Mandhira Kapur - Through great leadership making meaningful differences
Selected by WCRCLEADERS Global as World's Best Emerging Leaders 2022, Mandhira Kapur of Sona Mandhira is a visionary and dynamic leader who is steering the growth of the company through passion and an immense drive towards excellence.
By WCRC Editorial · Global · 12 Nov 2022 · 3 min read
WCRCLEADERS Global in conversation with Mandhira Kapur, Managing Director, Sona Mandhira
Mandhira Kapur at the WCRCFEST in House of Lords, British Parliament UK
What makes a strong leader? What are your key leadership strengths that makes the strongest attributes of success?
Vision – A true leader must be able to develop and promote a compelling vision.
Inclusion – Leaders are not only visionary they are also practical and they make themselves part of the action – they roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty.
Passion and Drive – These are two key factors of success: Passion is inspirational whilst drive is the continuous action needed to achieve the vision.
Communication – To achieve a vision you need to be able to communicate this objective to your team. Its only through effective and constant communication that you can lead a team.
Honesty – As a personality trait and practice openness and honesty are vital for leaders. It instills confidence in your team and sets a clear path forward towards success.
An accomplishment that you consider to be the most significant in your career? What challenges did you face to reach to the success?
I have always felt comfortable with and around the auto industry. However when I decided to finally join it in 2020, my entry wasn’t exactly smooth. Despite being a very successful entrepreneur and manager, there were a lot of apprehensions thrown my way. Several people from the industry even questioned whether I would be able to manage the business single handedly.
I was determined enough to take on this task. With perseverance, I was able to understand the business requirements and build a team to give an apt response to the critics. And what a resounding response it was! Since she joined Sona Mandhira, the company has seen tremendous growth and over-achieved all the business targets. Under my leadership, the company is expanding into several new avenues like two-wheelers, electric vehicles and commercial vehicles verticals, besides expanding globally.
I believe that all these accomplishments are due to my belief in myself and my Sona Mandhira Parivaar team.
What is a role of leader in these challenging times. List 5 in order of priority.
