The document summarizes the leadership style and career of Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys. It discusses how he started Infosys with just Rs. 10,000 and grew it into a major global technology company. It also examines Murthy's leadership principles of simple living, high thinking, under-promising and over-delivering, and being performance and customer-oriented. The document concludes by citing sources used to research Murthy's career and accomplishments.

1. CHETANA’S HAZARIMAL SOMANI
COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECO
SMT. KUSUMTAI CAUDHARI COLLEGE
OF ARTS
TOPIC : LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE
PRESENTED BY : MANALI R. DESHMUKH
ROLL NO : 205
Presented To: Prof. Mona S.

2. CONTENT
• What is Leadership all About??
• About Narayana Murthy
• Leader with a Difference
• On The Essence Of leadership
• Managerial Grid
• Conclusion
• Bibliography

3. What is Leadership All About?
The ability to influence a
group toward the achievement
of a vision or a set of goals

4. MR. N. R. Narayana Murthy

5. About Narayana Murthy
• Founder of Infosys limited
• Mr. murthy has served as the Chairman & Chief
mentor during 1981-2011
• He is currently the Chairman Emeritus of Infosys
“Leadership is all about courage to dream big”

6. Cont….
 EARLY LIFE :
• Mr. Murthy was born on 20th August, 1946 in Mysore in
Karnataka
• Obtained Masters degree from IIT-Kanpur
• Mr. Murthy started Infosys along with his 6 friends
• He started Infosys with an initial investment of just
Rs.10,000
“Our assets walk out of the door each evening. We have to
make sure that they come back the next morning.”

7. Excellence achieved by Him
• Mr. Murthy was listed as one among the “12 greatest
entrepreneurs of our time” by the Fortune magazine in 2012
• The Economist ranked him 8th among the top 15 most admired
global leaders (2005). He was ranked 28th among the world’s
most-respected business leaders by the Financial Times (2005).
• He has been awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the Government
of India
• The Legion d’honneur by the Government of France, and the
CBE by the British government
“The real power of money is the power to give it away

8. Cont..
• He was voted the World Entrepreneur of the Year – 2003
by Ernst & Young.
• In 1996-97, he was awarded the JRD Tata Corporate
Leadership Award
• He was awarded the 2012 Hoover Medal
• He has about 25 honorary doctorates from universities in
India and abroad

9. Excerpts of e-Mail sent by
Mr. Narayana Murthy to all
Infosys staff

10. It’s half past 8 in the office but the lights are still on…
PCs still running, coffee machines still buzzing…
And who’s at work? Most of them ??? Take a closer look…All or most specimens
are
Something male species of the human race…Look closer… again all or most of
them
Are bachelors…And why are they sitting late? Working hard? No way!!
Any guesses???
Let’s ask one of them…
Here’s what he says…. “What’s there 2 do after going home…Here we get to surf,
AC, phone,
food, coffee that is why I am working late…Importantly no bossssssss!!!!!!!!!!!”
This is the scene in most research centers and software companies and other off
shore offices.
Bachelors “Time-passing” during late hours in the office just because they say
they’ve nothing else to do…
Now what are the consequences…
“Working” (for the record only) late hours soon becomes part of the institute
Or company culture.
With bosses more than eager to provide support to those “working” late in the form
of Taxi vouchers, food vouchers and of course good feedback,
(oh, he’s a hard worker…goes home only to change..!!).

11. They aren’t helping things too…
To hell with bosses who don’t understand the difference between
“sitting "late and "working” late!!!
Very soon, the boss start expecting all employees to put in extra working hours.
So, My dear Bachelors let me tell you, life changes when u get married and start
having family… office is no longer a priority, family is… and
That’s when the problem starts… because you start having commitments at home too.
For your boss, the earlier “hardworking” guy suddenly seems to become a
“early leaver” even if u leave an hour after regular time… after doing the same amount of
work.
People leaving on time after doing their tasks for the day are labeled as work-shirkers…
Girls who thankfully always (its changing nowadays… though) leave on time are labeled
as
“not up to it”. All the while, the bachelors pat their own backs and carry on “working”
Not realizing that they r spoiling the work culture at their own place and never realize that
they would have to regret at one point of time..
So what’s the moral of the story?
• Very clear, LEAVE ON TIME!!!
• Never put in extra time ” unless really needed “
• Don’t stay back unnecessarily and spoil your company work culture which will in turn
cause inconvenience to you and your colleagues.

12. There are hundred other things to do in the evening..
Learn music…
Learn a foreign language…
Try a sport… TT, cricket………
Importantly, get a girl friend or boy friend, take him/her around town…
And for heaven’s sake, net cafe rates have dropped to an all-time low
(plus, no fire-walls) and try cooking for a change.
Take a tip from the Smirnoff ad: ”Life’s calling, where are you??”*
Please pass on this message to all those colleagues and please do it before
leaving time, don’t stay back till midnight
to forward this!!!
IT’S A TYPICAL INDIAN MENTALITY THAT WORKING FOR
LONG HOURS MEANS VERY HARD
WORKING & 100%COMMITMENTETC. PEOPLEWHO REGULARLY SIT
LATE IN THE
OFFICE DON’T KNOW TO MANAGE THEIR TIME. SIMPLE!!!

13. Leader with a Difference
• His Underlying principle
• Simple living-high thinking
• Under-promising & Over-delivering
• Performance Oriented
• Strategy ( Customer is the King)
• Social being
“Ships are safest in the harbor but they are not meant to be there. They have to
sail long and hard and face stormy seas to reach the comfort of a desirable
destination”

14. On The Essence of Leadership
• On Being a Successful Entrepreneur
• On Building Trust
• On Values
• On Work Life Balance
• On Success
• On People He Looked up to
• On Starting a New Venture

15. Managerial Grid

16. CONCLUSION

17. Bibliography
• www.infosys.com
• www.rediff.com
• www.scribd.com