Profile of Ravi Chaudhry - Founder Chairman CeNext Consulting and Investment Pvt Ltd

ARE YOU ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, BEFORE SEEKING THE ANSWERS? 11 August 2020

Jonas Salk, the discoverer of polio vaccine, used to say that “What people think of as the moment of discovery is really the discovery of the question.” Confined within homes or working with limited social contact and mobility, the leaders in governments and business are frantically busy trying to find answers to the avalanche of questions arising all the time. I wonder if we should spend as much time, if not more, on framing the right questions, first.

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BEYOND THE GRAND BIG REALITY SHOW: A New Leadership Race! June 2020

2020 marks the beginning of a grand big reality show, in which each of us, over seven and a half billion, find ourselves thrust on to a planetary stage. There was no rehearsal, there is no script. We are by ourselves, trying to make sense of the successive scenes flashing across. How long will this continue? When can we go back to where we were? Someone suggests it may not happen. Perhaps never. The curtain falls.

The next Act starts soon. The same Planet. The same actors. But nothing else is the same – at least not now. Many of us are getting resigned to political leaders strengthening their control and deepening the ‘recession of democracy’, while some others are figuring out how the crisis could make the world better.
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The Big Leadership Challenge: Saving the Human Species. April 2020

What a tumultuous time it has been! Just when we thought we knew the answers to all life’s questions - we find that the questions have been changed. The business firmament we lived in, is gone for good. We can either let someone else design our "normal", or else we set out in earnest, to create our own new "normal." This article is an excerpt from the new book I am writing on “Leadership in the Post-COVID World”. – April 2020
http://www.ethicalmarkets.com/the-big-leadership-challenge-saving-the-human-species-by-ravi

Ravi Chaudhry on RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP

Typically, a leader is a person whose thoughts, words, and decisions to act or not to act, have a discernible impact on the thoughts, feelings, and behaviours of a large number of people around him, as well as on the trajectory of their future lives and livelihoods.

But every leader is not a Responsible Leader.

A responsible leader is one who fulfills each of the following three criteria:

1) She firmly believes that responsible leadership is not just being held responsible for what we do, but also for what we do not do.
2) She ensures that all the decisions she makes and all the actions she takes have a positive, sustainable impact on the lives and livelihoods of not only all the stakeholders in her enterprise, but also on society.
3) She is selfless in all her pursuits; she is guided not by ‘love for power’, but by the ‘power of love’.
You cannot be a Responsible Leader partially. Either you are one; or you are not. If you are one, or if you aspire to be one, you have to meet the above criteria in entirety.

In essence, a sense of responsibility leads to an implicit acceptance of personal accountability for everything one does or does not.

In practice, the sense of responsibility of a leader reflects in her ‘ability to respond responsibly’, with sensitivity, understanding, and urgency.

This ‘ability to respond’ responsibly stems from the DNA of one’s character. It is about winning trust and respect of others. For that, a responsible leader requires three distinct leadership traits:

a) Integrity - It starts with keeping the small promises you make to yourself,
b) Transparency – not merely of her actions, but also of her thoughts, and
c) Compassion - A feeling of unconditional concern and love for others; it is the wisdom of the heart.

In the final analysis, successful leaders create and generate ‘means to live”; whereas successful responsible leaders also evolve and live with ‘meaning in life’.

Note: These comments are based and derived from Ravi Chaudhry’s writings and books:
Quest for Exceptional Leadership: Mirage to Reality (Sage,2016), and his forthcoming book on Democracy and Governance.
http://www.ravichaudhry.com/

A New Yardstick, Indian Management, by Ravi Chaudhry, March 2017

Base camp traits are not enough for leaders to steer businesses in the 21st century
https://www.scribd.com/document/344585851/Indian-Management-March-2017#download/

Proponents of Isolation Never become Victors, by Ravi Chaudhry, 12 April 2017

The Smart Manager
https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-smart-manager/20170412/281883003189131/

The World in 2017: A Wake-up Call for the Global Elite, by Ravi Chaudhry, 28 December 2016

http://insightssuccess.in/the-world-in-2017-a-wake-up-call-for-the-global-elite/

Why do we have fewer Good Leaders?

Article on beCause blog
http://www.because.net/why-do-we-have-fewer-good-leaders/

The Biggest Obstacles to a Country's Growth lie within the Country and not Outside

Interview with The Slovenia Times, Ljubljana - 19 August 2015
http://www.sloveniatimes.com/biggest-obstacles-to-a-country%E2%80%99s-growth-lie-within-the-country-and-not-outside

EthicMark - A Global Initiative to make a Difference

Article by Ravi Chaudhry, Member, Judges Panel, EthicMark Awards ©
http://www.ethicmark.org/ravi-chandry-ethicmark-judge-lauds-efforts/

The Future of India Russia Relations

Article published by Russian International Affairs Council, Moscow - December 2014
http://russiancouncil.ru/en/inner/?id_4=4950#top-content

People all over the world have more that unites them than divides them

Article written for BMW Global Foundation, Berlin - October 2014
http://www.bmw-stiftung.de/en/people-ideas-views/bmw-foundation-global-table/

Responsible Entrepreneurship is the Key Driver of Responsible Leadership in the Nation

Address by Ravi Chaudhry, Chairman of CeNext Consulting: 23rd March 2013, at The Next Great Entrepreneur Meet: 2013, New Delhi
http://www.nextgreatentrepreneur.in/grand-finale.pdf

Transforming India by Ravi Chaudhry

Cover Story in Uday India: Issue dated 9th February 2013
http://www.udayindia.org/english/content_09february2013/cover-story2.html

