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TERM PAPER
ON
LEADERSHIP STYLES
OF
N. R. Narayana Murthy
Presented By
K. Vasantha Sai
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N. R. NARAYANA
MURTHY
PROFILE
Born : August 20, 1946 Mysore, India
Occupation : Chairman Emeritus Infosys.
Net worth : $1.8 billion
Spouse : Sudha Murthy
Children : 2(Akshata & Rohan)
BRIEF INTRODUCTION
 He was the chairman and chief Mentor of Infosys during
1981 – 2011,
 He was the chairman of Infosys during August 2011 – May 2013
 His estimated net worth is $1.8 billion as of 2015.
 In 2009, his lectures delivered around the world have been
published as a book “A Better India: A Better World”.
CORPORATE PROFILE
 He has served as a member of the HSBC board and the Unilever
board.
 Murthy served as the founder CEO of Infosys for 21 years.
 He is a member of the President’s Council of the University of
Tokyo.
 He has also served as the Chairman of the Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad.
Leadership Styles
1)Never give up
 In 1976, Murthy founded Softronics, a company that lasted
a year and a half. When he realized that his first venture
wasn't taking off, he moved on.
 So he got failure in life but he never stopped.
2) Risk taking ability
 In 1981, a determined Murthy started Infosys with Rs 10,000 he
borrowed from his wife. In few years, Infosys went on to become
one of the largest wealth creators in the country.
 According to Murthy,” Think Big. Don't Hesitate to Start Small.”
3) Values
 For creating a successful organization, it requires creating trust in
people.
 And to create trust, the leader has to subscribe to a value system: a
protocol for behavior that enhances the confidence, commitment
and enthusiasm of the people.
4) Always a Learning Person

 For a successful leader, a constant learning process is very
important. When due to lack of knowledge, a leader cannot provide
solution to the team, he loses respect in their eyes. And sometimes
he has to pay a heavy price for that.
 Leadership and learning are indispensable.
 And Narayana Murthy Was also the such person because when he
lost money in his first venture Softronics in 1980, he learned from
his mistake and took care of all those things in life.
5) Talent Spotting and Division of Labor

 Murthy is known to have an eye for talent and a talent for dividing
labor.
 Narayana Murthy Knows that the success depends on placing right
people at right task. And hence he developed an ability to identify
the strengths of his team member and utilize them optimally.
6) Never Losing the Common Touch

 The big man of Indian IT kept his personal life simple. He lives in a
simple, middle class house and fly’s economy till date. Murthy has
always been accessible to people around him.
 So Murthy always believe in simplicity of life.
7) POSITIVE STYLE
 Mr. Murthy has a positive style of leadership i.e. a leader promotes
his follower to work hard by offering them rewards. Mr. Murthy
promotes his employee as per their ability. He always believes in
Honesty and Loyalty.
8) PERSONALITY MODEL
 Extraversion
Murthy is very friendly and socialite person. He always raises
his voice for social issues in India as election,
poverty, unemployment etc. He is also a part of various
education institutes of India as well as of foreign countries.
 Agreeableness
Undoubtedly Murthy is a person who is good natured and
cooperative because he manages to make Infosys a successful
company through the proper understanding with other founders of
Infosys.
 Conscientiousness
Narayana Murthy is a person who already set his targets, goals and
worked with other in organized and accurate way to get his
destination.
He ishonest because he handles to work in a group for a long time
without any controversy.
 Emotional Stability
He is emotionally very stable person and do not show his emotions
to others
 Openness to Experience
Narayana Murthy is a person who is eager to increase his knowledge
as we can understand that in 1970s computer field was new and not
a secure one but he choose that because of his tendency to amplify
the understanding.
CONCLUSION
After analyzing Narayana Murthy’s personality, values and attitude
I came to know that a person can become successful only if he has
good personality, value and attitude. Narayana Murthy is a person
who took risk, did hard work, being patient for results, and
cooperative; these qualities of his personality made him successful.

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