Dany Bahar - Always Has Hidden Agendas Up His Sleeve -

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11/08/2011
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http://ezinearticles.com/?Dany-Bahar-Al ... id=6584006 by Tom E Schneider


History decrees that through the ages, the great and the wonderful have had hidden agendas. The phrase is synonymous with those who have worked in one direction but who have also had a successful plan to bring up the rear.

Not everyone has been successful with their hidden agendas... take Hitler for example: the worst move he made during World War 2 was to try to take on the USSR. His campaign resulted in thousands of unnecessary deaths, both from his own military and of course, from the Russian defences. Did it win him the war? No - it was a miscalculated move which Hitler thought would be his hidden agenda into furthering his might across the world.

Equally, if we are to take the same period in history as example, Winston Churchill had his own hidden agendas up his sleeve... but fate played its hand and, as analysts have since proven, some of his plans should not have actually worked if it hadn't have been for 'the enemy' messing up theirs... A sorry tale for Europe if the inevitable were to have happened.

Just last week, in the Spa during the Belgian Grand Prix, Louis Hamilton's 'hidden agenda' - or could it have been miscalculation - resulted in him crashing out and losing vital points in the championship table. As a journalist with a keen eye on the motorsport industry, I know what it's like to have a hidden agenda... theoretically a Plan B when other things go rather awry.

Newspaper and magazine deadlines mean having a second trump card up your sleeve in case the first 'sensational story' doesn't come through. Hidden agendas mean living on your wits and always having that follow up plan well watered and ready to pull out of the hat.

Clichéd though it may sound, I know what it's like to live on your wits... and this is why I am impressed by the way that Dany Bahar has been bringing more rabbits out of the hat than there are warrens since he took over as CEO at Lotus Group nearly two years ago.

I've been following his progress - as you will have noted through this column - for some time now and have been suitably impressed with the way he might walk in one direction then do an about turn. And he carries it off... that's no mean feat!

I once asked Bahar if he had a hidden agenda and he was perhaps just a little coy. Unusual for this man who has had more hidden agendas than others have had hot dinners, I thought at the time.

It would be difficult to tell if he came to Group Lotus as the new Proton protégé to take over the CEO position without a hidden agenda. I think, when you have reached such echelons in the corporate world, you have an alternative plan buried away in your brain... to pull out at the last moment when other ideas go wrong.

Bahar looked me in the eye and answered my question with deliberation: "I truly believe that everyone has an agenda. Some people don't know it, but everyone has one and I like to think that I'm good at working out peoples' needs and motivations pretty quickly," he told me. Adding - quite succinctly - "That helps in business."

Business is where Bahar belongs... he's already proven his mettle with Red Bull and Ferrari and now he's proving it at Group Lotus, despite the fact that he probably has more adversaries than followers, it may seem, reading through the negative comments on his progress so far at Lotus.

He's managed to fight his way through the barbed wire - and the barbaric tongues from those who do not hold a light to his candle - and he's pulling the company through. He's determined to meet the requirements set down on the 'agenda' he was given when he accepted the job as CEO at Group Lotus. He knew that there were problems in the background, little eruptions smouldering away while he tried to put a smile on things and ensure everyone that all was going to be well.

I firmly believe that it will be well. Proton loves him. He's a breath of fresh air. They may not specifically appreciate some of his 'off-the-wall' decisions of the past few weeks, but they totally appreciate that Bahar is his own man. He calls the shots, the rest follow on.

He watched as Bruno Senna braked too late for the first corner in the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend, but he breathed a sigh of relief as Senna managed to capture seventh on the final grid. Bahar has been there - perhaps not behind the wheel of a Lotus-driven Grand Prix car in an F1 event, but in other situations. He's out-manoeuvred others to show that he has the skill to be top dog in whatever he lends his hand to.

You know what? Bahar has more tricks up his many sleeves than his critics give him credit for... when will the next rabbit jump out from his rather copious hat? Watch this space because he's on to a winner here! And his hidden agenda has still not manifested itself!

Tom Schneider is a college graduate from UCLA. He is an experienced and talented writer, who specializes in personal training and self-improvement. You can view one of many examples of biographies Tom has written at the following article: Dany Bahar, Breaking the Rules

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