Lessons from Legends - Inspiring and Invaluable quotes taken from the excerpts of speeches made by various guests in Great Lakes Institute of Management. In this series, presenting Mr. Narayana Murthy inspiring words from his speech at Great Lakes Institute of Management.

1. Great Lakes Institute of Management
Presents
- Powerful quotes from visionaries
- N. R. Narayana Murthy

2. “These are invaluable quotes taken from the
excerpts of speeches made by various guests in
Great Lakes Institute of Management.”
These excerpts were taken from N.R.Narayana Murthy talk at
Great lakes Institute of Management .
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3. Infosys was founded in 1981 by a
team of 7 professionals.
Our aspiration derived strength from
Leo Bernard word and I quote him,
“When you reach for the stars, you
may not quite get one but you
wouldn’t open up with a full of mud
either”, that’s what he said.
- JOURNEY OF INFOSYS
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4. Businesses faced difficulties in timing
even basic infra-structures like
phones and data communication
lines. Our resolve was based on
Samuel Johnson’s words, “our
aspirations are our possibilities.”
Thus, we decided to go ahead and
take our chances.
- MOTIVATION TO OVERCOME
DIFFICULTIES
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5. Entrepreneurial ventures require
inspirational leaders who will act as
change agents in bringing
transformational progress. Leadership
is about raising the aspirations of
followers. It is about making people
believe in themselves. It is about
making people more confident. It is
about making them achieve miracles.
- IDEAS AND PRINCIPLES of INFOSYS
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6. At Infosys, our value system can be
summed up by our belief that
“The softest pillow is a clear
conscience”. Simple rules and easy to
understand, easy to follow and easy
to communicate, above all you
cannot cheat people with simple
rules.
- INFOSYS – VALUE SYSTEM
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7. At Infosys, our employees are our
most valued assets. Respect your
employees, provide them the
challenge in work opportunity,
create good career prospectus for
them and invest in worldinfrastructure physical and
technological.
- IMPPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEES
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8. A company has to be fair to every one of
its stakeholders. It is best to bring bad
news to the investors early on a
proactive basis. We at Infosys say let the
good news take the stairs, let the bad
news take the elevator. Investor respect
organizations that disclose their
mistakes and resolve to improve.
- IMPPORTANCE OF STAKEHOLDERS
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9. A corporation survival depends on
satisfying and exceeding the
customer’s expectation. Unless we
live up to the best examples of the
customers’ focus and customers’
fairness, we cannot enhance and
maintain our market share.
- IMPORTANCE OF CUSTOMERS
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10. No corporation can sustain a
progress unless it makes a difference
to a society. The core value of Infosys
is therefore a strong sense of social
responsibility.
- INFOSYS – CORE VALUE
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11. The challenge of Indian
companies is to create the
powerful international brands
and that are recognized globally.
Benchmarking on a global scale
is the only way to compete
internationally
- BENCHMARKING
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12. There will be instances when your
integrity will be tested. Remember that
integrity would be your most important
attribute. Lead your team to fight for
truth and never compromise the values.
Destiny I believe is not the matter of
chance; it is indeed a matter of choice.
- INTEGRITY AN IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTE
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13. THANK YOU
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