Sunny: - Ei, what kind of a tie-knot is that? Re-tie it.
Arindam: - I don’t know how to tie the knot of a tie, he he he…My mom tied the knot of this tie and I just kept it that way inside my bag. In my school days, my mom used to tie the knot of a tie on Monday. I used to wear the tie with that same tied knot till Friday of that week, without untying the knot of the tie.
Arnab: - Ha ha ha…give me your tie. I will make a fantastic stylish knot for this tie.
Sumanta: - Hey, you people are not ready, yet! It is already 7.15 AM. You need to take your breakfast and then have to enter the conference room within 7.55 AM. Accha, these are all your ID tags for attending this conference. Don’t forget to wear your respective ID tags before entering the conference room. Without the ID tags, you will not be allowed inside the conference room. These are your breakfast, lunch and tea coupons. Just show these coupons before taking your food items. Don’t lose it. Just hurry up. I and Angshuman will be there inside the conference room. All the IBS Kolkata people are sitting at the right hand corner of the backside of the conference room.
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Pandey: - The presentations of the eminent speakers and the chief guests of ICFAI are so boring. Hey, look at the pamphlet of this conference. There will be a class on ‘Global Leadership’ to be taken by Prof. Banerjee. Do you remember this Prof. Banerjee? He is a part-time faculty of ‘Business Environment and Global Leadership’ in IIM-Kolkata. He has his own business consultancy firm in Kolkata. The firm mainly consults regarding the corporate governance and the legal affairs of the corporate world. He has taken 2 sessions on the topic of ‘Soft-Skills Vs Hard Skills’ in our IBS Kolkata. I attended that session. He is just an amazing professor. His class is after our photo shoot session.
Rathi: - Hmm…that sounds good. At least, in his class, we will not feel sleepy and bored, he he he…
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Alpa: - Oops! I am so sorry. I have not noticed that you are standing behind me. I collided with you unknowingly and some drops of tea have fallen on your shoes from the tea-cup in your hand. Sorry!
Arindam: - Arrey, it’s ok. I was also gossiping with my friends. I have also not seen you standing beside me. I am also sorry. Anyway, it’s ok. Let me see, what is written in our ID tag. Hmm….you are Alpa from IBS Hyderabad. Okkk! Are you a Telugu girl? Your surname does not sound to be of Andhra Pradesh.
Alpa: - Your name is Arindam. You are from IBS Kolkata. Okkk! Hmm…anyone can make out by your appearance that you are a typical Bengali, he he he…please don’t take it otherwise, but your English accent also has a Bengali touch, he he he…No, Arindam, I am not a girl from Andhra Pradesh. My ancestral place is basically in Salem. But, at present, my parents have constructed their own house in Coimbatore.
Arindam: - Oho! So, Ooty is so near to your house. You can become our tourist guide only, he he he…Accha, I have heard that the IBS-Hyderabad campus will be getting shifted from Banjara Hills to a place, which is at the outskirts of Hyderabad?
Alpa: - Yeah, that’s true. But, that place is at least at a 90 Km distance from the main city of Hyderabad. Our entire campus of IBS Hyderabad will get shifted in 2008. That will be a fully residential campus. I visited that new campus. The campus is inside a forest area, he he he….
Anupam: - Ei, Arindam, Debojyoti Sir is calling all the trainees of IBS Kolkata at that point. There will be a photo shoot of IBS Kolkata students.
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Prof. Banerjee: - Good morning, everyone! In this conference, I have been requested to take a small session on ‘Global Leadership’, so that you people can have some idea about leadership. I hope that all my students sitting inside this conference room will not feel sleepy in this class. After all; you people just had a cup of tea and tea is a stimulant drink. My first question to you people is that ‘What is a stimulant?’ Can anybody answer it?
Jeevan: - Sir, I am Jeevan from IBS Bangalore. Sir, Stimulant is that force or an object which gives you extra energy or activates you to perform any activity with double enthusiasm.
Prof. Banerjee: - Then, my next question will be, ‘What is the difference between motivation and stimulant?’
Tara: - Sir, I am Tara from IBS Ahmedabad. Sir, there is hardly any difference between motivation and stimulant. A stimulant is tangible and motivation is non-tangible.
