RE: My Presentation Skills / L&T Story - 4

Dear Friends :

Just uploaded :   L&T  Story  -  4

I , once again , urge you to send to me ( hcp@RecruitGuru.com ) , your own memories / instances of L&T , for uploading on www.hemenparekh.in

I am sure each one of you cherish some such incidences worth recording

Read together , these stories will tell the World ( at least , the Indian Business World ) , the Values , the Business Ethics , the Management Practices , that we all imbibed and nurtured

I have read many books about great companies like Google / Apple / Microsoft / IBM / General Motors etc., but I have not come across any which was a result of a collaborative effort of its past employees - themselves as " Characters " of the play !

Who will remember - and preserve L&T legacy - when we are all gone ?

We owe to the current and the next generation of engineers / managers , what went into making of this GREAT company - the pride of India

If you come forward to add your own contribution , L&T  STORY , can become a case study for the IIMs / MBA colleges around the country

One last thing :

You need not add your story as a " thread " to the email started by HRS ( - after a while , it may become ONE MILE long ! )

Just send it to me

I will inform everybody , after uploading

And like , true blue-blooded L&T-ites , set " Targets / Schedules " for your contributions  !

with regards,

hcp / (M) 0 - 98,67,55,08,08

PS :

From my ADMIN page ( on Blogger ) , I found that , yesterday 45 of us visited / read , L&T Story - 3

There must be many other L&T-ites , who you know but are NOT covered by this mailing list

Pl do forward this invitation to them and encourage them to contribute

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From: Haridas Shenoy [mailto:hrshenoy1941@gmail.com]
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Subject: My Presentation Skills

My Presentation Skills

Sometime in 1993, VH Iyer brought some Materials Management guys attending some training program to Powai and asked me to explain our systems to them.

I had full knowledge of the system but zero presentation skills.  I completed the presentation in one or two sentences and told them to ask questions.

I was so embarrassed by my inability that I vowed to myself to develop.

The opportunity came soon, courtesy Mr VS Shiroor to whom I was reporting to from 1.4.1981 till 29.4.2000 – in the department named Data Processing Section, later upgraded to Switchgear Information Systems.

In 90s, NITIE at Powai used to conduct Materials Management Training Program, duration being 5 days.  L&T PSW were allotted some 3 hour slot to explain our systems, by far the best in the industry as far as I am aware.  Mr Shiroor made one or two presentations.

When he had an opportunity to make the next one, I requested him to allow me to accompany him as an observer, to which he readily agreed.

The next time such the opportunity came I asked him “Can you allow me to take this session?”  Without hesitation, he did.  I did a wonderful job; I did not mess up like the first time.

I also told Mr Shiroor one more thing.  “I know they offer an honorarium (it was some Rs 300 for the 3 hour session).  Apart from the experience of developing presentation skills, I need that extra money too (all 3 children were studying engineering at various stages at that time)”.

For the next 5 years or so, I did those presentations and earned those few extra bucks.

An unforgettable generosity on the part of Mr Shiroor – one of the many!

HR Shenoy, 7666128505

Co-Founder, Tejora Technologies Limited, tejora.com