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Build internal talent, rather than buy: Lowe’s India’s Anneka Darashah
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“An integral and critical element for talent within the organisation links back to their succession planning and career growth. Focused development opportunities enable internal talent's growth into critical organisational roles,” advises Anneka Darashah, Director of HR, Lowe’s India By Asmaani Kumar
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nneka Darashah is the Director of HR at Lowe’s India. She is responsible for the HR Business Partnering function at Lowe’s India. In her role, along with a strong team of seven, she is focused on building out the HRBP function, strengthening stakeholder partnerships and enhancing the value-addition for businesses in helping them drive their talent strategy. Her experience across 19 years spans talent strategy, consulting and its implementation in global organisations in IT/ITES and Consulting. She has | July 2022
previously worked with EY, ANSR and the Latin-American-based Falabella Group as Head HR for their India GCC. Anneka is passionate about growing organisations, and teams are driven by purpose and a culture in which values are core. In conversation with People Matters, Anneka shares her take on the critical competencies for effective hybrid leadership, how organisations can curate a robust internal talent-building strategy and the impor-
tance of a one-team mindset.
What are the critical competencies of effective leadership for companies with a multi-geographic presence such as Lowe's? For an organisation with a multi-geographic presence, leaders need to have a global mindset and openness to different perspectives for better collaboration. As one grows into leadership roles, competence remains essential, but other facets of leadership come to the forefront.
