NURTURING HIGH POTENTIAL TALENT| TALENT WAR|

In the knowledge and the digital economy, talent deficit is the biggest crisis that organizations are facing in scaling talent pool and delivering the promise. In a world where things are rapidly changing, the ability to hire and retain minds who can learn at this meteoric speed is important for business success. Discussions of talentContinue reading “NURTURING HIGH POTENTIAL TALENT| TALENT WAR|”

IMPACT THROUGH INFLUENCE| INFLUENCE TO BRING CHANGE|

Leadership and management are primarily driven by your influencing abilities. Every department has an innate need for influencing skills starting with Sales -Marketing -Strategy to Human Resources, Learning, Finance, and other functions. We are negotiators, persuaders, conciliators, and maybe intermediaries and mediators at various times in our life journey. Organizations today realize this as oneContinue reading “IMPACT THROUGH INFLUENCE| INFLUENCE TO BRING CHANGE|”

SUSPENDING JUDGEMENT| FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTE OF A COACH|

Every day in our life our judgment precedes our ability to empathize. We alienate ourselves from people as soon as we start judging. This most often creates a vicious cycle. To be able to leverage the best from others the fundamental law is to Suspend Judgement. This is especially true for coaches and leaders, as they areContinue reading “SUSPENDING JUDGEMENT| FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTE OF A COACH|”

6 WAYS TO ADDRESS BURNOUT| WORK-LIFE BALANCE

Burnout is a psychological syndrome emerging as a prolonged response to chronic interpersonal stressors on the job. The three key dimensions of this response are overwhelming exhaustion, feelings of cynicism and detachment from the job, and a sense of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment. Researchers from the Social and Psychological domain view interpersonal relations, emotionalContinue reading “6 WAYS TO ADDRESS BURNOUT| WORK-LIFE BALANCE”

SYMBOLISM OF SARASWATI IN KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY|

In the knowledge economy goddess, Saraswati is our guiding force. Every single day things are changing, the only way to cope with this is to be a voracious learner with an appetite for any challenging change brought to us. Our wellbeing, wealth, work-life are all dictated by our updated knowledge. In India, every god representsContinue reading “SYMBOLISM OF SARASWATI IN KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY|”

PEER LEARNING EMANCIPATION| SPREAD YOUR WINGS|

Sometimes, when I rewind my life on the time machine, life’s exciting moments and learnings seem to flash in. Still remember the juggling of sports and study responsibilities in school, when my friends used to be my biggest saviors. Getting up on stage and sharing my laurels and trophies from my sports career as aContinue reading “PEER LEARNING EMANCIPATION| SPREAD YOUR WINGS|”

ACCOUNTABILITY IN LEADERSHIP| ACCOUNTABILITY QUOTIENT|

A story our late President and missile man Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was particularly fond of related to the launch of a satellite by the Indian Space Research Organisation in July 1979. Kalam was in charge of the project at ISRO and when some members expressed reservations about its readiness, he overruled them and orderedContinue reading “ACCOUNTABILITY IN LEADERSHIP| ACCOUNTABILITY QUOTIENT|”

How To Have a Coaching Conversation|3 aspects to Judge if you need to have a coaching conversation|

Coaching conversations are not just for your coachees, it’s also something that can support your leadership and personal goal outcomes. Coaching can help you take a step back and honor every person around you and their perspectives. Very often winning leaders are addicted to their wins and have little appetite for failures, this limits theirContinue reading “How To Have a Coaching Conversation|3 aspects to Judge if you need to have a coaching conversation|”

Getting the Best out of Mentorship| Mentorship as a tool|

Mentorship is a contact sport thus engagement of the mentees is as important as the mentor. The outcomes work best when the mentor and mentee actively work on finding the best methods and paths for goal accomplishment. For effective journey the mentees role is as important as the mentors. Like they say that the rightContinue reading “Getting the Best out of Mentorship| Mentorship as a tool|”

Ganesha- A Symbol of True Leadership Values|Lessons for all walks of life|

As per Hindu tradition, Lord Ganesha is the formless Divinity – encapsulated in a magnificent form, for the benefit of the devotee. Son of Shiva and Parvathi he symbolises supreme consciousness and omnipresence. Gan means group, and this supreme group of existence is governed by Lord Ganesha. As the symbol of supreme consciousness he is all pervading andContinue reading “Ganesha- A Symbol of True Leadership Values|Lessons for all walks of life|”