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CASE STUDY

How do you take a leading Vegas brand and integrate it to India? Ask Neera Chanani. As head of Caesars Entertainment's $($CZR$)$ hospitality division for South Asia, Chanani has spearheaded the company's expansion into the region. Her job, which she says has the "energy of a startup with the backing of a global company," focuses on translating the noo$-$gaming aspects of Caesars' hotels. "How do you develop a chain of these in a place that's an emerging market and make it culturally relevant?" Chanani is working on the answer.

Chanani earned her MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management in $2009$ and holds a bachelor's degree in hotel administration from Cornell University. Before joining Caesars, she managed her family's real estate portfolio and an international dance company. Chanani currently resides in Mumbai. Here's a look at her daily routine, in her own words $($some passages have been edited for space or clarity$).$

$6$:$00$ a$.$m$.$ I wake up and shoot out a few e$-$mail responses to my counterparts in the U$.$S$.$ and Hong Kong.

Managers spend most of their time:

Communicating

Planning

Monitoring employee work

Authorizing budgets and expenses