Guest Lecture on Leadership and Communication

The Human Resources Club – ETICA of Poornaprajna Institute of Management conducted a guest lecture on the topic ‘LEADERSHIP & COMMUNICATION’ on 25th September 2019 for the First and Second year MBA students. The guest lecture aimed at enhancing and building the essential Leadership and Communication skills among the students which would prepare them for future challenges.

Dr.Nalina Ganapathi, Senior Administrative Secretary – Social Finance, Enterprises Department, International Labor Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, and Dr.Janani Ganapathi, Postdoctoral Researcher – Queensland University of Technology, Australia were the Resource persons for the day.

Dr. Bharath Florally welcomed Dr. Nalina Galinapathi- the key speaker for the day.

Dr. Krishna Kothai, Director- Poornaprajna Centre for Research & Development who was also present during the session welcomed Dr.Janani Ganapathi.

Speaking on the occasion Dr.Bharath V., Director of the Institute urged the students to build and develop management skills which have become mandatory if one has to survive in the ever-competitive corporate world.

In her opening comments, Dr. Janani said that Becoming a leader is not easy. It takes passion, personal reflective insight and resilience. Adding on she said that “Sound” Leadership is often recognized as being fundamental to achieving personal, individual and collective organizational

success and that the need for “good” leaders is constant, in all sectors, in all organizations, countries, and nations.

She made the students involve in multiple group activities and case discussions.

Further, she also highlighted the differences between a Manager and a Leader and how a student needs to be more of a leader than just a manager.

Another speaker Dr. Nalina Ganapathi, said that Communication in an organization is a dynamic transaction consisting of verbal and non-verbal messages and using both formal and informal channels. She stressed that the communication process can be affected by a number of factors including the medium selected in which one wishes to deliver the message, language issues, and cultural differences. She demonstrated the same by involving volunteers to perform the ‘Chinese Whispers’ in which all the students took part very actively.

Dr. Nalina highlighted the Basics of Effective Communication and explained the 7 Cs of Effective Communication. She also added that “Communication and interpersonal skills remain at the top of the list of what matters most to recruiters.” She demonstrated the various barriers to communication by involving students from both First and Second year MBA through different activities.