Employees First, Customers Second, Vineet Nayar
Employees First, Customers Second, Vineet Nayar
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Employees First, Customers Second
Turning Conventional Management Upside Down

Author: Vineet Nayar

Narrator: Shawn K. Jain

Unabridged: 4 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 05/20/2025


Synopsis

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One small idea can ignite a revolution just as a single matchstick can start a fire.

One such idea—putting employees first and customers second—sparked a revolution at HCL Technologies, the IT services giant.

In this candid and personal account, Vineet Nayar—HCLT's celebrated CEO—recounts how he defied the conventional wisdom that companies must put customers first, then turned the hierarchical pyramid upside down by making management accountable to the employees, and not the other way around.

By doing so, Nayar fired the imagination of both employees and customers and set HCLT on a journey of transformation that has made it one of the fastest-growing and profitable global IT services companies and, according to BusinessWeek, one of the twenty most influential companies in the world.

Chapter by chapter, Nayar recounts the exciting journey of how he and his team implemented the employee first philosophy.

Refreshingly honest and practical, this book offers valuable insights for managers seeking to realize their aspirations to grow faster and become self-propelled engines of change.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Prashant on April 16, 2012

I read this book when a person from HCL was going to visit my department for a seminar. They sent information beforehand that the workshop is about this book and that they will also have gifts for all of us. Well, it turned out to be a gimmick to sell the books. As far as I can remember now the conc......more

Goodreads review by Kaustubh on November 12, 2017

Vineet Nayar's turnarond story is one of the masterpiece of evolving nature of corporate stakeholder management. While reading the book the authors story telling and flow makes it more appealing and important. This book is all about emotions and understanding how people behave with the unknown. The......more

Goodreads review by Paul on May 12, 2020

How inverting the organizational pyramid and building a culture of trust can enable a company to create a passion for customer facing. Change and long term growth. Written by an Indian tech services CEO and based upon his personal experience, liberally laced with tales from his childhood and what he......more

Goodreads review by John on November 13, 2017

I discovered this book while I drove limos/shuttles and picked up a consultant who recommended this book to me. It's a winner! Clearly and warmly exposes the myths of conventional business management and the wastefulness of hierarchy and command and control centered organizations. It's a very simple......more

Goodreads review by Dave on July 25, 2021

This short read was a gem of a book! Placing employees above customers inverts the traditional business pyramid. Once I was finished my mindset shifted to developing employees to provide a stellar customer experience. One hang up was Nayars insistence it’s a Gen Y group of employees who bring these......more