On 4th February,2012
we got an appointment to meet Mr. Manavendra
Gokhale C.E.O Of Raj Oil Mills Ltd..(a company listed on the
Indian Stock Exchange).After narrating him about the project he started asking
us questions to know about our ability and understandinng of Management
subjects learnt in our b-school so that everyone would be at par when he starts
explaining the business insights of running the company.When Mr.Gokhale started
we were stunned by his knowledge and how his wide experience has helped him to
reach the level of C.E.O at such an early stage of life and on a lighter note
how being a C.E.O makes him a lonely person in the office as for his managers
he is the BOSS and for him The Board of Directors are the BOSS and there is
always as a BOSS and Sub-ordinate kind of atmosphere which he has to deal with.Moving
on, Mr.Gokhale had a great sense of story telling which he incorporated while
he shared his experience of working and how working smart and hard is
important.It was a great experience and thanks to Swapnil we got the
opportunity to meet such an influential person.
hi,
ReplyDeletenice story. Im also a management student. can you tell me if he was happy and cheerful at being CEO? I mean was it worth it - all this hardwork in terms of happiness?
yes he really enjoys being a C.E.O and was happy and cheerful as well.The most important thing is that he became a C.E.O at the age of 29 which is truly amazing.If you want any other info be free to ask.
DeleteHi thanks for your comment. I think 29 is amazing!! Can you tell me more about the pressure he faces as CEO. Since it is listed company there will be lot of market pressure to give good performance. How he handles pressure? Did he talk about mistakes he made and his learning process. any other info you can add also will be great! Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure..I shall upload the video we shot when we got to interview him.One thing which he mentioned was that during the early stage of his career he used to work on Saturday's and Sunday's and used to rarely take a holiday which now he thinks that he should have enjoyed those days more rather than working so hard.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Please post the link when you upload the video.
ReplyDeleteActually it is taking more than 3 hrs to upload the video on dis blog.i will upload it in a day or two.jst snd ur email id on thakuranisandeep@gmail.com i will notify u as soon as i upload it.
ReplyDeletesure. No problem. Thanks for your effort. Im planning to organise a screening of the video along with my friends. We are all management students eager to learn about management. My email id is madura.subbu@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThanks again!!
My pleasure...the video we shot was around an hour but we have edited it down to around 22 minutes.
ReplyDeleteHi Sandeep,
ReplyDeleteJust wondering when you will be able to upload. Eagerly waiting!
cheers,