Yep, I never expected it but today I met Glen Tullman, CEO of Allscripts, the occasion was Allscripts India townhall, and it was Glen’s first visit to Pune after merger of Allscripts and Eclipsys.
My day started in a bit unusual way, yep I skipped my gym to attend the townhall. So reached Hyat, Pune almost on time at around 8:55 am, and the townhall was suppose to start from 9am.
Like usual townhall of a big company, we went thru the introduction of speakers and later a presentation by Glen. Frankly speaking the presentation was sort of redundant, coz as of now I’ve seen no less than 3 webcast of Glen, and he almost repeats the same stuff 
So after presentation and before usual Q&A Glen asked people “How many of you feel proud on what you did in past 60 days?”, after a while we seen few people raising their hands, starting with the first answer “I feel proud to be with Allscripts”, yep as it sounds, it was just a buttering answer
. Even I raised my hand and got the microphone and told about my achievement of “Creating an augmented reality app for iphone(although it was way before the merger of Allscripts and Eclipsys, but I’m still proud of it!!)”.
After the Q&A there comes the funny part of “virtual inauguration”, yep it only sounds cools, as a techie I thought they will do come ribbon cutting virtually to inaugurate our new building, but the funny part was Glen pulled a curtain on some white board which has the pictures of the new facility LOL 
After all these interesting things, we went out in the breakout area for the tea and cookies. As per the feedback tea was okay and cookie was also ummm. So I thought it’s time to leave, so I rushed to take my helmet and drive back to home pickup my lunch and go to office as usual.
While coming back I met few colleagues of mine and we started a small gag session, and suddenly a guy in his suit comes and yes it was Glen Tulman, the CEO of Allscripts!!
He asked about us and our teams, and we did asked a few questions. While he was answering I was observing him and looking on his face and expressions and thought how cool he is!!! We had our chat for around no less then 10 minutes when somebody called him for something, and we dispersed as well!
So what are the takeaways in short:
- Energy : CEO doesn’t stand for Chief Executive Officer rather it stands for Chief Energetic Officer. This is the guy who infuses the energy of his thought inside and outside the organization.
- Reinforcement : They might sound redundant but they reinforce their vision inside and outside the company.
- Engagement : They reach out to people directly, skipping many level and try to seek feedback and clarify doubts(if possible).
- Leadership : They lead from the front, for them action speak louder than words.
The list is not exhaustive enough, but I was a great & exciting learning experience(although just 10 minutes).
The inner experience of happiness comes on its own when we meet such an awesome person.
Happy Learning 