Turn Covid-19 crisis into an opportunity, says HUL CMD Sanjiv Mehta

Humanise leadership, people need care not battle cry: HUL's Sanjiv Mehta

The year 2020 has shown that it is urgent and necessary, not just desirable, to humanize leadership, says Sanjiv Mehta, chairman and managing director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), India’s largest fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company. For decades, leadership has been practised as a cocktail of vision, passion and skills. This makes leaders ill-prepared to recognize and alleviate human suffering, let alone address the systemic issues that cause and perpetuate it. 

“It is time for those who care for good leadership to put compassion at the centre of leadership,” says Mehta at e-commerce firm Amazon’s flagship event Smbhav. "People need