Top Companies for Leaders India 2014: Testimonials

"At Hindustan Unilever, we believe in inculcating a 'Leaders build Leaders' mindset early on and are committed to honing business and leadership acumen through a strong learning curriculum. Building thought leaders and leadership capability is an integral part of our talent principles and is a well-articulated philosophy that we have been following for decades.

It is extremely humbling to be recognized as No. 1 in the Top Company for Leaders among other esteemed organizations. This recognition is also special as it comes at a time when we enter the 60th year of our Unilever Future Leaders Programme (UFLP), a flagship program which has over the years groomed brightest young minds into future leaders.

Participating in the Top Companies for Leaders study is a good opportunity for us to reflect on our talent and leadership philosophies and benchmark ourselves with other world class organizations. We are committed to building a future ready talent pipeline by identifying, developing and grooming high potential talent to deliver our ambitious business targets and look forward to the results of this study to imbibe learnings in our leadership philosophy."

B P Bidappa
Hindustan Unilever Limited

"At Godrej, we are committed to developing our leadership and talent pipeline to meet the needs of our dynamic businesses. Being a part of the list of Top Companies for Global Leaders reinforces our strong belief in our leadership practices. The study has enabled us to critically compare our people practices with other best-in-class organizations and look for avenues to continuously improve."

Sumit Mitra
Godrej Industries

"In Mahindra Group, we strive to create an Organization where Leaders are proud to work for. We strongly believe that our Organization DNA is such that Leaders have a pride of association and are ready to go an extra mile to create workplace identities which is a true hallmark of any preferred employer. Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders Study helps us to understand the finer nuances and various practices that Organizations should follow in order to create an identity for Leaders. It also helps us to reflect on areas that we need to develop /strengthen and matters that we need to preserve to build a Leadership ecosystem within the Organization. The Study has been very revealing and the experience of interacting with the Aon Hewitt team has opened our eyes to the plethora of opportunities that we have in order to build our Leadership brand.

As a Group, we have a lofty aspiration of being "Among the Top 50 most admired global brands by 2021" and a powerful Leadership brand will help us in the journey of achieving our Group Aspiration. The Aon Hewitt study therefore provides significant inputs which we intend to leverage to further strengthen our Leadership brand."

Prince Augustin
Mahindra Group

"The Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders study is a very comprehensive study, which provides a framework to organisations to reflect on and assess their leadership practices. The study also provides an opportunity to learn the best leadership development practices of other organisations. Leadership development is of paramount importance at Marico and our development efforts are geared towards building the leadership capability of our talent. The insights and learning from our participation in the 2010 study enabled us to strengthen our practices. This recognition in 2014 is a testament of our endeavour to have strong leadership development practices which deliver on our talent value proposition and strengthen our employer brand in the talent market."

Ashutosh Telang
Marico Limited