8th Mar 2022 | By : | Tags: press-release

ALP-QUEST - aimed at senior leadership - Over 2 decades of partnership of enabling experiential and embodied learning with a unique blend of theatre, body-breath practices, and simulations

ALP- ARROW - aimed at junior leadership - completes its 42nd edition 

TAO, a management consulting firm based in Chennai and Bangalore, celebrated their partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on achieving the historic milestone of executing their 100th senior leadership program ‘A Leader Prepares” (ALP-QUEST).

This milestone is a celebration of the long partnership between TAO and TCS.

The ALP-QUEST program helps senior leaders reflect on Business context in their leadership roles and introspect on the Mindsets and Traits to ready themselves for an adaptive and transformational journey ahead to power organizational growth. The program enables senior leaders to redefine their vision, conceive and deploy strategies to realise the same. ALP- ARROW, an associated program aimed at junior and mid-level leadership completes its 42nd edition as well.

TAO’s programs that are focused on culture-building and leadership, offer experiential learning with a unique blend of theatre, body-breath practices and simulations. These combine global best practices with Indian wisdom to enable operational and business excellence. TAO’s experience has been that by the time people are ready to take on senior leadership roles, they have already excelled as managers and done well by leveraging skills and knowledge. This is the time where re-igniting the will, a dream for oneself becomes important. So they need to pause, to introspect, renew self, and nourish Will. This is also the time where they need to understand not just strategising but also how to foster others and engage in dialogue to truly co-create a larger vision. This is what TAO  excels in teaching. 

TCS has always been committed to human values and firmly believes that ‘an individual who feels valued and is given space to awaken one’s dream will create value’.  This conviction that enabling personal transformation at crucial junctures in an individual’s career can be transformative and beneficial is at the heart of the program. In a context where employees are often looked as resources, TCS is anchored in investing in individuals as human beings first. In this partnership with TAO even as the ALP-QUEST program has retained its core, in working with TCS, the program has been reviewed and redesigned to evolve into a robust offering.

Through the years, TCS has been re-defining its business focus while navigating changes in the business environment and technology. The Leadership, Business Skills, and Culture (LBC) group has played a key role in the evolution of ALP-QUEST over many generations of leaders.

Speaking on the occasion, Vandana Menon, Managing Director from TAO said- “A program of this nature can only be built in a collaborative manner. This long-standing partnership is testimony to the trust placed in TAO. We are grateful for having this opportunity to be a small part of growth and evolution of TCS.”

“Our leadership programs drive Growth and Transformation by enabling participants to develop and integrate newer Mindsets and behaviours into their role and business context,’ said Janardhan Santhanam, Global Head, Talent Development at TCS. “ALP Quest enables this reflective and transformative learning experience for our leaders. Our deep appreciation to TAO Knoware for partnering with TCS Talent Development on this rich journey”

 

About Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that has been partnering with many of the world’s largest businesses in their transformation journeys for over 50 years. TCS offers a consulting-led, cognitive powered, integrated portfolio of business, technology and engineering services and solutions. This is delivered through its unique Location Independent Agile™ delivery model, recognized as a benchmark of excellence in software development.

A part of the Tata group, India's largest multinational business group, TCS has over 528,000 of the world’s best-trained consultants in 46 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $22.2 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 and is listed on the BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) and the NSE (National Stock Exchange) in India. TCS' proactive stance on climate change and award-winning work with communities across the world have earned it a place in leading sustainability indices such as the MSCI Global Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Emerging Index. For more information, visit www.tcs.com.

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About Totally Aligned Organization

TAO’s work with organizations, be it OD interventions, Operational Excellence initiatives or Leadership Development begins with enabling personal growth and enabling the growth of a positive culture. We do this through customizing an appropriate combination of systemic and cultural interventions. While each of TAO’s consultants is an expert in specific areas of management they are all Behavioural Scientists. TAO has developed many powerful models and instruments to enable individual and group transformation. These are combined with deep expertise in Lean Methodologies, Organization Development and Alignment. While working with organizations TAO takes the position of being ‘partners and catalysts’ as distinct from being ‘experts and outsiders’. TAO designs and delivers the various aspects of the assignment in collaboration with the Client Organization. Visit- https://www.totallyalignedorganization.com/ for more information

 

Contact: Vandana Menon at vandana@totallyalignedorganization.com