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MR. Sunil Kaul, Chief Operating Officer,
Behr India, SPEAKS

sunil kaul Question 1: What do you think has worked for you in terms of Talent Management during this difficult economic time?
With new challenges facing the marketplace, a highly engaged, motivated and productive talent base was more important than ever. Behr India started BILD (Behr Initiative for Leadership development programme) in early 2008 along with Dale Carnegie. Objective was to develop second level leadership and create strong team Work. 40 potential leaders from middle management went thru this 1 year programme. By the time economic downturn took us by surprise, we were already geared up to face the challenge. We were united, creative and word impossible was not heard in the meetings.

Question 2: When a leader makes a big difference in any organization, what organization wide “leadership practices” one could initiate to tide through this difficult time?
Extraordinary times required extraordinary efforts. Communication during such periods forms the back-bone of all initiatives. We can share what worked well for Behr India. It all started by sensitizing the employees about the global economic situation & what impact it had on Behr India. Each & every employee was engaged & empowered to come up with short term projects to achieve the company’s goals & objectives. Teams were brainstormed to discuss the opportunities to get out of this sitiation. Team focused on internal measures by sacrificing earlier comforts and also looked outside for new avenues of business. In following the austerity measures, top management walked the talk. Each one of us worked with people to ensure the completion of projects on time & kept on celebrating small success. This way of working helped us build trust and transparency.

Mr. Sunil Kaul – Chief Operating Officer, Behr India

Education

BE (Mechanical) from Thapar Institute of Engg & Technology in 1980

MBA from Stuttgart Institute of Management Technology

26 years of total work experience.

1980-85 Toshiba Anand

Responsible for Production & Maintenance of button cell plant.

Since 1985 with Anand Automotive Systems

1985-96 Purolator India He was the locational Head and was responsible for largest manufacturing location of Purolator India. He was responsible for reducing the inventory to 1/3, developing exports market and successfully achieved set target of 30% of sales as exports to BOSCH. Also successfully settled Union Agreements, linked to productivity.

Since 1996 with Behr India

Question 3: As a leader and Head at Behr India, what are some of the recent initiatives you have taken in making sure that your people remain fully “productive”, “engaged” and also boost their morale?

Development of people – BILD 2008, VLFM (Visionary Leadership for Manufacturing), 6 Sigma, ALIVE and developing in-house training modules and faculty.
Connecting with employees - family day celebrations, regional festival celebrations, couple dinner, employee engagement in CSR activities
C-90 drive – cost reduction drive within 90days, focusing on overhead reduction, value engineering, inventory reduction and Challenging team to Generate addittional Revenue.
Open & honest communication thru town hall meetings

Question 4: Which leader do you admire most and why?
Leadership is about managing situations and different Leaders have been successful in different situations. Would not like to name one. I have been inspired by the Book “Maverick” (The Success story behind the Worlds most unusual workplace) Author Ricardo Sammler.

Question 5: Your favorite inspirational quote?
Nothing is impossible. Impossible takes little longer to happen.

Question 6: Free time pursuits?

Reading Books on Psychology.