Praveen believes key leadership qualities include maturity, long-term thinking, rationality, innovation, decisiveness, calculated risk-taking, and developing other leaders. As a leader, he has streamlined large programs and led business consulting and process improvement. Praveen takes an analytical approach to problem-solving, asks direct questions, and emphasizes accurate versus precise analysis for decision-making. He prefers positions involving planning, strategy, and general management where decisions are data-driven. Praveen works best with flexibility, in a collegial environment focusing on results rather than formalities.