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Parani

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July 2016

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Seawater runs in Parani’s veins.

He was only 18 months old when he sat on the captain’s chair on the bridge of a passenger ship. (Actually, he was sitting on the captain’s lap, after slipping away from his parents.)

Who knew that only 28 years later, he would be sitting on the captain’s chair again … but this time, as a real captain, one the youngest in the shipping company MSC’s fleet.

Today, Captain VS Parani is an executive with a multinational shipping company. In his various corporate roles, he has helped improve the fleet safety record, and achieve very high personnel performance. He is also a Fellow of the Nautical Institute, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and a Member of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science ...more

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“When leaders lack expertise, nothing else works”
― Captain VS Parani, Golden Stripes - Leadership on the High Seas

tags: competency, expertise, leadership-characteristics, leadership-quotes

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“Poor motivation and alertness cause complacency”
― Captain VS Parani

tags: alertness, complacency, leadership, motivation

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“Your leadership responsibilities are the real golden stripes”
― Captain VS Parani, Golden Stripes - Leadership on the High Seas

tags: decisions, leadership-quotes, maritime-stories, professionalism, safety, sea, teamwork

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Parani’s Quotes

“Poor motivation and alertness cause complacency”
― Captain VS Parani

tags: alertness, complacency, leadership, motivation

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“When leaders lack expertise, nothing else works”
― Captain VS Parani, Golden Stripes - Leadership on the High Seas

tags: competency, expertise, leadership-characteristics, leadership-quotes

1 likes

“Your leadership responsibilities are the real golden stripes”
― Captain VS Parani, Golden Stripes - Leadership on the High Seas

tags: decisions, leadership-quotes, maritime-stories, professionalism, safety, sea, teamwork

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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