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KUMON INDIAS FOOD DIVISION

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Yatin Kak, Director in charge of the foodsdivision of Kumon India had resigned

Key personnel leave the organisation

Tridev Puri VP(Operations), washcare divisionasked to take over

Asked to pursue growth target of 35%

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Needs to build team morale and show theway to a completely Kak dependent team

Problems of transporters strike, demand forincreased commission

managers not able to take decisions

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Yatin Kaks resignation

We do it for kak, we can nt leave him alone

Growing unrest in the foods division, a depletedteam

Demand for a growth rate of 35%

Transporters strike and higher demand forcommission

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Inventory problem adding to pressure

Kalra gets hospitalized because of a typhoidattack

Inability of the planning manager to takedecisions

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Charismatic leader

He had built a very strong team spirit

Did not demand excellence

His team derived inspiration from him andworked to please him

Not organization driven

Not able to bring in changes

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Authentic and Participative leadership style Supportive and have faith on subordinates

Keeps professional success over personalgrowth

Has long term perspective

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Delegation of responsibility

Striving for innovation and new ideas

Non intrusive in decisions taken bysubordinates

Does not indulge in personal favours toimprove morale

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Worked alone not with a team

Neglected his team as there was nointeraction with them

Able to achieve difficult tasks all by himself

Performance oriented

No morale building

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Team spirit

If the leader is the sole anchor, then in hisabsence employees cant find their own way

Leader can make a team work to please him

Goal setting plays an important role as towhat the employees strive to achieve

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Innovation and new ideas

Flexibility

Organizational goals above personal goals

Planning

Do work to achieve more (Re-defined theword work in orgsanisation)

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Working alone leaves no back up in case ofemergency

No delegation of responsibility renders a teamuseless

Hard work and being achievement oriented paysoff in being successful

Perfection in work leads to quality

Persistent effort leads to solutions

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Over reliance on an individual is not good Planning is important

Must always be ready to fight competition High risk to company because of reliance on a

single product Strive for excellence A company is not about individuals

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The Right Leader is Mr. Tridev Puri as

The choice of successor to Kak was betweenTrivedi Puri and Gurdeep Kalra. Kalra was highachiever,but worked alone. So, Puri was moreof a Team Man

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Presented By : (Group 7)

745 Sania Thakur750 Sonal758 Navjot Pal