Ravi Chaudhry's Address on Transformimg India at IIC New Delhi - 9Jan2013

I am most humbled that in our Winter of Discontent, such a distinguished group of knowledgeable citizens have braved real winter to join our dialogue today.
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Lure of the Green Card for Sustainability

Ravi Chaudhry’s Article in Business Standard – issue dated 7th January 2013:
http://www.business-standard.com/article/management/lure-of-the-green-card-113010700070_1.html

Corporate Social Responsibility – A pre-requisite for Success Hereafter

Ravi Chaudhry’s Address at 2nd Annual Canada-India Business Forum, New Delhi 6th November 2012
http://canada-indiabusinessforum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Final-Bios-Doc.pdf

Re-inventing Strategy to Cope with Future

Ravi Chaudhry’s Address at Pakistan India Management Summit, Lahore, Pakistan. 20 September 2012
http://www.nutshellforum.com/more-event-details.asp?id=247&eventid=70&title=Pakistan%20India%20Management%20Summit

Quest for Exceptional Leadership: Mirage to Reality

Ravi Chaudhry’s Keynote Address at 22nd IoD World Congress On Total Quality – The Catalyst for Ethical Business and Sustainability. 20 January 2012
http://www.iodonline.com/pdf/WCTQ/22wc.pdf

Ideas that can Change the World

Ravi Chaudhry’s Lecture at Global Annual Conference of the Club of Rome,in New Delhi, India. 9th November 2011
http://www.clubofrome.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/LIST-OF-SPEAKERS-Club-of-Rome-Annual-Global-Meeting-Nov-9-11-2011-New-Delhi1.pdf

Interview with Financial Express

A company that makes only money is considered to be a poor company
http://www.cenextconsulting.com/images/file/financial express interviews ravi chaudhry - 6nov2011.pdf
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Speech on Exceptional Leadership Award for Ratan Tata

Fellow residents of Planet earth, we are gathered here this evening to honour Mr Ratan Tata.

What exactly do we mean – when we say – honour someone.

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Horasis Global India Business Meeting June 21-22 2010

Ravi Chaudhry, Chairman, CeNext Group, India

http://www.aseanaffairs.com/events/horasis_global_india_business_meeting http://www.aseanaffairs.com/india_in_spotlight_aseanaffairs_magazine_jul_aug

Peace and Prosperity Through World Trade

Edited by Fabrice Lehmann, Evian Group at IMD Jean-Pierre Lehmann, IMD

Contributors:
Peter Sutherland, Victor Fung, Jean Pierre Lehmann, Kishore Mahbubani, James Bacchus, Fan Gang, Ed Gresser, Raju Kanoria, Shujiro Urata, Soogil Young, Natasha Hanshaw, Fredrik Erixon, Fabrice Lehmann, Felix Peña, Umberto Celli, Abdulaziz Sager, Mills Soko, Richard Higgott, Patrick Messerlin, Uri Dadush, Simon Evenett, Richard Newfarmer, Elisa Gamberoni, Bruce Stokes, Paola Subacchi, Carolyn Deere-Birkbeck, Mark Halle, Pradeep Mehta, Carlos Braga, Veena Jha, Marion Jensen, Faizel Ismail, Iqbal Quadir, Franklin Cudjoe, Haifa Al-Kaylani, Bright Simons, Karen Wilson, Talaat Abdel-Malek, Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz, Doaa Abdel-Motaal, Chandran Nair, Alexander van de Putte, Manzoor Ahmad, Herbert Oberhänsli, Nidal Salim, Nina Ninkovic, Marc Laperrouza, Cho-Oon Khong, John Wells, Surendra Munshi, Arthur Appleton, Stewart Hamilton, Bill Fischer, Martin Wassell, Thierry Malleret, Mike Garrett, Ravi Chaudhry, Céline Charveriat, Romain Benicchio, Valérie Engammare

BRIC TO T-BRIC

Article by Ravi Chaudhry in Economic times Issue dated 8th February 2010

Economically,Turkey is ready to join the BRIC quadrilateral (comprising Brazil,Russia,India and China) as a full-fledged member and make it a T-BRIC pentagon.

It has been amply clear since 2008 that the mantle of global GDP growth will hereafter be transferred from G-7 countries to E-7 emerging economies: BRIC countries plus Turkey (in Europe),Indonesia (in Asia) and Mexico (in America ).

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Keeping pace with technology

Article by Ravi Chaudhry in Business Standard: 9th October 2002

The message from the trailer of Manoj Shymalan's movie, Signs is quoted quite often, "The first sign you cannot explain. The second sign you can't ignore. The third sign you won't believe". It happens to us all the time. And yet, one does not always "act". More than ever before, today's times call for proactive responses, and a cheerful readiness to change the way we run our businesses.

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Future 500: A Catalyst to Transform Our Destiny

Speech delivered by Ravi Chaudhry, Convener, Future 500 India, at Future500 China Symposium in Beijing – October 18, 2005

Sisters and brothers of Planet Earth,

We meet here as global citizens, seeking to imbibe a new global consciousness, in all that we think, say or do. We wish to add a new meaning to our lives, and the lives of all others around us. We come from all over the world to share our experiences, and forge and fortify a new leadership ethos. A contemporary ethos for a contemporary world. In this noble task, we seek wisdom to shape our vision, momentum to spread the message, and growth in numbers of new corporate adherents – so that this becomes the new global benchmark of success.

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The Tripod of Future Leadership

Speech delivered by Ravi Chaudhry at Future500 China Symposium in Beijing – October 17, 2005

An attempt to explore the three key attributes of effective CEOs of the Future, and how these could help achieve not only the triple bottom line relating to profits, social betterment and ecological responsibility, but also the "triple top line" of joy, peace and satisfaction, in their personal lives.

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