A compilations of wild and exciting experiences from my time as a Business Leadership Trainee at Hindustan Unilever Limited.

1. Weird Things I Did When I Was
A BLT
This is the TIME of your life!
You get to learn the ropes of the
toughest discipline on the PLANET
LEADERSHIP!
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2. ONE
I danced in the middle of a crowded
street, with 15 other MEN
And rode an Elephant
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3. TWO
I bumped into…
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4. THREE
Made this famous football!
Its now all over the factories…
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5. FOUR
Banned paper from Review Meetings
NO PAPER
NOT A SCRAP
(I was jocularly said to gel my hair to
enable blue-tooth reception!)
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6. FIVE
Went a week without a
bath
(I refused an offer from
my host in the village to
join him and his bison in
this filthy pond in
Jamunmadla)
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7. SIX
I learnt HINDI
All the gaalis
All the sales jargon
(Aaj godown mein nayi ladki aayi hai)
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8. SEVEN
I stayed at the Presidential Suite in the
Golden Palms Spa
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9. EIGHT
I wrote my first resignation letter 8
weeks into my training stint.
Hail Amrit!
Its because of him that I am still here!
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10. NINE
I went to church with my TSO – Jude
Fernandez
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11. TEN
Almost got SHOT.
Well, I thought I was getting shot.
Let me tell you a story.
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12. ELEVEN
I installed a couple of public toilets
between Mumbai and Silvassa!
The Niall Effect
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13. TWELVE
I developed an addiction!
Hotel Balwas International
American Chopsuey
I ate it for dinner every night for about 80
days straight!
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14. THIRTEEN
My Ultimate Crucible
Let me tell you a story.
After this day, I learnt how to really
‘LISTEN’
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15. IN SUM
Listen to your heart!
Be human, its easy to like people with
REAL feelings
If you are not being a freak, you are
missing a trick
Its OK to cry!
If they don’t love you as a friend, they will
not walk that extra mile for you
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16. AND FOR THE DOUBTERS…
And those of you who like a little
theory and quadrants thrown
in…
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17. LEADERSHIP MODEL
Ideas Values
Emotional Energy
&
Edge
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18. THE LEADERSHIP ENGINE
Noel M Tichy
(He ran GE’s training center at
Crotonville in the Welch era)
READ THE BOOK
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19. SO LONG
And thanks for all the fish…
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