From 1 truck to 800: What Ashok Goyal learned about leadership through peer learning

In 1995, Ashok Goyal, Managing Director of Bombay Ludhiana Roadways, or BLR Logistiks, faced a decision that could determine the future of his family’s transport business. People warned him that fulfilling the contract could wipe out the company.Today, BLR Logistiks has more than 1,000 employees, 800 vehicles, 80 branches, and 21 warehouses, approaching the ₹1,000-crore turnover milestone. The company began in 1968, and when Goyal took full control in 1992, turnover was below ₹1 crore. The experience became an early…