Life Lessons for the Young Professional

A book by Subroto Bagchi



A Professional for the Future

It is five o’clock in the morning on a September day by the seaside, away from Pondicherry. I am perched atop a 40-foot-high rappelling wall in the middle of nowhere, overlooking the Bay of Bengal. I am waiting to catch a glimpse of the sunrise. The sun will not come out for good fifty-five minutes [...]

Boy Grocer to Director, NIT

So, this week I am taking you to Trichy, the 2300-year-old, historic South Indian city that has been witness to dynasties like the Cholas, the Pallvas and the Hoysalas - not to forget invaders like the Moguls and the British and the French. Situated by the banks of the Cauvery, Trichy bears testimony to [...]

Of Start-ups & High Performance Teams - II

From a team building perspective, start-ups go through different phases in their early years. In the beginning, it is mostly all about the core team. Then comes a stage when the core team must expand its sphere of influence to a larger group of people who come to join in the journey. Next, the start-up [...]

Of Start-ups & High Performance Teams

After MindTree got off to a great start, Sudeshna Shome Ghosh from Penguin sent me a mail asking if I would write a book for aspiring entrepreneurs using my experience of co-founding MindTree. That is how my first book The High Performance Entrepreneur came about! I am glad I wrote it because it seems to [...]


The World Replies
Posted by Manoj Singh
on Saturday, December 27th, 2008
it's a nice list but many things which mentioned here should not be attained in the life cycle of a company by an entrepreneur CEO. Good lessons and could be more effective if we do our self critical analysis keeping (read more)

Posted by Somali Chakrabarti
on Saturday, December 27th, 2008
Dear Sir, Today I chanced upon the book Go Kiss the World. Once I started reading, I could not just put it down till I had reached the last page. It is very inspirational. You have highlighted the significance of learning (read more)

Posted by L
on Saturday, December 27th, 2008
Dear Gardener, I reserve some portion of a "non-working" Saturday to learning something or the other. Thus, I just heard your address at IIM-B on You Tube - hadn't heard it earlier. When it comes to Theory U, doesn't it boil (read more)

Posted by Vivek Venkat
on Friday, December 26th, 2008
Dear Subroto, Another amazing post which we all can learn from. We hope to read a lot more through your blog in the coming year and better ourselves. Thanks so much. Wish you and your family a merry christmas and a (read more)

Posted by J.A
on Friday, December 26th, 2008
@ Debachou My 2 cents... Satyam is a case of corporate goverance failure. What is more shameful is the Worldbank statement. The statement read: "Satyam was declared ineligible for contracts for providing improper benefits to Bank staff and for failing to maintain (read more)

Posted by John Micheal
on Thursday, December 25th, 2008
Merry Christmas Sir, may almighty god bless you with good health, peace and happiness in life. (read more)

Posted by L
on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Dear Gardener, Happy New Year. It is an exhaustive list, I hope you will use it in your next book. Best regards, (read more)

Posted by Debachou
on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
It's terrific, wonderful to read the article. I have a query : How come Chairman of Satyam , considered to be an outstanding leader , can commit such thing which put the entire organization into a tizzy and being (read more)

Posted by Anonymous
on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
That is a wonderful list and I am amazed how much we can learn from it. I'll add a few more to the list. To me, a project manager also is the CEO of the team, the General Manager (read more)

Posted by Lakshmi Narayana
on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Hi, A great insight of Human ResourcesManagement and a firm example of leadership. All you said is inspiring, but can the companies sustain in this way by cost cutting the employee who can deliver more to the one who needs to (read more)