Presentation to Graduate Students, Amity University
1. “Let your light shine”
…you are the future
Stephen Manallack
Presentation to Amity University Students
2. How do you let your
light shine?
• Stephen Covey:
“Communication is the most
important skill in life”
• Sir Richard Branson:
“Communication is the most
important skill any leader can
possess”
3. Indian business
leaders truly shine!
Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of
The Aditya Birla Group
“It is about building the highest
levels of empathy, without
compromising on fairness and
running a popularity contest.”
7. What is the starting point?
Many of the best known leaders –
Branson and Jobs in the west, Tata and
Birla in India - combined good values and
effective communication. You can do this
too.
Who do you admire?
What are the good values to underpin
your personal brand?
…Avoiding the BOX OF LIMITATIONS
8. VALUES will help you shine
• Generosity – giving time, contributing,
thinking of others, being present,
listening
• Ethics – do no harm, act for the good
– what are my intentions?
• Patience – acceptance of what
presents, allow failure or imperfection
9. ACTION then makes you shine
• Talk – it is safe to be silent but you
build connection when you talk
• Listen – deep listening – silent -
respect
• Connect – see communication as a
real open sharing between you and
others - wishing for the happiness and
success of everyone around you –
takes you out of the small world of
“me”
10. YOGANANDA inspires
(Yogananda was one of the first to bring yoga
from India to the west)
“There is a magnet in your heart
that will attract true friends. That
magnet is unselfishness, thinking
of others first; when you learn to
live for others, they will live for
you.”
11. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is
Chair and Managing Director
of Biocon Ltd
“One should not be
demotivated by failure but
learn from one’s mistakes.
A sense of overall
perseverance is very
essential”.
13. Steve’s Big Quiz
“Being quick on your feet,
able to adapt while
remaining true to your own
culture and values is the
key to success across
borders.” Stephen
Manallack
14. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country are people generally
most comfortable giving direct
negative feedback at work?
Germany
Japan
India
15. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country are people generally
most comfortable giving direct
negative feedback at work?
Germany
Japan
India
16. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country would you often see
“high fives” at work?
UK
USA
Korea
17. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country would you often see
“high fives” at work?
UK
USA
Korea
18. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country would you often go
out drinking with the boss?
Germany
France
Japan
19. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country would you often go
out drinking with the boss?
Germany
France
Japan
20. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country are you most likely to
share personal information with
colleagues at work?
Brazil
Germany
Korea
21. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country are you most likely to
share personal information with
colleagues at work?
Brazil
Germany
Korea
22. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country are people most
likely to be directly critical of the
boss’s idea?
France
Israel
India
23. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country are people most
likely to be directly critical of the
boss’s idea?
France
Israel
India
24. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country are you most likely to
find a top down, hierarchical boss?
Mexico
Sweden
USA
25. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country are you most likely to
find a top down, hierarchical boss?
Mexico
Sweden
USA
26. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country do people mostly find
it difficult to say “no”?
Australia
India
UK
27. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which country do people mostly find
it difficult to say “no”?
Australia
India
UK
28. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which of these are modesty, self-
control and reserve key values?
China
Italy
India
29. Steve’s Big Quiz
In which of these are modesty, self-
control and reserve key values?
China
Italy
India
30. Steve’s Big Quiz
How likely would it be for a Japanese
colleague to ask you your age or how
much you earn at a bar after work?
Not sure
Pretty Likely
Very Unlikely
31. Steve’s Big Quiz
How likely would it be for a Japanese
colleague to ask you your age or how
much you earn at a bar after work?
Not sure
Pretty Likely
Very Unlikely
33. Silent & Listen
Krishnamurti: “So when you
are listening to somebody,
completely, attentively, then
you are listening not only to
the words, but also to the
feeling of what is being
conveyed, to the whole of it,
not part of it.”
42. How do you let your
light shine?
• Stephen Covey:
“Communication is the most
important skill in life”
• Sir Richard Branson:
“Communication is the most
important skill any leader can
possess”
43.
44. Rabindranath Tagore
“Everything comes to us that
belongs to us if we create the
capacity to receive it”. You
have that capacity – you will
achieve it by communicating
your personal brand.