September 24, 2010

WSJ: How To Get Hired At Wipro

The Wall Street Journal was doing a story on How to Get Hired at Wipro. Then we got talking about things like Leadership Qualities that help people succeed at Wipro and of course the vital question:What helps an individual grow at Wipro?My answer: First would be strategic leadership. This would involve an individual’s understanding of the business environment and ability to inspire people in that direction.The second quality will be customer-centricity. Your customer decides whether you have met their expectations or not. Thus, to grow you need to understand customer priority.The third would be to work in collaboration to get a multiplier effect. This is a huge trade quality one must have. For example, as an individual you are able to achieve X and someone else achieves Y. Instead of working to get a collaborated result that is a sum of X+Y, people should instead work to get a result that is X x Y.Building talent will be the fourth. This helps in promoting different styles of doing the same thing. There is a widely known 70:20:10 model of development that describes what helps people to grow. According to this model, 70% of a professional’s development happens from experiences gained while at the job. If the job is challenging enough it contributes 70% to the individual’s development. Some 20% is driven by the kind of mentor you work with at a level senior to yours and the remaining 10% comes from the formal inputs and classroom sessions you have. Coaching is a significant part of development. The more conversations you have with an expert the more you learn.