Anyone who has worked in the corporate world, especially in the FMCG sector, knows that calm waters are rare and crises often arrive without warning.

Courage Under Fire is a practical leadership logbook drawn from four decades of Suresh Narayanan s own
experiences of managing battles in the corporate trenches. Rather than offering abstract leadership theory, the book uses real episodes-across multiple countries-to show how leaders can navigate volatility with judgement, values and coordinated action. It argues that leadership is fundamentally human: built on trust, values, behaviour, credibility and outcomes.

Narayanan uses stories from the MAGGI noodles crisis, the Arab Spring in Egypt, the 2008 financial shock in
Singapore and COVID-era decisions to drive home some fundamentals in management-staying grounded, asking the right questions, communicating clearly and putting people first.

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