Building our list of interesting communities of leadership, I’m adding India’s Tata Group, Ratan Tata, Chairman.   A genuinely international conglomerate based in India, Tata Group interests me because

• It includes Tata Consultancy Services, market value $32 billion, now huge in both consulting and outsourcing.  TCS’s activity place Tata group at the center of India’s economic growth founded based outsourcing services and IT.
• Tata is involved in a wide range of industries, from IT to consultancy to steel to cars.
• It produces the Nano car, priced at $2200. leading the push toward ultra-low priced vehicles
• At 13th on Business Week’s list of most innovative companies, Tata is the highest ranked among Indian companies
• Founded in 1868, the group is over 140 years old: in addition to being at the forefront of India’s recent economic miracle, it has a long history dating back to the days of the British Raj.
• According the company website, two-thirds of the shares of Tata Sons, the central holding organizations are held by philanthropic trusts.

These are the five core Tata values, as set forth on the company website, (quoting0

• Integrity: We must conduct our business fairly, with honesty and transparency. Everything we do must stand the test of public scrutiny.
• Understanding: We must be caring, show respect, compassion and humanity for our colleagues and customers around the world, and always work for the benefit of the communities we serve.
• Excellence: We must constantly strive to achieve the highest possible standards in our day-to-day work and in the quality of the goods and services we provide.
• Unity: We must work cohesively with our colleagues across the group and with our customers and partners around the world, building strong relationships based on tolerance, understanding and mutual cooperation.
• Responsibility: We must continue to be responsible, sensitive to the countries, communities and environments in which we work, always ensuring that what comes from the people goes back to the people many times over.

The growing list of Interesting Communities of Leadership is at

http://lovingwork.org/interesting-communities-of-leadership

Scott is scott@lovingwork.org and @scottdowns3 on Twitter.

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