The last 18 months have spawned a lot of advice on leadership in turbulent times. But this post on a book by former Satyam Computer Services employees holds extra weight because of the depth of Satyam’s difficulties and the leadership lessons it learned while trying to recover.
Founder and chairman Ramalinga Raju’s confession to accounting fraud in 2009 left the business battered, its reputation in tatters and morale among over 50,000 employees decimated.
In their book, “Riding the Tiger – Leading through Learning in Turbulent Times”, authors Priscilla Nelson and Ed Cohen chart how it rebuilt itself deploying a “Lights On” strategy indicative of the business’s desperate need for transparency and integrity.
