Mr. Rajendra Gupta: The Plant Head Who Made His Cabin Door a Two-Way Street
Inside Kesardeep Pressings, Plant Head Rajendra Gupta turned an open-door policy into an open-communication culture — and taught me that approachability, listening and transparency are trainable leadership skills, not personality traits.
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