Feb 15, 2020 | Book Review |
A dozen trophies to his name, a successful career spanning 27 years, Sir Alex Ferguson is an expert when it comes to leadership, teamwork, and discipline. Co-authored by Michael Mortiz, Sir Alex Fergusson shares his wisdom, observations, and experiences in making...
Feb 9, 2020 | Book Review |
A strong leadership forms the base of a successful organization. Research has shown that an organization with a strong leadership fare at least 13 times better in areas such as customer satisfaction, product quality, and profit. An organization needs to develop strong...
Feb 5, 2020 | Book Review |
High Output Management (1995) is your perfect guide for making high-quality managerial decisions, inspiring employees for consistent performance, and most importantly, understanding one’s role as a manager. This book addresses questions such as – How should the...
Jan 25, 2020 | Book Review |
Most people look at fear as a negative emotion, as an emotion to overcome. This book looks at the complex role that the emotion ‘fear’ has on us. It looks at the link the emotion fear has with other virtues such as altruism and empathy. This book delves into concepts...
Jan 21, 2020 | Book Review |
Having a managerial title doesn’t make you a leader. It is, in fact, only the first step towards leadership. In The 5 Levels of Leadership, John C Maxwell points out the main pitfalls that often hold managers back from following the path to great leadership. At the...
Jan 15, 2020 | Book Review |
This is a story that can change the way we think about leadership. This story of a United States Navy Captain David Marquet who transformed a dissatisfied submarine crew into a formidable and respected team gives us insights about how strong leadership can make a big...
Jan 10, 2020 | Book Review |
Leaders play a crucial role in all possible walks of life, whether it is the boardroom, the courtroom, classroom, or even the battlefield. They are vital to the basic functioning of an organization and help bind the workforce to the values of the organizations and...
Jan 5, 2020 | Book Review |
Discover Your True North by Biill George (2007) is one of my all-time favorite leadership books. This book can help you discover one’s inner compass, develop authentic leadership skills, and uncover your values. It aids in becoming a better leader by keeping you on...
Dec 27, 2019 | Book Review |
The world is a melting pot of cultures. Every country, culture, region, or religion has different rules, regulations, rituals, and norms. Today, the world has become smaller and interactions between different cultures, especially at the workplace, take place on a...
Dec 11, 2019 | Book Review |
As compared to a few decades ago, the human brain gets bombarded with a considerably large amount of information today. Occupations, roles, and work profiles are more creative and thought-oriented. At the same time, with the increase in communication methods and...
Dec 3, 2019 | Book Review |
As children, the world of stories was a fascinating one. Our imaginations took us to new lands, introduced us to new characters, and most importantly served as a treasure trove of learnings. Stories have been at the very crux of communication since ancient times. It...
Nov 28, 2019 | Book Review |
Our memories often fail us when we can’t remember simple pieces of information. Remembering someone’s name, forgetting where we kept the house keys, trying to recall an event in our past, or even having repetitive negative memory recall, are examples of how our...
Nov 19, 2019 | Book Review |
The title of the book comes from a famous comedian Steve Martin who once said in his speech ‘’Be so good that they can’t ignore you’’. The author of this book, Cal Newport, a Computer Science professor at Georgetown University, took inspiration from this line to guide...
Nov 9, 2019 | Book Review |
The Organized Mind by Daniel Levitin talks about the mind and the brain, its myriad processes, and systems related to the organization of ideas, thoughts, and decision making. Most importantly, it shows us strategies that will help us organize the vast influx of...
Nov 3, 2019 | Book Review |
There comes a time, when a manager starts to mentor and coach the people in his team. But how does a manager become a successful coach? What does coaching entail and how should one make it effective? The Coaching Habit (2016) by Michael Bungay Stanier simplifies the...
Oct 24, 2019 | Book Review |
The author, Peter Theil, is a renowned investor, entrepreneur, and funder of companies such as SpaceX & Airbnb. In his book Zero To One, he talks about building a startup from scratch, the challenges one may face, and what all one should do to make it successful....
Oct 8, 2019 | Book Review |
The author of this book, Fred Kofman serves as the Vice President of Executive Development of LinkedIn. As a part of one of his workshops on LinkedIn, he spoke to professionals around the world on ‘Conscious Business’ and seeing the excellent response, went on to...
Oct 3, 2019 | Book Review |
We have all heard of the SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis. We have also been told that we should ‘tap into our strengths’, or, ‘focus on our strengths’, etc. But what are our strengths? How do we figure out our strengths? And...
Sep 29, 2019 | Book Review |
Life is full of challenges – complex relations, inevitable disappointments, and uncertainty. Our children have to be prepared for the best and the worst in life. It is the responsibility of parents and caregivers to ensure that they are prepared for it. They...
Sep 20, 2019 | Book Review |
With the dynamic changes taking place all over the world in terms of the work culture, environment, and the shift in the roles and responsibilities of the working class, the need for a change in leadership has become crucial. While managers are sufficient for an...
