India's Most Trusted CEO 2021, Automotive - Vineet Sahni, Lumax
Selected as India's Most Trusted CEO 2021 by WCRCLEADERS, Vineet Sahni, Group CEO of Lumax is a visionary leaders who leads from the front creating aspirational growth targets and his adaptability to changes.
By WCRC Editorial · Global · 14 Jun 2021 · 3 min read
India's Most Trusted CEO 2021, Automotive - Vineet Sahni, Lumax
Selected as India's Most Trusted CEO 2021 by WCRCLEADERS, Vineet Sahni, Group CEO of Lumax is a visionary leaders who leads from the front creating aspirational growth targets and his adaptability to changes.
What makes a strong leader? What are your key leadership strengths that make the strongest attributes of success .
A strong leader is defined by the manner in which he/she is able to create a vision for the organisation and to align the team with the aspirational target. He should be able to ignite the same passion as his, within his team members. The leader must lead from the front. He must earn the trust of his team and vice-versa, this is a two-way process.
An acc o m p l is h m e n t t h a t yo u c on sider t o b e t h e m o s t si g nifi c a n t in yo ur c ar e er? What challenges did you face to reach to the success.
Though there have been many professional accomplishments I can be proud of but the following are very close to my heart:
In 2005-06, the company that I was then working for, I managed a business acquisition with an international auto brand. At that moment, we did not have the product knowledge & set up to cater to this customer. When I asked them why did they gave the business to us, their response was - we trusted you and had faith in you to deliver. My personal credibility won and sustained that business win.
Conducted two very successful global acquisitions in 2011-13, one worth approx. Rs 3600 Crore and other Rs 150 Crore within a short span of 15 months. These repositioned the company as the largest automotive lighting company in India with potential localisation of technology.
Transformation at Lumax in the initial 5 years has been very challenging and equally satisfying when one sees the turnaround.
What is a role of leader in these challenging times. List 5 in order of priority.
1. TRUST & Faith in people and earning their trust
3. View adversity as a challenge/opportunity
5. 100% Involvement of employees in decision making and ensure two-way communication flow, both as feedback and feedforward
What is your vision and how do you share that with your shareholders, employees and others?
