Discover Your Catalyst Three Ultimate Books to Help You Win in Work and Life

by Venkatesan, Chandramouli

• ISBN13: 9780143475637
• ISBN10: 0143475630
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-09-23
• Publisher: Penguin Business

Summary

Success isn’t just about hard work, intelligence, or communication skills—it's about continuously improving yourself and effectively leading and managing others. Catalyst is a robustly effective book tat identifies the various catalysts that you can cultivate and how you can leverage them to propel yourself in your work and life. Get Better at Getting Better is based on the insight that success is not about how good you are but how powerful a model you have to improve how good you are.
Transform focuses on people management, which the author demonstrates is a very important pillar of success. That is because leadership and managing are the means, while the end impact is what they do to people.
Together, these powerful, life-changing books offer a comprehensive guide to not only improving yourself but also empowering others to succeed alongside you.

Author Biography

The late Chandramouli Venkatesan, author of Catalyst and Get Better at Getting Better, was a corporate veteran with over twenty-six years of experience in the industry. He worked with Asian Paints, Cadbury/Mondelez, Mirc Electronics/Onida and Pidilite. He served in various senior capacities, including as CEO and managing director. While the bulk of his work life had been in business and P&L leadership roles, there was a three-year period when he did a cross-functional stint as the HR head for Cadbury India, which further developed his understanding of what makes people successful.

Chandramouli was a keen golfer and sports enthusiast, and believed in holding his life in balance. This, coupled with his sense of values and spirituality, led him to believe that every person must impact society positively. He conducted numerous speaking sessions, which have benefited over 1000 people, and mentored and guided many others to be successful in their careers.