Every morning I try to get up two minutes earlier than I normally would. Some lovely peacocks stroll around my garden each morning and I want to see them. Every morning, without fail, they stop and take notice of me. They stare at me for a while and then flee in horror! This has become an everyday ritual — they are equally surprised to see me every freaking morning. When we came to India, my family and I were googling tigers and elephants and everything else about the country. But none of that prepared me for the peacocks — for me this has been a really pleasant surprise.
(This story appears in the 30 April, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
Nice to know Uninor is investing in Patna/Bihar also...
on Oct 14, 2011It is nice to hear good things from Stein. I have lived in the west and in India...and he is so right about people smiling in India. No doubt that there is a sense of competition and Indians are desperate to excel...but there is also a sense of content because of the close knit society and healthy social environment India has...One cannot get such social warmth anywhere else...
on Jul 20, 2010It is so nice to see a westerner writing about Indians without bias or prejudice. Most of them put on their "supposed" first world hat and whine about things which really are unfair to be expected from a developing country like India. I just put these people back in their places by describing to them in detail what a slum NY or London was when the Vijayanagar City was the best provided city in the world just a few hundred years ago.<br /> <br /> Great going Stein, you really represent the pleasant mild mannered gentleman who incidentally make up most of the western lot. You have assimilated into the society well and have contributed your part to India's growth. You are worthy of praise! Your tribe is most welcome in India.
on Jun 13, 2010Excellent absorption in a short time.<br /> Yes , mostly the work force is self motivated. The main motivations being progression in Career & presumed increase in perks & pay.<br /> Issues crop up, however, when organisations age. The pyramid comes into being. For every one picked up to go ahead, ten would become less than motivated.<br /> The HR challenge therefore is not much at the initial stage or till numerical growth is there. It starts in consolidation & maturity phase.
on Jun 12, 2010Good management lessons from this article on how to drive people and business in the highly competitive world. India being one of the crowded countries in telecom space, Stein has set clear directions for the organization and very good to know a strong believer in work -life balance.
on May 23, 2010