E16 - Hema Hattangady - Lift Off

Hema Hattangady, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in commerce, with the tenth rank in Karnataka University. She did her post-graduation in management from the Indian Institute of Management Kolkata in 1987. She also has a post-graduate diploma in French from Karnataka University. She started her career as Client Service Executive at Bangalore advertising firm Adwit India. She became General Manager in two years heading New Delhi and Bangalore branches, adding high profile and long-term clients.

Vice Chairman & CEO of Conzerv Systems Pvt Ltd until we sold to Schneider Electric in June 2009. Conzerv was in the business of Consulting, Training & Products for Energy Efficiency. Led the transformation of the business from family owned into venture funded and professionally managed business that became a trend-setter and brand leader in digital meters and energy efficiency in India. 

Hema also mentors women entrepreneurs and women leaders and coaches start-up entrepreneurs and leaders of not for profits. 

Timestamps from the episode

Demons, Hema the CEO was facing - 2:42

Advice to women professionals - 7:08

Importance of coaching & mentoring - 17:03

Transformational HBR program - Fred Smith’s story - 22:38

Being ahead of the game - 29:50

IST message - 37:56

Key quotes and references from the episode: 

Advice for Women professionals

Stand up and be counted

Look for people who believe in you, create cheer leaders around you

Be fearless in thinking big, follow your heart

Leverage a coach to navigate your journey

Importance of mentors

Acknowledge the need to talk to someone

Coach - Friend - Philosopher - Guide

If I am repeatedly hitting a brick wall, time to seek help

Importance of Culture 

Culture gets transmitted through actions and not through sloganeering

Fiercely demanding and deeply caring

Reward and penalize for things you want them to do and you don’t want to do

Being ahead of the game

Thought leadership - Conserve my campus to conserve my world

Rest and recuperation

Interns to lead culture changes

Driven by thinking out of the box and change the game

Hema’s book - Lift Off

Links referenced in the conversation - HBR Course   Mothers work

Hema Hattangady  can be reached on LinkedIn or Website

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