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Leadership Beyond the Playbook

Leadership Beyond the Playbook

Craft Your Own Path. Lead with Impact | A Practical Guide to Modern Leadership, Strategy & Communication for Purposeful Growth

Roopa Kudva
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WHAT KIND OF LEADER WILL YOU BECOME?

Whether you’re in a corporate role, building a startup, or preparing for your next move, this book will help you craft a leadership path that’s entirely your own.

Leadership Beyond the Playbook offers no neatly packaged lists or models. Instead it will help you become a better leader—with clarity, sharper judgment, and greater intention.

Roopa Kudva is a rare leader who has built across corporate, startup and impact sectors, served on top Indian boards, and contributed to public policy through regulatory committees.

She distils decades of experience to decode what it takes to lead today: strategic thinking, execution, communication, stakeholder alignment, resilience and purpose.

Highly contemporary and practical—tackling AI, generational leadership, and mental health—the book includes tools you can use right away.

True to the book’s philosophy, it includes a DIY Leadership Kit to help you design your own 90-day action plan.

NO ACRONYMS. NO FRAMEWORKS OR SLOGANS. JUST LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW.

Imprint: Penguin Business

Published: Oct/2025

ISBN: 9780143476696

Length : 272 Pages

MRP : ₹599.00

Leadership Beyond the Playbook

Craft Your Own Path. Lead with Impact | A Practical Guide to Modern Leadership, Strategy & Communication for Purposeful Growth

Roopa Kudva

WHAT KIND OF LEADER WILL YOU BECOME?

Whether you’re in a corporate role, building a startup, or preparing for your next move, this book will help you craft a leadership path that’s entirely your own.

Leadership Beyond the Playbook offers no neatly packaged lists or models. Instead it will help you become a better leader—with clarity, sharper judgment, and greater intention.

Roopa Kudva is a rare leader who has built across corporate, startup and impact sectors, served on top Indian boards, and contributed to public policy through regulatory committees.

She distils decades of experience to decode what it takes to lead today: strategic thinking, execution, communication, stakeholder alignment, resilience and purpose.

Highly contemporary and practical—tackling AI, generational leadership, and mental health—the book includes tools you can use right away.

True to the book’s philosophy, it includes a DIY Leadership Kit to help you design your own 90-day action plan.

NO ACRONYMS. NO FRAMEWORKS OR SLOGANS. JUST LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Roopa Kudva

Roopa Kudva is a distinguished business leader, early-stage investor and board director with nearly four decades of experience in the financial sector. Known for transformative leadership and a commitment to impact, she has built a career marked by innovation and advocacy for inclusive development.
As chief executive officer of Crisil, Roopa transformed India’s premier credit rating agency into a global analytical firm, growing market capitalization fourfold and tripling revenues. She later led Omidyar Network India, investing in tech-led solutions for India’s ‘Next Half Billion.’
Her board experience includes Infosys, Nestlé India, Tata AIA Life Insurance and The Global Impact Investing Network. She has served on key committees of the Securities and Exchange Board of India and Reserve Bank of India.
Her accolades include the CNBC-TV 18’s ‘Outstanding Woman Business Leader of the Year’ title. She has also consistently featured on Business Today and Fortune India’s ‘Most Powerful Women’ lists. A distinguished alumna of IIM Ahmedabad, Roopa’s writing blends business acumen with a focus on impact and inclusion.

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