CIB eSPIRIT – Jan. to Mar. 2015

Dear Readers,

Caux Initiatives for Business is delighted with the fact that its quarterly ezine, CIB eSPIRIT has completed a year. Even prior to our July-Sept. 2014 issue, ‘Unveiling Good Leaders’, we had been very keen to document the lives of business persons with inspiring stories. Our confidence was derived from the past, on how the courageous decisions taken by CEOs or MDs could be an encouragement to many. The issue on JRD Tata only confirmed this when we saw the response it received.

With the start of a new year, CIB has decided to carry in each of these next four issues a story of businesspersons who have shown by their walk on the ‘road less travelled’ that it is possible to be ethical in business while still remaining competitive.

This issue, Vol. 2, Issue1, carries the story of a young MD from a small-scale industry in Mumbai, India. It reveals the accomplishments and struggles through the last 36 years and how despite all odds, they have remained a successful business enterprise.

Describing how some companies and leaders navigate the environment of uncertainty exceptionally well, renowned author of several business case studies, Jim Collins says, “They don’t merely react; they create. They don’t merely survive; they prevail. They don’t merely succeed; they thrive. They build great enterprises that can endure.” With this he describes how a CEO of an Insurance company chose not to dance to the gallery but through ‘fanatic discipline’ made tough choices that eventually paid off.

A couple of key traits have been found to make up the common thread in the stories you will find in this issue – courage and perseverance. It is our hope that just as much as we have enjoyed producing this magazine for you, you too would enjoy reading it.

Sanjiv Tare

Editor