Prof. Banerjee: - Exactly! You are right. Now, let me ask you another question, ‘Was Adolf Hitler a good leader?’
Tara: - Yes, Sir. He was a great leader of World History. Under him, the entire Germany became a single force.
Prof. Banerjee: - Then, if that was the case, then why there were at least 12 major cases, where his own soldiers planned to assassin him? If a people of Germany accepted Hitler as their leader, then why there was a need for a ‘Valkyrie’ operation? The answer is a big ‘No’. Hitler was not a great leader. Rather, I would say that Mahatma Gandhi was a great leader.
Praveen from IBS Kochi: - Sir, then, you want to say that non-violence is the main mantra of an effective leadership.
Prof. Banerjee: - The concept of violence and non-violence does not define leadership. If you analyze in details, then you come to know that both violence and non-violence go hand-in hand or complimentary to each other. Both forces are needed to counter an evil force, but there has to be a balance between the two forces. That balancing act is the trait of leadership. As a leader, you should know, where the strength of your team lies and what are the loopholes that you need to rectify.
Sunita of IBS Bangalore:- So, you are saying about SWOT analysis?
Prof. Banerjee: - Exactly! Many people say that SWOT is just a concept of marketing and it should only be used in market research only. But, they don’t ask the very basic question, ‘Why the hell are we doing market research by using SWOT analysis?’ It is because; as Major Generals or Soldiers, we want to know the exact position or condition of our brigade before going for the war. Based on the SWOT analysis result, a leader needs to motivate or channelize his team to win a battle. So, what trait of leadership is coming out here? It is ‘Flexibility’. As a leader, I am now changing my prior decisions as per the current requirements. That quality makes you a Global Leader. But, instead of doing that, if you say that ‘I am the leader. I am next to God. Whatever I have decided earlier, that is full and final, no matter, if my teammates die also’, then, in this case, you are acting as an ‘Autocratic’ leader. You will remain as a local leader till a certain limited point of time, but you will never become a Global Leader. Today, in this modern age of Globalization, every future manager has to think in terms of ‘Global Leadership’. We often say in management classes that, ‘Think out-of –the box’. Now, what is that ‘box’ is referred to here. Here the ‘box’ means the virtual shell of egoism, stiff decisions and autocratic nature. To become a Global Leader, you need to come out of that box to take flexible decisions in accordance to your innovative ideas. ‘Global Leadership’ quality cannot be created within a leader, unless that leader considers the whole world to be a small ‘Global Village’, where there are several villages with each village having its own unique cultures and traditional values. So, at the end of the day, one thing you have to keep in mind that to be a successful leader of the future, you have to be a motivator, a team player and a quality decision maker. These three qualities should work in parallel; otherwise, you will fail to bring out output from your team members. I can make out from the facial expressions of you people that many of my statements went above your head. But, never mind, once you will enter the corporate world, you will learn everything about leadership from your own daily experiences only. Always regard each day of your work life as a new day of learning for your life and then only you can feel that your heart is acting as your automatic motivator. That’s all; I wanted to say in this session. See you again, later. You can go for your lunch now and after that all the SAP Trainees of all IBS branches need to give their corporate presentations.
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Angshuman: - Sir, How was our corporate presentation?
Debojyoti: - Not bad at all! It was ok. Everyone gave their presentation in a very decent manner. The presentation slides were also looking cool.
Chawla:- Sir, Sain was holding the microphone with his left hand in such a fashion as if he was going to sing instead of giving presentation.
Debojyoti: - Ha ha ha…yeah, yeah, I have also noticed that. Ei, Sain, are you a lefty? I have observed you in this tour. You were always taking your entire luggage in your left hand only. Then, on the dais also, you hold the microphone with your left hand. In the picnic, you were bowling with your left hand. You are lefty, naah?
Arindam: - Yes, Sir, you are right. I have double the strength in my left hand than in my right hand. Even in my childhood days, I used to eat food and write alphabets with my left hand. Somehow, my parents were successful to make me understand that I should eat food with my right hand only. Also, afterwards, I started writing alphabets with my right hand only.
