Sonica Malhotra: Showing Success Path to the Employee Ecosystem
Sonica Malhotra
Joint Managing Director
Years of Hard-work
Post completing MBA, Sonica had not only a vision of taking the company into new heights, but also a harmonic plan in possession. Sonica, PLD from Harvard Business School – Boston, intended to refine the infrastructure, systems, procedures and policies for scalable and robust functioning of the organization. Long term-growth remaining the paramount focus, she instituted a better talent pool first. Then, she did structuring in terms of financial procedure implementations and got an ERP in place; in turn the entire functionality of the organization was changed. More over, internal audit was firmed up by defining new policies and procedures.
The clever move ensured that all the 63 locations were knit together and seamless linkages were managed for maximum benefits of the organization, both in terms of financials and functioning. As a result, the entire compliance module in terms of taxation and regulation were also strengthened, and the brand went beyond the national boundaries to SAARC, South African and Sri Lankan markets. This success became a milestone in Sonica’s career, as industry veterans
Post completing MBA, Sonica had not only a vision of taking the company into new heights, but also a harmonic plan in possession. Sonica, PLD from Harvard Business School – Boston, intended to refine the infrastructure, systems, procedures and policies for scalable and robust functioning of the organization. Long term-growth remaining the paramount focus, she instituted a better talent pool first. Then, she did structuring in terms of financial procedure implementations and got an ERP in place; in turn the entire functionality of the organization was changed. More over, internal audit was firmed up by defining new policies and procedures.
Post completing MBA, Sonica had not only a vision of taking the company into new heights, but also a harmonic plan in possession
The clever move ensured that all the 63 locations were knit together and seamless linkages were managed for maximum benefits of the organization, both in terms of financials and functioning. As a result, the entire compliance module in terms of taxation and regulation were also strengthened, and the brand went beyond the national boundaries to SAARC, South African and Sri Lankan markets. This success became a milestone in Sonica’s career, as industry veterans
who initially treated her like a new-kid and underestimated her competencies started looking up to her for the input paradigms and view points.
Employees being her eyes and ears, today she possesses her own system of interacting with team members, to get feedback from them and work upon the exact problems effectively. Such courage to make her own path bestowed her with mint and better opportunities, thus adding a lot of value to the organizational functioning. “I have always followed my father’s footsteps in every sphere of life,” she asserts. Sonica doesn’t believe in any man-vs.-woman world, and perceives that all that matters is getting out of the mold and putting extra effort to chase our own goals. “My mantra is to achieve shorter milestones and it’s a powerful way to accomplish a big goal. Rather than setting high and unrealistic goals, break it down into smaller milestones for interrupted growth,” adds Sonica.
Miles to Go
Alongside with enjoying her passion through the ‘Democratic World’ magazine (the 30 years old venture from MBD Group), Sonica cares to spend shorter, but quality time with her most supportive & understanding husband, and family with fun and humor around. Sonica’s elder sister Monica Malhotra Kandhari is a pillar of her strength and motivation. Blessed with parents who act as a backbone of support to fulfill all her entrepreneurial goals, she is currently focusing on taking the widespread Hospitality business of MBD to new heights with its partnership with Deutsche Hospitality.
Employees being her eyes and ears, today she possesses her own system of interacting with team members, to get feedback from them and work upon the exact problems effectively. Such courage to make her own path bestowed her with mint and better opportunities, thus adding a lot of value to the organizational functioning. “I have always followed my father’s footsteps in every sphere of life,” she asserts. Sonica doesn’t believe in any man-vs.-woman world, and perceives that all that matters is getting out of the mold and putting extra effort to chase our own goals. “My mantra is to achieve shorter milestones and it’s a powerful way to accomplish a big goal. Rather than setting high and unrealistic goals, break it down into smaller milestones for interrupted growth,” adds Sonica.
Miles to Go
Alongside with enjoying her passion through the ‘Democratic World’ magazine (the 30 years old venture from MBD Group), Sonica cares to spend shorter, but quality time with her most supportive & understanding husband, and family with fun and humor around. Sonica’s elder sister Monica Malhotra Kandhari is a pillar of her strength and motivation. Blessed with parents who act as a backbone of support to fulfill all her entrepreneurial goals, she is currently focusing on taking the widespread Hospitality business of MBD to new heights with its partnership with Deutsche Hospitality.