Recently when I was on a vacation with my friends I came across this book, Atomic Habit by James Clear. It was an amazing experience reading and learning the simple nuances of transforming life by adopting effective habits and abandoning the bad ones. We truly are a product of our habits. Thus life transformation can only happen through habit changes or modifications.
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Adding Value as a mentor| Mentoring Best Practices|
As a mentor its always great to see the mentee prosper in their respective goals and aspirations. However recently when I read the book Atomic Habits by James clear, I felt as mentors we need to focus more on systems of habit rather than accomplishments. Systems are what creates identities and long term gratification and progress rather than some temporary deja-vu.
Trust Selling|A Way to Operate in Life|
During my recent conversations with senior leadership, I came across. this age old. formula. for sales. And this turned out to be such an eye opener. Often times in. life we. think that strategy is more of manipulation than building predictable systems. Whether its Leadership -Parenting or even social behaviours and relationships, trust is the building block for a lasting impact. The best example that I could ever think of was of how switching lanes while driving we use car indicators to share our plans with our fellow drivers and pedestrians. Just like a wrong indicator can cause damage to people around similarly breaching trust in leadership -sales -personal relationships can cause turmoils. Thus agreeing on ground rules from time to time to avoid exigencies is always a good idea.
Lessons from Turning Red|Handling Emotions|
Being assertive and expressing yourself is an important aspect of building your emotional intelligence. Turning Red is a brilliant movie that conveys the fact that we all have a panda inside us that we need to unleash from time to time.
KAPIL DEV AN INCREDIBLE LEADER| 83| POSITIVE NUDGE|
Recently when I saw the movie 83, Kapil Dev’s leadership style truly touched my heart. A leader who is always keeping a close watch on his team and supporting them with anything that they need to be at the top of their craft. Whether it’s replacing Balvinder’s shoe or a nudge to Gavaskar to showContinue reading “KAPIL DEV AN INCREDIBLE LEADER| 83| POSITIVE NUDGE|”
CLIENT DELIGHT STARTS WITH INTENT|
A lot gets debated and discussed on client delight and experience. However, the ground rules for all client engagement starts with intent. Whether internal or external clients(your employees or your end clients) the intent plays a critical role. When we prioritize our needs over client needs we automatically build room for doubt in the client’sContinue reading “CLIENT DELIGHT STARTS WITH INTENT|”
LEADERS LEARN FROM OTHERS| SUSPEND EGO|
Very often we say I learn from my previous mistakes!! However, in today’s world of pace, we barely have the luxury of making endless mistakes and learning from them. The best way to learn is to learn from the mistakes of others!!Rather than reinventing the wheel, the stories and live case studies around you areContinue reading “LEADERS LEARN FROM OTHERS| SUSPEND EGO|”
CURIOSITY IS YOUR MUSE TO INNOVATION|
Children have the innate knack to pick up any skill as they are constantly curious to know things around them. As we become adults our ability to stay curious diminishes and so does our ability to learn and ideate. Some of my best professors and teachers have been ones who are still willing to beContinue reading “CURIOSITY IS YOUR MUSE TO INNOVATION|”
SERVANT LEADERSHIP STYLE|ASSESS YOURSELF AS ONE|
Servant Leadership is one of the best styles from ancient times. If we look at the best of leaders in our scripture, they all believed in service rather than autocracy. Dealing with complex dilemmas within and outside the organization is best addressed by a leadership that is willing to serve rather than dictate. Though servantContinue reading “SERVANT LEADERSHIP STYLE|ASSESS YOURSELF AS ONE|”
JEFF BEZOS’ LEADERSHIP FOCUS| QUALITIES THAT SETS HIM APART|
When I had Amazon as a client in HGS, I learned some of the tenants of best customer service!! As an Operations training team, we were sure on our toes, whether it was giving the best experience or trusting the client’s perspectives. Most organizations focus on making their employees feel part of a team, AmazonContinue reading “JEFF BEZOS’ LEADERSHIP FOCUS| QUALITIES THAT SETS HIM APART|”
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