Corporate Divas
Sonia Golani
(Portfolio, Rs. 250)
They feature on the Forbes ‘World's 100 Most Powerful Women' list. They are dynamic and determined decision-makers. They sit pretty at the top of banks, business houses and corporations. And most important, their rise to fame has inspired many to follow suit… Meet some of the most powerful Indian women in this compilation.
Featured here are the personal and professional lives of 18 women who broke untouched barriers and have become inspirational for budding business leaders and entrepreneurs. So you learn more about Chanda Kochhar (ICICI), Preetha Reddy (Apollo Hospitals), Zarina Mehta (UTV), Naina Lal Kidwai (HSBC), Shikha Sharma (Axis Bank), Tanya Dubash (Godrej), Rajshree Pathy (Rajshree Sugars), Roopa Kudva (CRISIL), Zia Mody (corporate lawyer), Urvi Piramal (Piramal Group), Punita Kumar-Sinha (The Blackstone Group), Dipali Goenka (Welspun Retail), Vinita Bali (Britannia) and Vedika Bhandarkar (Credit Suisse India), among others.
The book offers interesting insights into what makes these women tick. Golani has interviewed her subjects to find out their secret success mantras.
Unusual People Do Things Differently
T.G.C. Prasad
(Portfolio, Rs. 399)
Sixty-five personalities and as many different views and experiences… that's what Prasad has to offer here. From well-known names such as Mother Teresa, Jaideep Sahni and Azim Premji to a chef and masseuse… Prasad has spoken to a cross-section of people and jotted down their life stories. So much so, this book is full of pithy everyday management lessons and offers valuable insights for everyone who wants to grow, manage and lead.
Prasad also has meaningful conversations with CEOs, doctors, realtors, sport coaches, attorneys and chartered accountants and singles out a dominant factor from each person's life story.
The Shift: The future of work is already here
Lynda Gratton
(Collins, Rs. 399)
Work is a defining, all-consuming part of our lives. Now, more than ever, the speed at which the nature of work is changing is having an extraordinary impact on working lives everywhere. The advice that Lynda imparts is that there are three key shifts that individuals can make to prepare themselves in this fast-moving world of work.
This groundbreaking book looks at the five forces that will fundamentally change the way we work in the next 10 to 15 years: globalisation, society, demography, technology and energy. Whether this will be a bad thing or a good thing, only time will tell.
Incidentally, Lynda, a professor of Management Practice at the London Business School and founder of the Hot Spots Movement, has been ranked one of the top 20 business thinkers in the world today by The Times and by The Economist for “leading the world's top 200 business minds to predict the future of work.”