Debojyoti: - Ok, ok, I understand. Accha, now just take your respective seats and please be quiet because IBS Ahmedabad team has already started giving their corporate presentations. Boss, what a fantastic presentation slides they have made! It is completely a multimedia application. Hey, Arindam, next time, we need to make a terrific presentation slide, which will contain some fabulous multimedia applications. Just request Saraf of your Section – B to meet me once.
Arindam: - Ok, Sir. Not an issue. Arnab also knows where Saraf stays. Even if Saraf does not come to college for his CA Final exam preparation, Arnab can visit his house to make him create multimedia slides.
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Debarjun: - Hey, this is a management game, I know. But, why you, Deepti and Vartika are running here and there?
Debolina: - The first management game is ‘Treasure Hunt’, which has been organized by IBS-Gurgaon. In this ‘Treasure Hunt’ game, there are 20 hidden items. Whichever team can find out maximum number of hidden items, will win the game! First, we were given a small code. Based on that, we found out the 1st hidden item. The place, where we got the 1st hidden item, there was a small piece of paper with another code. Based on that code, we found out the 2nd item. As per the recent announcement, IBS – Mumbai team has collected 7 hidden items. We have collected only 4 hidden items.
Debarjun: - ok, tell me the code. I can help you out by signaling from there.
Debolina: - Be careful. The organizers of this game are keeping strict vigilance. If they find that you are helping us from outside, then we will be suspended from the game.
Debarjun: - They will not be able to catch me. Just tell me the code.
Debolina: - The code is ‘Golden Chocolate Ball shining on a silver colored flower vase’. But the irony is that I, Deepti and Vartika are yet to see any silver colored vase in this resort.
Debarjun: - Ok, you people keep on running. I will also start searching that vase.
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Arnab: - Ei, Debarjun, we are going to visit Ooty Lake now. Will you go with us?
Debarjun: - No, no, I need to help the ‘Treasure Hunt’ participants of IBS Kolkata. I am now searching for a silver colored vase. Have you people seen any vase like that?
Arindam: - Vase? Vase means what?
Debraj: - Abbey, idiot, Vase means ‘Phool-Daani’ in Bengali. Kono rupoli phool daani dekhechish ki?
Arindam: - Haan achey toh? I have seen that. Just beside the common room, there is a staircase, which is going to the 2nd floor. There is a library and beside that library, there is a room, where four small aquariums are kept. In that room, there is a small table, where a 16 inch ‘Videocon’ TV is kept. Just on top of that TV, there is the silver colored vase. When you and Arnab were playing Table Tennis, I just went upstairs for 5 minutes to see what is there?
Debarjun: - Thank you, boss. Thank you. I need to tell it to Debolina. Ok, bye.
Angshuman: - Satyi, Sain, your mind is very sharp. Whatever you see once, you don’t forget it very easily.
Arindam: - Aah…my mind is not sharp. All credit goes to my brain. It captures the image and stores it in a special database. Whenever, I want to recollect any image, my brain works like ‘Google Search Engine’ and displays the result to me with proper data mining.
Sumanta: - Uff…sometimes, what the craps you say! Really, I don’t understand any head or tail of it. Better, let us not waste our time. I have found out a local bus stand just half a kilometer distance from the main entrance of this resort. We will board a local bus, which will take us to Ooty Lake.
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Bus Conductor: - You people want to get down at Ooty Lake? Ok, each ticket costs 5 bucks from here.
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Sumanta: - Very strange! We got down from the bus in this Ooty Bus terminus. In the Bus terminus, there is a signboard, where it is written as ‘Ooty Lake’. But, I cannot find any lake behind the bus terminus. Ei, Hiumangshu, just ask any local people about the Ooty Lake?
Himangshu: - Where is this Ooty Lake?
Local person: - Sir, you need to go another 2 Km through this lane to reach the Ooty Lake. You can ride on a pony to reach the Ooty Lake. The pony-owner will charge only 20 bucks per half an hour of each pony ride.
Himangshu: - No, no, we don’t need any pony ride. Our Bus No. 11 is strong enough to cover a distance of 2 Km very easily. Come on, guys, let us walk towards Ooty Lake from this Ooty Bus Terminus.
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