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    Pranab Datta: Read, to lead right

    Knight Frank India MD, Pranab Datta, advises to prefer books that have examples validated by experience

    January 07, 2011 / 11:50 IST

    By: Forbes India

    Knight Frank India MD, Pranab Datta, advises to prefer books that have examples validated by experience

    I do not like books that are passing fads. I prefer books that have examples validated by experience; they should not be hypothetical or theoretical.

    The New Managerial Grid by Robert R. Blake and Jane S. Mouton is a book that most people find mundane, but it has had a profound impact on my leadership style. I got the book at a training session in Marico 20 years ago.

    Any HR organisation will swear by the importance of leadership behaviour in influencing an organisation.

    There are two types of leaders: Task leaders, who lead at the cost of people, and people-centric leaders, who don
    first published: Jan 6, 2011 09:35 am

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