I am fortunate to get a glimpse into many different types of organisations through facilitating leadership development workshops, consulting or 1-1 coaching. The organisations vary in size a startup with few people to large companies with thousands of employees, for example, large conglomerate multinationals to family-owned businesses to not for profits and small companies. The[…]
Humour is essentially a comforter, reconciling us to things as they are in contrast to as they may be. – Stephen Leacock Humour in business is considered frivolous. It dilutes the message. Business is about achievement, productivity, making money, accomplishing tangible things. Don’t we do all this by doing and learning? We as human beings[…]
“Life is a blur when one is essaying different roles; it is so fulfilling.” – Amitabh Bachchan One challenge that often comes up for people managers in leadership development interactions is role ambiguity or confusion with respect to the scope of their responsibilities in their jobs. A person experiences role clarity in their job when[…]
Let me start with a story you may have heard about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about this,[…]
The defining traits of a successful leader used to be a high performance on execution, strategic and business acumen and becoming successful P&L owner working towards increasing the bottom line. Then there was a realization that leaders also need to be emotionally intelligent, self-aware, build healthy innovative teams through trust and conflict management to achieve[…]
Organisations these days are realising new problems with functional units working independently and without co-dependency. That it leads to isolation amongst leaders of each functional area. While this problem has long existed, the challenge is becoming more acute. There are several reasons why it is costing companies when there is lack of cross-collaboration across functions.[…]
Most organisations spend huge amount of energy and resources on high calibre talent acquisition. There is no company that will ever admit that it compromises on finding, attracting and capturing the best talent available. However, would you agree that the value derived from talent is only sensible if the talent can be retained long enough[…]
In today’s competitive job market, candidates often fabricate or conceal information on their résumés, in an attempt to tip the scales in their favour. It has become common practice to tweak or stretch the truth on résumés, but believe it or not, this seemingly harmless practice is considered fraud. Fraud is defined as wrongful or[…]
First, I want to clarify the understanding around meditation. Most people think they have to sit with their eyes closed and force their mind clear of thoughts to meditate. Some places claim there are 108 ways to meditate, others increase or decrease the number. Meditation is classified under different forms with fancy names for each[…]
Travel brings up feelings of excitement and thrill. Unknown places, people, situations and experiences lead to a possibility of an unexpected encounter. However, in reality when you are travelling for work frequently, this is rare for most people. In-fact, very few unpleasant things are as glamorized as frequent business travel, more so in light of[…]