Of late, a friend of mine started burning the midnight oil at work. She confessed that, with the recent exit of her boss she had started taking on the additional work in the hope that...
Have you read this anecdote about George Washington which was said to have transpired during the American Revolutionary War? It is said that one rainy day, during the war, George Washington, riding in civilian clothes...
Cartoons, animations and the characters in them open a new world for all of us. We all are partial to a particular cartoon or animation, whether it is Tom and Jerry or Toy Story. With...
Someone once, said, “Respect does not mean just the absence of disrespect.” Let me expand on that …respect means understanding, acceptance and acknowledgement. However in today’s world; disrespect, the antithesis of respect is gaining ground...
Leadership to me is delinked from designation or level. Contrary to common and all pervasive beliefs I would even like to free the idea of leadership from the vagaries of personality, charisma, or the ability...
Bloomberg published an article about why Indians in senior leadership positions are sought after and I found it particularly interesting that it was written by a non-Indian. Leonid Bershidsky observed that Indians possess a mix of empathy, humility,...
The boss-worker relationship can be very delicate. It’s a give and take that has mutual respect at its core. Anyone who has ever been in a position of authority will tell you that it’s much...
Being and Becoming Resilient in Life and Leadership & Leading the way. When I began my life as a working professional in Mumbai, I worked at a Belgian pharmaceuticals company. I reported into Atul*. Atul...
An organizational leader is given the task to set up and start a new business. Let’s assume he has got a group of people to work with. There are some elementary tasks that are carried...
Quality of followers underscores quality of leaders & leadership Since our early days we are schooled to excel, succeed, and most importantly to lead. In our society leaders have always been lionized either for their...
Applying Neuroscience to Leadership: NeuroLeadership An organizational leader is under pressure to improve overall organizational performance including the bottom line. The leader’s problem- ‘the teams operate with a silo mentality’. The leader can improve performance...
Almost all of us are part of the big, (dare I say bad) world of social networking. I say bad only because it can be time consuming, or even a time waster depending on what...
