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Tata Group's leadership development programmes and processes aim to groom the managers of today into leaders of tomorrow. In order to maximise the potential of its pool of managers, the Group provides high-value, superior-quality training programmes that encourage cross-functional exposure and allow for cross-company mobility, making it an important aspect of all leadership development efforts. A selection of articles highlighting the Group's leadership enhancing efforts and conversations with senior executives on leadership issues are given below.
Grooming global managers
Tata Consultancy Services' Learning and Development centre prepares new recruits to take on the formidable challenges that lie ahead. A look at the fascinating programme, and how it helps shape young graduates into professionals
 
Advantage diffidence
TCS chief executive officer S Ramadorai has made light of a reticent nature to emerge as the prototype of the self-effacing leader
 
O captain, my captain
B Muthuraman, the managing director of Tata Steel, is a natural-born mentor and a doggedly determined achiever. Little wonder, then, that he cuts such a fine leadership figure
 
The making of the global manager
R Gopalakrishnan, the executive director of Tata Sons, sorts out the leadership and managerial qualities demanded by today's worldwide order of business
 
Clear and prescient ranger
Bhaskar Bhat, the managing director of Titan, says that a leader has to be a blend of manager and visionary
 
The heart of excellence
Sunil Sinha, the chief executive officer of Tata Quality Management Systems, on the leadership imperatives for companies facing today's multiple challenges
 
Designed to shine
Elizabeth Matthan, the head of Tanishq's design team, drives home the need for a leader to motivate and integrate
 
The winning blend
Tata Tea's Sangeeta Talwar underscores the need for family support and determination to scale the heights of success
 
Stairway to the top
To be a leader is every manager's dream. J J Irani, director of Tata Sons, shows how one can achieve it
 
Leadership: some ethical challenges
R Gopalakrishnan, executive director, Tata Sons, explores what it means to don the mantle of leadership, the responsibilities and pitfalls
 
The leadership challenge: direction and destination
R Gopalakrishnan, executive director, Tata Sons, explains the need for and importance of direction in today's business leader
 
Grooming new leaders
R Gopalakrishnan, executive director of Tata Sons, and member of the Group Corporate Centre, details the Group's initiatives in developing human resources
 
Knowledge plus
Grooming the managers of today into the leaders of tomorrow, that's the broad objective of the Tata Group's leadership development programmes and processes
 
The Tata Management Training Centre
The Tata Management Training Centre (TMTC) aims to provide training to high performers within the Group and to act as a cradle of change for Tata executives
 
TAS
TAS, formerly known as the Tata Administrative Service, was conceived by JRD Tata to select and groom some of the best young Indians, provide them opportunities for professional growth, and use that pool of talent as a group resource
 

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