Shiraz and his work

Faisal Mubin Ganatra  has 15 years of experience with a very strong exposure in finance, strategy planning, HRM and marketing. He has previously worked with Pepsi Cola International, AES Lal Pir & Pak Gen, Anjum Asim Shahid Rahman and now with ShanFoods as Chief Operating Officer. What do you think is the key to your success and career? Involvement and Commitment are two keys to success because if you are involved and you have a  commitment then you will come up with new ideas and you will have a willingness to implement those ideas.  Since you have been in the role of both a manager and a leader, in your opinion what  are the major differences between a manager and a leader? Manager’s work is simply to manage things while a leader should have a dream and a vision and this should be accompanied by willingness to achieve that vision. He must have a long term strategies and the ability to convert those s...

An inspirational session given by Dr. Shahzad on transformational leadership. He was focused on how a particular vision can be turned into reality, how leadership should be practiced and transformation can attain sustainability. “Leadership is a practice based profession”, said by Dr. Shahzad. Learning should always be followed by practice and the secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting old but on building new. One should need to look up on those things which he can easily continue in order to sustain transformation . The speaker moreover gave a deep insight about Getz Pharma and in this regard related every aspect to their practices. Getz Pharma is a research driven, branded generic, manufacturing pharmaceutical company with global outlook. It is third largest pharma company, largest exporter, tax payer, employer and investor as well. The company believes in Darwin’s theory of being change responsive thus it makes long ranged plan and changes its ...

Ram charan's post has created a stir in the business world! debates have started to revisit the HR functions and models. Executives say 'when HR is going to set up'. Micheal A McDonnell has proposed a new model for HR while adding a new designation CPO 'Chief People Officer'. of-course it looks catchy! This person will look at 3 strategic functions: 1. Culture - focusing on employer brand and employee engagement strategies 2. Leadership and Innovation - developing future leaders 3. Talent - right pool of candidates Rest i think is the old functions but with new name! all the best for HR professionals ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  you can read the complete article on cipd blog  here

Leaders are different from managers, the question is what makes them different? what skills and competencies differentiate leaders from managers. Some years ago i read the leadership survey conducted by DDI which identified the most important skill leaders need. here i am sharing another research by  by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A few weeks ago, we were asked to analyze a competency model for leadership development that a client had created. Its was based on the idea that at different points in their development, potential leaders need to focus on excelling at different skills. For example, in their model they proposed that a lower level manager should focus on driving for results while top executives should focus on developing a strategic perspective. Intuitively, this makes sense, based as it is on the assumption t...