Silicon India Leadership Summit Managing the Most Talented

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Silicon India Leadership SummitManaging the Most
Talented

• Sanjay Singh, Managing Director, Akamai
  Technologies India

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Empowerment Ownership

• Knowledge-based enterprises characterized by flat
  hierarchical structures and multi-skilled
  workforce.
• Managers assume leadership and coaching tasks.
  Work for their staff, and not the reverse.

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Cross Functional Mobility

• Satisfy thirst for new challenges
• By providing career mobility
• And avenues for development and growth

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Enlightened Manager

• Understand individual desire and passion to keep
  key talent motivated.
• Follow a management style which is adaptive and
  flexible, not universal or unilateral.

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Wealth Sharing

• A "pay-for-results" orientation.
• Emphasis on long-term incentives.
• Total compensation versus cash compensation.
• An appropriate mix of short-term and long-term
  compensation.

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Summary

• Empower and give ownership
• Facilitate cross functional mobility
• Understand unique, individual motivators
• Expand total compensation (not just cash!)

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Five Frogs On A Log

• Five frogs on a log. Four decide to jump off.
  How many are left ??
• Five. Because deciding and doing are not
  the same thing.