Akta Sehgal Malhotra: Founder & Principal Advisor, Manas Management Advisors

1. What is your philosophy of efficient leadership in a corporate setting?

What makes a great leader or philosophy of efficient leadership? There isn’t one simple answer to that question, as there’s so much that goes into effective or efficient leadership. My philosophy of efficient leadership is:

External:

1.Trust your team
2 Empathy towards the team
3.Grow with them
4. Inclusive growth

Internal:
1. Admit your mistakes, call a spade is a spade
2. Lead by examples
3. Be passionate
4.Take initiative and be creative
5. Strong integrity
6. Panache

2. Given the chance, how would you redefine woman entrepreneurship?

Women, i feel do a great job as entrepreneurs, as they are extremely good in strategy, management and counseling. They are multi-tasking and competent in many areas due to their Home management skills. One area that i would focus on is the Financial empowerment of women and exclusive networking of women to be able to take their entrepreneurship to the next level. The day we make our business successful and at the same time manage our finances better, we would be able to redefine ourselves

3. What services does your company provides?

Manas Management advisor, is involved in Distribution of financial products like Mutual funds, Fixed Income Products, Risk cover and Financial Literacy mentoring programs.
We offer two such Programs
1. Wo – Mentoring on Money Matters
2. Fin – Mentoring on Money Matters
Our endeavor is to make as many women financially competent to be able to manage their own investments and break the myth – that investment is a mans world

4. What are your organization’s vision and core values?

Our Vision is – To demystify that financial services are only for the elite and the wealth – Small is beautiful
and to empower the youth and women to take their Investment decisions
Our core values are
Partnership – Your goal is our goal
Friendship – Help you assess your priorities and adjust your strategy accordingly
Client Centric
Integrity

5. What would you choose between following your passion and being practical? Why?

I would choose to follow my passion. Passion is a feeling of intense enthusiasm towards or compelling desire for someone or something. In the process of following my passion i would be practical so that i am not whimsical and pursue my passion the right way. I am fortunate to dovetail my passion and source of income and hence i am a blend of both. Its the passion that drives me to achieve the goal with Panache and use the most pragmatic ways thru my journey