Leadership Trends of 2025 & Building the Workforce of Tomorrow

Yet those who embrace this uncertainty and treat it as a catalyst for growth come out on top. They take calculated risks, test new approaches, and adapt their operating and business models to the changing landscape. In doing so, they not only survive but thrive amid disruption.

Odgers brought together industry leaders of Kolkata to talk about-

• How they are tackling the supply-demand mismatch in critical talent, and the evolving playbook for attraction, development and retention
• The leadership attributes needed today, balancing entrepreneurial agility with system-oriented rigour
• What professionalisation means in practice: governance, clear decision rights, succession and organisational design
• How culture and change management underpin performance: meritocracy, learning, and values-to-behaviour alignment

Thanks to the eminent participants of the roundtable dialogue:

• Aditya Poddar, Managing Partner, Subhshree Logistics LLP
• Prabal Basu, Independent Director & Board member, Peerless Group
• Rudra Chatterjee, Managing Director, Luxmi Tea & Chairman Obeetee Group
• Sandip Ghose, Managing Director and CEO, MP Birla Cement
• Vikash Lohia, Deputy Managing Director, Jupiter Wagons Ltd