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Jorge Gerdau
Jorge Gerdau
Corporate Culture
Jorge Gerdau explains that the secret to his Brazilian steel company’s longevity, which has lasted five generations, was the continuity in the firm’s values.Duration: 01:10
Ranjan Kapur
Ranjan Kapur
Corporate Culture
Ranjan Kapur, the India country manager of the WPP advertising agency, describes his human resources philosophy: empowering employees (which he describes as "letting the tiger out of the cage"), using a lean staff to produce more, and giving workers a clear goal and road map to get there.Duration: 02:46
Sizwe Nxasana
Sizwe Nxasana
Corporate Culture
Sizwe Nxasana, the founding partner of SizweNtsalubaGobodo, the largest Black accounting firm in South Africa, as well as the former CEO of Telkom and FirstRand Group, describes the importance and results of maintaining high professional standards at his accounting firm.Duration: 01:56
Hüsnü Özyeğin
Hüsnü Özyeğin
Corporate Culture
Hüsnü Özyeğin, the founder of one of Turkey’s largest financial services groups, expresses the view that corporate culture is key in banking, and explains how he delegated responsibility to his future successor to hire new staffDuration: 01:16
Ratan Naval Tata
Ratan Naval Tata
Global Expansion
Ratan Naval Tata, former chair of the India-based diversified business group Tata Group, describes his company's acquisition of Jaguar/Land Rover in the UK and some of the challenges in convincing the employees that Tata was not going to sell the plant.Duration: 03:12
Muhammad Alagil
Muhammad Alagil
Human Resources
Muhammad Alagil, Chairman of Jarir Investment in Saudi Arabia, discusses how the company has fostered local talent rather than relying on expatriates, and observes the impact of the growing number of women employees, and the restrictions on family members working in the company.Duration: 07:29
Kutayba Alghanim
Kutayba Alghanim
Human Resources
Kutayba Alghanim, Chairman of Kuwait-based Alghanim Industries, a highly diversified business group, discusses the strategies of his son Omar (the group’s current CEO) to recruit more Kuwaitis and more women into management.Duration: 06:33
Dr. Manu Chandaria
Dr. Manu Chandaria
Human Resources
Manu Chandaria, Chair of the Kenyan-based steel and aluminum group Comcraft, discusses the importance of serving as a moral role model and of setting examples for his employees.Duration: 01:11
Fadi Ghandour
Fadi Ghandour
Human Resources
Fadi Ghandour, founder of Dubai-based courier company Aramex and a leading entrepreneur in the Gulf, discusses how he found talent in the early stages of his start-up as he sought to challenge Western incumbents.Duration: 04:24
Mo Ibrahim
Mo Ibrahim
Human Resources
Mo Ibrahim, the founder of the African telecommunications company Celtel and later a major corporate philanthropist, describes how he recruited and trained talent in Celtel.Duration: 05:28
Shinta Widjaja Kamdani
Shinta Widjaja Kamdani
Human Resources
Shinta Kamdani, owner of Indonesian-based consumer products and energy company Sintesa Group,describes the changes she made to the organizational structure and culture of the company when she took over leadership from her father.Duration: 02:11