Young leaders success code: Inspiring stories of young achievers.

Jain, Neetu

Young leaders success code: Inspiring stories of young achievers, Mamta Mohapatra and Narendra Nath Akhouri, Excel books, New Delhi, 2011, Pages 225, Price Rs 295.

Young leaders success code provides success stories of high achievers so as to guide young managers in their pursuit of excellence. The book was released by NHRD in partnership with IMI, on the occasion of 7th young manager's conference. Real life case studies of eleven leaders have been presented who have operated under widely heterogenous business situations. This book has crystallized the code of success for the new age leaders. The characteristic and expectations of the younger generation which constitute the future workforce have been analysed keeping in view the fast paced environmental changes of globalization and technological revolution. The authors have gathered primary information on how today's young leaders have become successful and therefore, identified their success code.

The book is divided into fourteen chapters. First chapter delineates the role of leadership in emerging context. Second chapter critically evaluates various Gen Y expectations and leadership implications. From chapter 3 to 13, each chapter covers success stories of business leaders. Thereby eleven success stories are presented. Chapter 14 concludes with factors that enables the young leaders to take on the challenges of the tomorrow, offering useful tips for motivating the Gen Y.

The book is first of its kind in contemporary Indian management literature to have systematically highlighted the Gen Y features and effectively gelled it with management lessons to engage the attention of all business leaders of today and tomorrow alike, to take on future challenges of effective leadership. This book contained many reflective statements which helps a person assess where does he/ she stand. A number of quotations inspire the reader to move that extra mile. This book shows the reader how to bring the best of who you are--your authentic self -to the workplace. It helps the reader find career success and satisfaction by inspiring them to define and follow their own path and their own style. It speeds one's journey to hitting one's unique stride, enhances one's work life and encourages one to live one's life dreams.. The authors in the form of real life stories shared with the readers the key to success for Gen Y through anecdotes and reflective exercises.

Neetu Jain

Assistant Professor

FORE School of Management