MY LEADERSHIP JOURNEY REFLECTIONS ON FEW LEARNING MOMENTS

An Interview with Mr. Ganesh Nayak, COO & Executive Director, Zydus Cadila

A warm welcome Shri Ganesh Nayak on behalf of the FSAI family. It was an amazing opportunity, along with many other participants, to witness your presentation at the recently concluded PACC-2019 at Dubai.

Interestingly, it was aptly placed, in succession to a highly inspirational discourse from the same podium. The speaker was none other than the internationally renowned spiritual leader of Swami Narayan sect, Pujya Shri Brahma Vihari Swami of Akshardham, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. In fact your talk was truly relevant as well as desirably linked to what Swamiji had to say about the need for inculcating a passionate approach to any profession as compared to just diligent practicing of it. Your narratives could assertively illustrate how the best learning moments can make the work, a passionate piece of creativity.

For the benefit of our readers, let me use the following interview as a medium to share your proven and time tested views vis-à-vis the successful leadership journey at a globally renowned multi-national like Zydus Cadila. Here are the excerpts of an interaction K. N. K. Murthy, Editor, FSAI Journal, Journal had with Mr. Nayak.

Q1: Sir you opened up the presentation with four basic nuances which are essential to an effective leadership touching on:

(a): Coping with changes.
(b): Setting Direction.
(c): Aligning with everyone.
(d): Motivating and inspiring.

How about sharing few exemplary evidences from the achieved results at your end pertaining to a worked out strategy in this context (before and after the execution)

A1: I think the best example that captures all above elements is the transition that Zydus went through to emerge as a one of the leading pharma companies in India and the world after a split of the erstwhile Cadila Laboratories.