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afaqs! Pause - Praval Singh, VP - Marketing & Customer Experience, Zoho Corp

Praval Singh is a dynamic business leader who brings nearly two decades of business and marketing expertise to his role as the VP - Marketing & Customer Experience of Zoho Corp. Here’s a little sneak peek into his workday, leadership mantra, and advice to young professionals.

afaqs! Content Team

27 Dec 2024 04:50 IST

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ddddddddd — “It's best to trickle down responsibility and accountability instead of taking them away from individuals”

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The best part of my job is

Working with people who look at things with a long-term lens. Be it engineers, product managers, sales folks, or marketers—having a pause (ठहराव) built into the culture is matchless. It changes you in more ways than one can imagine!

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The best part of my job is

To operate with a trust-as-default mindset and create autonomy within the team. It's best to trickle down responsibility and accountability instead of taking them away from individuals. It's what I believe in, and in fact, I have seen people deliver their best work when they're empowered to do so.

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My top 3 productivity hacks

Fasting for 16 hours a day on most days (helps bring in a ton of focus early in the day), time-blocking (enables you to get things done), and not taking unknown calls (because most of them are spam anyway :))

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My career-defining moment

Starting a business while in college with two wonderful friends I made on X (then, Twitter) in 2008! That 5-year journey taught me a lot early on in my career and played a huge role in shaping my professional life.

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My advice to young professionals

Stay curious, learn to write well, and as someone said, play long-term games with long-term people. Instant gratification works well on social media, not necessarily in life. :)

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A recent ad campaign I liked

Some of the CRED ads. You can see them on their Youtube channel.

Zoho Praval Singh