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Wednesday, Sep 08th
Making Corporate Governance Work for YouMaximising Effectiveness of Corporate Boards
Directors are under siege as never before. Shareholders, investors, regulators, NGOs and courts are all examining their role and scrutinising their decisions ever more minutely and in full glare of media.
The aftermath of the Sarbanes Oxley Act in US and Derek Higgs Review in UK and Naresh Chandra Committee’s report in India has only added to the already onerous duties of directorship. Directors themselves are terribly confused over their role. While on one side there are calls for abolition of non-executive directors, there is, on the other hand, a clamour for the enhancement of their role in the corporations. The subject of corporate governance, though ever so vital after successive accounting frauds, has never seemed more muddled. There is an urgent need, therefore, to understand this concept and how it can work for you as an investor, shareholder, fund manager, CEO, company director, lawyer, banker, insurer, political leader, trade union leader, corporation’s employee, supplier, customer and ordinary citizen....full detaills
Power of Collaborative Governance
Corporate governance has become an issue of worldwide importance. The corporation has a key role to play in providing employment, public and private services, goods and infrastructure....full detaills
Thriving and Creating Wealth in the e-World
"Industrial age techniques such as Kaizen, Benchmarking, TPM and Six Sigma ought not be engaging senior management attention in the network economy of today", says Dr Mehra. "In the warpspeed economy of today the value is added not by perfecting the same but by being different, profoundly different. Using your best people simply to cut costs through process improvements or trying to catch up with competitors through benchmarking is a gigantic waste of human capital." ...full details
Profiting From the Upcoming Century of Chaos
Becoming World Class
"Dr Madhav Mehra is a phenomenon, nothing describes him better."
Ola Ullsten, Former Prime Minister of Sweden at the 8th World Congress on Environment Management, Palampur, 2006"
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Dr Mehra, I just read your commentary on Satyam....You made one of the wisest observations on board failures I've ever read - "It is difficult to understand something when your salary depends on not understanding it".Brilliant!
Ralph Ward, Boardroom Insider
"Dr Madhav Mehra, has played a significant role to bring about a change in the mindset of the corporate world. India will remember him as a great pioneer who foresaw such a need and strove for inculcating a culture of quality in all spheres of activity."
S S H Rehman Executive Director, ITC Group of Hotels
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"I have known Dr Mehra for the last 8 years in my capacity as the Chairman of the Centre for Social Responsibility,..... Chairman of the S.M. Charitable Trust . I am amazed by the energy, enthusiasm and dedication that he brings to every idea he promotes."
P.N. Bhagwati, Former Chief Justice of India
"Rarely does one come across a legend like Madhav Mehra. I have witnessed his dedication everywhere: building community centres for gaddies of Dhauladhar, hospital and school for slum dwellers in Delhi and addressing corporates on the social role of their business."
Dr Sahib Singh, Ex-Chief Minister, speaking at SM Medical Centre, 13.04.04"
"Had Dr Madhav Mehra just been the founder of the IOD, that in itself would have been a piece of work tat the present and future generations would cherish. But by establising so many other organisations, he has really ensured that we respect him as a pioneering figure of all te good that Indian business is striving for."
Javed Husain, Professor and former Dean of Engineering
"Address of Dr Mehra was a unique experience. I aspire to listen to him again and wish Dr Mehra can find time to address youth in the colleges."
MK Yadav, Hindustan Zinc LTD
"Dr Mehra has given a unique dimension to CSR. His interpretation is particularly relevant to us and we must invite him once again to address our top executives"
Hon'ble Carlton Davis, head of Jamaica's Civil Service"
"Dr Mehra's passion comes alive from his speeches"
Uma Arora, Chairman Idam Learning
"Dr Madhav Mehra's keynote address was the most thought provoking"
N A Patil & R B Rajpune
