Growth

There in no doubt that India is hot right now, especially since it is summer and temperature has been in the hundreds. Thank god for the monsoons which are arriving any day now... While the seasons are about to change, India’s economic climate continues to be hot like fire. Growth rates the past few years have skyrocketed and there is a constant debate about which country will be the next superpower, India or China. There is currently a war for talent in the global market that will continue to heat up as baby boomers retire and we live in a world where EVERTHING is outsourced (read the world is flat for some crazy accounts of this phenomenon).The growth in such a raw place was one of many drivers fueling my desire to live in this mystic country. Lately, Indian business has been known for its technology. In fact many people are comparing what is happening here to what happened during the dotcom area in terms of business opportunities. While all of this is extremely exciting and India is getting a lot of press, it is still a third world country and the infrastructure is in need of serious development. Some people see this as a weakness; I look at it as opportunity.
In terms of the workforce; the people, time management, presentation, deductive reasoning, consulting, business development, and customer service skills are in need of serious fine tuning. My role is to facilitate human performance and process improvement for the Leadership of Satyam (the top 5% of a 30,000 people). After working for the #1 corporate university in the world, my director from my previous company, our new staff and I are in start up mode attempting to deliver the same quality product. Building the school brick by brick is challenging but also fulfilling. The physical school of leadership is scheduled to be open in November and will be a 240,000sq ft world class facility. We are open for business now and continue to expand our infrastucture and service offerings. Satyam has a vision of growing from 30,000 employees today to 90,000 in the next five years! In order for the vision to be attained they must have world class leaders that can navigate an increasing complex global marketplace. Our mission as the school of leadership is to empower and equip these leaders with the necessary skills to flourish. As we build the schools processes, programs and leaders a fleet of men and women are building the actual structure. I go over to the site at least once a week to look at the progress. Watching these people work is incredible. They only utilize a very small amount of machinery as they take away from the employment and livelihood of people. This construction team is over 200 hundred people working two shifts per day and living in tent communities on the land. The area that the construction is taking place is called Cyber City and if you drive around a five square block radius you will see companies such as IBM, Google, Deliotte, Mckinsey, Dell, and many more all putting skin in the game..