Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Social Entrepreneur

Furthering this agenda is a dedicated team of 1,500 people. Mr. Gupta opines the biggest problem is to bring a sense of belongingness. He cites an example: if your kin wakes you up at 3 o’ clock in the night for a medicine, you would go and get it. Next day, if your boss calls you up and says it is an urgent call then you think why has he called me, am I the only person left. In the second case, the person does not have that sense of belongingness. This sense comes if an organisation is sincere with its employees. For this, “promise only what you can deliver,” is the mantra. At Kent, Mr. Gupta treats employees like a family. “Create a cascading effect of belongingness and you create a team of belongingness. This way the culture of an organisation is created,” he adds.

So how much does the engineer in him enjoys being an entrepreneur, ask him and he says, “I have created something and I am happy that people are enjoying it.” There is a difference between a professional and an owner, he says and adds that when he decided to quit IOCL his management asked him why he wanted to leave. His reply was “I have to create something.” He says all entrepreneurs are created from this urge of creativity. “Entrepreneurs who come just for creating money, are all gamblers.” True entrepreneurs come with a sense of social responsibility, he affirms and highlights that Kent is doing a lot as part of CSR activities. “I believe in the values of art of living and we promote a number of activities under this banner, for example providing clean drinking water to villagers. We have set up a plant in Kanpur and others are being planned.” Click here to read more....

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