The Importance of Shrewdness & Deception in Leadership. | Pavan Choudary | TEDxTaxilaBusinessSchool

Being shrewd should not be seen as ugly and manipulative. Even the holiest of men have
been shrewd, if not for themselves then for their friends.” “In fact Shrewdness is
unapologetically necessary for successful navigation in leadership.” “And to achieve
breakthrough results against entrenched interests a leader needs deception.”
“For a leader to be great he must have the dove, the fox and the snake in him.” Pavan
Choudary is the Managing Director of a leading French
Multinational, Vygon India. He is a Trustee with the Lal Bahadur National Memorial Trust, and sits on the
Advisory board of the Executive search firm, Executive Access .He is the Chairman of the
Medical Technology Association of India & Independent Director with Transasia Bio Medicals ltd. Author of the best-selling- How a Good person can really win (Earlier version-When You
are sinking become a Submarine),·He Has won the Intellectual
Icon of the Year Award’, ‘Business Excellence Award’ and , ‘Global Leadership Award’. He
conceptualized and hosted the TV show, Hum Aisey Kyun Hain? (Why are we like
that?) more than 70 episodes of which have been telecast nationally in India by Doordarshan
National, and wrote columns with the Times of India and the Deccan Chronicle.. This talk was
given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local
community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Pavan Choudary is the CEO and Managing Director of Vygon India Pvt. Ltd., a leading French Multinational in Healthcare.
Prior to this, he held senior positions at large Indian and Foreign MNCs.He is the Chairman of the Medical Technology Association of India & Independent Director with Transasia Bio Medicals ltd.
He is the promoter of the Unified Leadership & Wisdom Village Publications.
He is a Trustee with the Lal Bahadur National Memorial Trust, and sits on the Advisory board of the Executive Access Pvt Ltd.
Author of the best-selling- How a Good person can really win (Earlier version-When You are sinking become a Submarine) - recipient of the prestigious Eric Hoffer Award, Book Excellence Award and The Readers’ Favorite Award (finalist).
· Has won ‘Intellectual Icon of the Year Award’, ‘Business Excellence Award’ , ‘Global Leadership Award’. He assimilated TV show, Hum Aisey Kyun Hain? more than 70 episodes of which have been telecasted nationally by Doordarshan National. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx