“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell
With its headquarters in Mumbai, Aditya Birla Group is a multinational conglomerate operating in 35 countries with more than 1,20,000 employees. It is the third largest Indian private sector behind TATA group with revenue just over $100 billion and RIL with revenue $74 billion. This group was founded by Seth Shiv Nandan Birla in 1857 and now has grown into a huge umbrella covering almost all domains of the industry. Throughout their growing, Aditya Birla group have become well known in sectors like staple fiber, metals, viscose yarn, branded apparels etc. and later on in 1960, the company expanded their business into cements and chemicals. The group had an approximate revenue of $44.3 billion in the year 2018.
From building pillars, bridges, roads from Ultra Tech Cement to redesigning formal attire from Van Heusen and Allen Solley, from providing education and health care to under privileged to taking initiatives to move towards sustainable development, Aditya Birla Group has been successful in creating an organization which caters and cares about all. The impact ABG has on the community and the people, their contributions to make everyone’s life better is an inspiration and for this reason ABG group has a huge impact on my life.
Overcoming the challenge…
I can think of one challenge which I faced at my workplace. Before joining SDA Bocconi Asia Center, I used to work at TCS as an SAP BASIS Consultant.
On an upgrade activity, our system completely stalled, we regrouped, coordinated with the team to find the solution and get the upgrades back on track. We were able to successfully troubleshoot the issue and solve the problem within a very short span of time and without loosing out much time and burning the team. I was able to do this by constant motivation from my managers and leads. This was one of the instants where in I learnt how to manage time, how to remain calm and composed in a challenging situation, how to communicate within the team to get a proper solution for a problem
