This document discusses what a CEO wants from their employees. It begins by providing background on R. Gopalakrishnan, a professional manager for 45 years. It then discusses some of the things managers feel they are owed by their boss, such as feedback, empowerment, and recognition. However, it notes that what people feel they owe their boss are things like effort, loyalty, honesty, and results. The document goes on to discuss the need for employees to adapt through their career journey and develop practical intelligence. It also notes that work-life balance does not exist, only work-life choices with consequences. It concludes by outlining attributes of a high potential manager as accomplishment, affability, advocacy, and authenticity

1. What the CEO
Really wants from You

3.  R. Gopalakrishnan (Gopal to his friends) has been a professional
manager for 45 years from 1967 onwards: 31 years in Unilever and 14
years in TATA.
 He attended the Advanced Management program at Harvard Business
School.
 He is the author of the Case of the Bonsai Drops; Lessons for managers
on institution (2007); When Penny Drops; learning what is not taught.
 He is a past president of the All India Management Association.R (Gopal) Gopalakrishnan
Director
TATA Sons

4. UNDERSTAND THE
PATH

5. Who is going to tell us about these things

6. Asymmetry
marks your career graph

7. things that managers feel that their boss owes them
Feedback
Empowerment
Coaching
Transparency
Recognition
Opportunity
Clean Tasks
Access
Respect for Personal Time
9The

8. things that people feel they owe their boss are
The
4 100%
Effort
Loyalty Honesty
Get it done
Results

9. Real Life Story

10. Guess
what happened
???

12. ADAPT
THROUGH
THE JOURNEY

13. Known Known's to unknown
Unknowns
Effectively persuading people
to help you to perform
Learning about yourself and
limiting your potential to damage
Networking and persuading
outsiders to enable you to deliver
Efficiently deploying resources
to address needs

14. Practical Intelligence

15. “How do you balance the
commitment to the company
with the demands of the
family?”

17. “There is no such thing as work-life
balance… there are work-life choices, and
make them, and they have consequences”

18. The Attributes of the
High Potential Manager

19. Accomplishment Affability
Advocacy Authenticity
4 A’s

20. Managing Task
From tasks to
Relationship
From Relationship
to Thought
From Thoughts to
Self -awareness
Stair case of
Personal Development

21. “The best organisations reward bosses
for developing leaders- but these
organisations are rare. You must take
responsibility for your own
development.”
• - Prof. Jay Conger