Egypt, a country transformed in less than a month! Without getting into the politics of the region, I am transfixed by the very power of the youth movement that brought about this change. A simple Facebook group that took their protest from the virtual space to the streets and changed their world. Young leaders who had no sanction of authority but appealed to popular imagination.

It’s tough to escape the cricket fever these days with the ICC World Cup underway in the sub-continent. So let me begin the discussion on youth leadership with the man who has won his way into the hearts of a billion Indians and millions more worldwide: Sachin Tendulkar.

There is so much debate these days on the role of the company. So I decided to go back to the beginning – the definition of a company. The Webster dictionary defines a company as “an association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some commercial or industrial enterprise or business.”

I’d like to share a story I heard from a colleague about a Swedish multinational with offices in India. Discussing a New Year message to employees, the expat country head dissuaded the Indian communication team from using the term ‘family’ while referring to colleagues in the organization.

He says a successful company should demonstrate that the management team is as accountable to other employees as junior staff are to their bosses.