'People are the last competitive advantage' January 2013 | Vibha Rao Walt Cleaver, former president and CEO of HR People & Strategy, and currently principal and founder of the Cleaver Consulting Group, is an HR strategist with a focus on global leadership. Here he talks about the importance of investing in human capital in today’s uncertain economic scenario as well as the shifts in HR strategies in recent years

Developing leaders October 2012 | Anisha Ashokan Through research and collaborations with experts from other institutes, the Tata Management Training Centre has ensured that it remains at the forefront of the learning and development field

Grooming tomorrow’s entrepreneurs February 2012 | Nithin Rao Entrepreneurship is the latest buzzword across campuses, as thousands of young Indians opt to become job-creators rather than job-seekers. Tata First Dot, an initiative powered by the National Entrepreneurship Network, is the country’s first recognition and mentoring platform for student startups

TAS steps outside the box August 2011 | Jai Wadia TAS has groomed a large number of senior Tata executives over the last 50 years and is now looking to expand its leadership development programmes in both scope and depth

A choice of options August 2011 | Jai Wadia A career transition management programme for professional women, Tata's Second Career Internship Programme (SCIP) offers flexible work options to women who want to get back to work. Launched in 2008, on International Women’s Day, the programme has been an acclaimed success. Group HR’s Aditya Ahuja, TAS head and Sangeeta Navalkar, SCIP manager, talk to Jai Wadia on the journey so far

Time for some balance May 2011 | Tata Review A prolific writer in addition to being a corporate leader, R Gopalakrishnan, director, Tata Sons, has an articulate and eloquent way with words, and a sharp understanding of what leadership in this day and age is about

Empathy is the key May 2011 | Tata Review Ishaat Hussain, finance director, Tata Sons, talks about leadership and its nuances with rare clarity and an assuredness born of spending long years in the top echelons of a variety of business organisations

It starts with character May 2011 | Tata Review Character, commitment, competence, courage — those are the critical qualities that in Kishor Chaukar’s view make for a stand-out leader

The pipeline is in place May 2011 | Tata Review As chief of group human resources with Tata Sons, Satish Pradhan has a finger on the leadership pulse, and an intimate relationship with the process by which the extended Tata organisation identifies the men and women who can lead it into the future

A system to value May 2011 | Tata Review As chief, Group Quality Management Services, Sunil Sinha oversees a raft of initiatives designed to strengthen and extend the Tata group’s inherent capabilities. He speaks here about leaders and leadership, the processes that create them and the influences that mould those following in their footsteps

Relevance and reinvention January 2011 | Sangeeta Menon Tata Management Training Centre is reinventing itself to stay in step with changes in the Tata group and the global business environment

Lessons from the grassroots September 2010 | Jai Wadia 21st century India still shows a clear socio-economic dichotomy along a rural-urban divide. This line is something that future Tata managers will attempt to erase, with the help of some firsthand rural experiences as a part of their TAS training

TAS masters October 2007 | Jai Wadia TAS is a unique management programme that trains and grooms talented young recruits for careers rather than jobs with the Tata Group

Fan-TAS-tic fifty July 2007 | Shubha Madhukar Every year TAS picks the best and brightest from the top management schools in India and grooms them to become leaders through structured development programmes. As TAS enters its 51st year, we take a look at this unique programme

Grooming global managers September 2006 | Cynthia Rodrigues 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

The lamp of rustic learning December 2004 Management training at TAS and Indian Hotels includes a slice-of-life experience of rural living and community labour

Stars in their eyes December 2004 | Shobha Ramswamy Backed by the Taj Group, the Institute of Hotel Management in Aurangabad is nurturing a bright new breed of hospitality professionals

Mentor in the house December 2004 | Shubha Madhukar The Tata Management Training Centre in Pune has played a vital role in refining the skills and expanding the horizons of young managers

Changing the learning curve June 2004 | Shobha Ramswamy The Tata Management Training Centre is shifting focus to better align itself with the requirements of the Tata Group

A time for TCS January 2003 | Philip Chacko TCS came under the microscope at a strategic leadership-training programme conducted by the All-India Management Association recently. Dissecting the organisation, its many achievements and the challenges before it were 80 executives from the cream of corporate India