Spouses Are The Powerhouse Of Inspiration For Many CEOs

Vindi Banga

Vindi Banga,ex- president of Unilever global food business and former chairman of Hindustan Unilever talks about how his wife Kamini first came out with an idea of using the company’s logo in all their advertisements.

Banga says that “Kamini's complete support, and at the same time, frank feedback during the challenging transformation of Hindustan Unilever really helped".

Himanshu Kapania 

The year 1997 was the most critical year for the telecom sector. During this time, Himanshu Kapania was heading the marketing department in HCL Technologies, and was not ready to accept the offer to join Idea Cellular. It was his wife Sangita Kapania who compelled him to join Idea Cellular as the operations manager for half of Maharastra circle based in Goa. Today, after 16 years he has become the CEO of Idea Cellular which is an 46, 000 crore company.

D Shivkumar, ex-Nokia India MD, say that “A real work-life balance can only come with an understanding spouse”.

When CEOs are climbing the success, it is only their spouse who can stand by their side and guild them. According to Raman Roy, CMD, Quatrro, says that “If you are the boss, there will be too many 'yes men' and no one to tell you how stupid your idea is; only your spouse can do that”.

Many top executives sometimes don’t prefer to attend evening parties and functions if their spouses are not invited. Anil Sachdeva of Grow Talent says that there is a very thin line between a business life and socializing. He continued to say that “Companies encourage participation of families. Appreciating roles in front of spouses and families is a huge psychological boost".

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