By Our Reporter
Shillong: Prof AK Dutta, Director, IIM Shillong, on Monday inaugurated an innovative programme — Zen and Art of Executive Leadership – on the IIM premises.
Addressing the inaugural function of the two-day programme, Prof Dutta highlighted the commitment of IIM Shillong in executive development and spoke about the various styles of leadership.
The Programme Director, Prof SK Majumdar while addressing the participants spoke about the importance and meaning of lifelong learning. He further summarized the immediate course objective in terms of “Increasing one’s influence as a leader, and developing effective leadership traits and behaviors.”
Some of the participants revealed their eagerness to realize personal strengths possessed and development needs necessary to be an effective leader all the while looking forward to a new leadership role in terms of knowing what to do and how to get performance results from followers and most importantly develop greater confidence.