RE: L&T Story - 1

Dear Suniti ,

Everything that you wrote is perfectly expressed ,

except :

I have been invited by Shri Amitabh Kant , Secretary - DIPP ( Ministry of Commerce )

and not by Prime Minister's Office

You may want to write and correct this impression

regards,

hcp

PS:

Our colleague , S.Ramaswamy , has commented on " L&T Tory - 1 " on my Facebook page

From: Suniti Desai [mailto:sdsunitidesai@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 9:11 AM
Subject: Fwd: L&T Story - 1

Hi

I am forwarding a mail from HCP which is quite self explanatory.  However, to give you a little background for doing this, so that you will understand better:-

On Sunday afternoon a few of us from L&T had been invited by Mr. Danait for lunch.  Amongst other conversation, came the topic of L&T's culture, our work experience in the company and personal relationships.  Everyone who was present had the same thing to say - L&T was a fantastic experience, relations were cordial.  There was never a feeling of "unch-neech" if i may use the expression and there was no domination by the top brass.  Those of us who are now working elsewhere feel the difference.

This gave HCP an idea to start a blog where we could all contribute our own experience to show how much L&T meant to us.

With this background i am sure you will understand what and why HCP has written what he has written.

Everyone must have had some experience, so please pen it down.  It will help someone to improve.

For your information HCP's blogs reach the Prime Minister's office and they have been pretty impressed.  They have invited HCP to come and speak.

Mr. Parekh, i am sending this to you also so you may correct me if i have made any mistake in conveying.

Regards

suniti

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:17 AM
Subject: L&T Story - 1
To: Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com>, GLADYS VAZ <gladys.vaz88@hotmail.com>, "inder@gmail.com" <indrajitsethi@gmail.com>, wjn_danait <wjn_danait@hotmail.com>, cmsrivastava5 <cmsrivastava5@gmail.com>, A M DESHMUKH 9821014352 <ajaymdeshmukh@yahoo.com>, Sanjay Karnik <SanjayKarnik54@gmail.com>, L&T G K Apte <gkapte@gmail.com>, krsanghavi@vsnl.net, Vivek Mehta <vmehta49@gmail.com>, VKM Vijay K Mahajan Mo• <vijaymahajan1973@gmail.com>, Mohan Madiman <mohanmadiman@gmail.com>, Sr VP Global HR MVN Rao <mvn.rao@sunpharma.com>, Santosh Tiwari <sakuti88@gmail.com>
Cc: Suniti Desai <sdsunitidesai@gmail.com>

Dear Friends :

We had a wonderful time , yesterday

It was made better by presence of D J Mehta and Suniti

As promised , find below my L&T Story - 1

You can find this at :

www.hemenparekh.in  >  Blogs

I request you to visit this page and enter ( type ) your own comments / related story , by just clicking on link " No Comments " at the bottom of that blog

It will open up a box for typing

If you don't have a Wordpress or Google Account , you can select " Anonymous "

Even then , at the bottom of your comments / Story , I would request you to type following details ( within the message box ) :

>  Your Name

>  Your Designation in L&T ( last ) with " Period " ( in bracket )

>  Your Email ID ( entirely up to you ) , to enable other readers / visitors to be able to contact you

And :

Pl do spread the word among other L&T-ites that you know , encouraging them to do likewise

This is our CHANCE to tell the World , how to build great institutions

regards,

hcp

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L&T   Story   /   1

A recent circular of Maharashtra Government requires that babus ( govt officers ) should stand up from their seats, every time a MLA , MLC or an MP , enters and leaves their office

Ostensible reason offered :

Government officers must treat elected representatives with " Honour " and " Courtesy "

That circular contains many other " DOs " and " DON'Ts " for government officers , while dealing with elected representatives

I shudder to think about what next the Government would want these officers to do  !

May be garland the MLA on arrival and walk-up to his car while leaving  ?

Or , that a Secretary must get up and offer his chair to a Minister who walks in and himself shift across the table and occupy the visitor's chair  ?

{  In the past , we have had instances of officers tying the shoe-lace of a Minister !  }

That makes me wonder :

What is the " Character " of a Democratic Institution ?

Who is responsible for building this " Character ",through personal example  ?

The following instances may provide a clue :

>   During my tenure as General Manager - Powai Works at L&T( 1979-87 ),

      whenever Mr Holck Larsen or Mr N M Desai ( Chairmen , at different

      times ) , walked into my cabin , they insisted that I do not get up from

      my seat !

      On many such occasions , they would start pacing the cabin from

      end to end , telling me or listening to me - as I continued sitting !

>   Whenever Mr Holck Larsen visited Madh Works , he would just peep into

      my cabin and say ,

      " Parekh , carry on with your work . I know my way around the factory "

      Then , he would just walk out and go around the factory , all alone ,

      meeting and greeting hundreds of workers , at their work places !

      He just insisted that no Supervisor / Foreman / Manager should stop his

      work , in order to accompany him  !

      I wonder how many of our Ministers today , go around their offices ,

      or their constituencies , without a retinue of Officers  !

>   I even recollect an incidence when Mr Holck Larsen said :

     "  Parekh , can we go and try out the food being served in Workers

      Canteen ? "

     Then , when we reached there , he insisted on standing in the queue

     with the rest of the workers , to pick up his food-tray  !

Incidentally , talking of a Manager having to vacate his chair for his boss ( a

practice , which , I believe is still prevalent in many organizations ), I remember an instance when we hired a Maintenance Manager from one " Sethji  Controlled " company

After a few days , I heard of severe resentment in that department

When I inquired , I found out that he had the habit of asking his subordinate managers to vacate / offer him their chairs , whenever he visited those section !

I was left with no choice but to ask him to resign  !

"  Yathaa Raja , Tatha Praja " ( People will emulate those in power ) , is true even today

I request others to comment / submit their own experiences of what goes into making a Great Organization

By contributing their own similar experiences , they would be telling  Managers and Ministers :

" Here is how we can imbibe a Democratic Culture to transform India "

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hemen  parekh

10  August  2015

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