All about Harsh Goenka

Harsh Goenka

Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG Enterprises

My leadership style
Delegative

The political leader I admire the most
Manmohan Singh

The business leader I admire the most
Ratan Tata

The leadership lesson I remember best
My father taught me a very valuable lesson: “Get a good group of managers around you and trust them.” Valuing people and relying on them became a big part of my approach to management.

A book or movie I would recommend on leadership
Gandhi

The difference between a manager and a leader
When you are a leader you work from the heart. A leader has a vision and behaves like an entrepreneur. As a manager, you work from the head and there is a certain aversion to risk taking.

Worst thing a leader can do
Demand others to tread a path that he is himself not prepared for.

All good managers aren’t good leaders
Yes, and the reverse, too, is true - all good leaders aren’t necessarily good managers.