SCoRe – School of Communications and Reputation gave me an opportunity to be a part of Influence Now Communication Conclave #INCC2018. This Conclave was presented by Godrej and Reputation Today. It was held in Godrej Hubble, Mumbai.
It had a balance of professionals from the Industry and Public Relations fraternity. It had six sessions on various aspects of Influence by six corporate CEOs.
One of the speakers, Chandramouli Venkatesan, the author of “Catalyst” has a strong corporate track record of over twenty-five years. He is an alumnus of Anna University, Chennai and XLRI, Jamshedpur. He has worked in a variety of sectors in different roles. He started his career with Asian Paints in 1991 and worked across sales and marketing during his tenure. He joined Cadbury in 2005 and worked till 2016. His last role was as a managing director for India as Cadbury metamorphosed to Kraft Food and Mondelez.
I was fortunate enough to attend his session on “Catalyst-the ultimate strategies on how to win at work and in life.” He guided us and cleared the concept of how catalyst has the power to ignite passion and convert hard work into success.
He talked about the catalysts required to become successful:-
- Conversion of time to experience-how successful people convert time to experience more effectively than others and how this conversion of time to experience requires a Catalyst.
- Career Management-where how the second half of a forty year long career is very important. And success in the second half requires a catalyst.
- Work-life balance-where our life can be the ultimate catalyst to how successful you can be in your career.
It was one of the best sessions where I learnt the importance and value of a catalyst.
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