Pranab Datta: Read, to lead right

By: Forbes India

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