On Friday, the investment fraternity was rattled by the news of an untimely demise of the young MD of a listed company belonging to a reputed industrial house. The MD succumbed to a cardiac arrest that evening. While the social media circles got busy mourning the sudden demise, a tweet…
Category: Corporate governance
Hurdles you need to avoid, to be a successful marathoner – (Part 2)
In my earlier blog (read here: Part 1 ), i had written about why business mangers should focus on running a marathon (in the business context) instead of a sprint. Should you be wanting to run the business marathon, hereunder are some hurdles that you need to steer clear of. While the Nifty…
Business lessons from running marathons – (Part 1)
I took up to running only a few years back. When I started, even running 100 mtrs was a tall ask and it made me wonder if I could ever, in my life, run long distances. Thanks to a lot of my acquaintances who have been running for longer, I…
Succession planning
It was only ~10 months back that the Tata-Mistry tussle broke out in the open, grabbing huge media attention and causing significant heartburn to investors in the wake of the uncertainty over the groups’ future, post Mistry’s ouster. Investors once again had to brace themselves, last week, for a similar development…
Just a ‘Well Spun’ story could make you miss the ‘Target’
Investors have often been at the receiving end of a story well spun (pun intended). Of course, stories differ from company to company. But the end result is the same, well almost – irreparable blow to management reputation, erosion in market value of the stock & loss of confidence in…