique manual to help family businesses thrive, even in times of crisis. Central to it is a survival toolkit – featuring a metaphorical multipurpose hat, a flashlight, a superhero cape, a Swiss Army knife and a parachute – which prepares business owners to face any challenge head on. The book also reveals how the improvisational style of family enterprises can be leveraged better for sustainability, while identifying in their close-knit structure and community-driven approach avenues for meaningful social change. Replete with anecdotes and effective strategies – with an occasional Haryanvi idiom thrown into the mix – The Ultimate Family Business Survival Guide is a must-read for family business and MSME owners everywhere.

The 5Gs of Family Business is an inspiring book for business-owning families—entrepreneurs, inheritors, promoters and family members with an urge to grow at 5G speed in this VUCA world! Running a successful family business is not about having a professional degree or capital; it is about a unified vision, common values, collective goals and aligned roles of the owner-families to fulflll a dream. This book is an amalgamation of management theories and practices, and anecdotes and stories encompassing five dimensions essential for the success and longevity of any family business: Genesis, Growth, Gen-next, Governance and Giving back. Family business founders and successors must increase their cumulative knowledge and deepen their understanding of the complexities of managing a family business to enable their progress from SMEs to large enterprises, and for large enterprises to stay relevant and benefit not just the family but also the community and nation.

Discusses the growth over the past 100 years--particularly in the past decade--of Indian enterprise. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the author shows that Indian business methods are unique in being based on tradition and predominantly owned or controlled by families. He explains how the largely Hindu business fraternity has remained in control, and argues that the family dominated Indian business community will flourish in the global marketplace due to the universal trend of networking and relational contracting. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Mantras Of Change: Reporting India In A Time Of Flux Brings To The Fore The Face Of A New India, A Country That Is In A Constant And Prolonged State Of Social And Economic Ferment, Largely Driven By The Aspirations Of People At Every Level, Fuelled By The Many Forces That Are Beyond The Control Of The Government Or The Increasingly Powerful Private Sector. Bullock Carts And Snake Charmers Are Deliberately Set Aside As Lak Offers A Glimpse Of Life In Changing India Based On His Travels And Encounters With People Along The Way. Witty And Provocative, The Essays Talk About The Information Technology Boom And Its Impact, The Sexual Revolution, Environmental Degradation, The Breakdown Of Family Structures And, Of Course, Poverty And Caste. In A Series Of Sharply Drawn Portraits, The Book Introduces Us To A Policeman Working In Death Squads, Hindu Priests Striving To Save The Environment, Hiv-Positive Women Dying A Dignified Death, Old Soldiers From The Opposite Sides Of Intractable Conflicts Showing Genuine Affection For Each Other, And Several Sexual Advice Counsellors. Above All, Mantras Of Change Is An Effort To Share With The Readers Lak&Rsquo;S Idea Of India And His Love Affair With A Glorious And Perplexing Land.