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    Azim Premji is an Indian business tycoon who is the chairman of Wipro Limited. He dropped out of Stanford University to take over his father's hydrogenated cooking fat company and transformed it into a global IT company called Wipro. As the leader of Wipro, he demonstrated exemplary leadership skills such as setting an ambitious vision, taking risks to diversify into new businesses, treating employees with respect, and learning from failures. His self-confidence and long-term perspective have been key to Wipro's success over the decades.

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    Azim Premji is an Indian business tycoon who is the chairman of Wipro Limited. He dropped out of Stanford University to take over his father's hydrogenated cooking fat company and transformed it into a global IT company called Wipro. As the leader of Wipro, he demonstrated exemplary leadership skills such as setting an ambitious vision, taking risks to diversify into new businesses, treating employees with respect, and learning from failures. His self-confidence and long-term perspective have been key to Wipro's success over the decades.

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    Azim Premji is an Indian business tycoon who is the chairman of Wipro Limited. He dropped out of Stanford University to take over his father's hydrogenated cooking fat company and transformed it into a global IT company called Wipro. As the leader of Wipro, he demonstrated exemplary leadership skills such as setting an ambitious vision, taking risks to diversify into new businesses, treating employees with respect, and learning from failures. His self-confidence and long-term perspective have been key to Wipro's success over the decades.

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    ] His ability to create
    and articulate a
    realistic, credible
    attractive vision of
    the future for the
    organization and
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    present.
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    6 Ability to stimulate others to high performance

    6 A blend of personal humility & professional will

    6 Emphasis on merit.

    6 Create an environment of enthusiasm ( convert average


    performers to high performers)

    6 Strong leader- set a vision and enthuse people to


    achieve those vision.

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