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The Choice of Responsibility, And How Is It Different From Accountability?

Sep 27, 2021 | Deploy Yourself, Leadership and Management | 0 comments

“Politicians are of no use.”  “Bureaucrats just slow everyone down.” “The new CEO is no good. Look at what he did in his previous company.” While the above sentences don’t directly mention “responsibility”, all of them are blaming people for not taking responsibility...

How I Discovered My Body? And The 4 Body Dispositions

Aug 17, 2021 | Leadership and Management | 0 comments

I have always taken pride in my analytical and logic-driven reasoning skills. As a child, I remember myself not being physically strong. Sports was never a priority in the culture I grew up in, and we never had the finances to focus on any sports training anyways. As...

Verbal Communication & Leadership Language For Leaders

Aug 6, 2021 | Communication Skills, Leadership and Management | 0 comments

Painters have a brush, digital artists use Photoshop, and musicians have their instruments to produce their results. Similarly, leaders have language – to produce results in their teams and organisations via having verbal communication. Ask yourself- What do...

7 Steps To Build A Highly Effective Team

Apr 12, 2021 | Leadership and Management | 0 comments

Every team is different as human beings are complex. And organizations can be even more complex. If the team members do not gel and work together effectively, problems can arise very quickly or they can slowly simmer under the surface. Talk about missed deadlines,...

31 Questions To Ask In One-on-One Meetings – The Complete Guide

Apr 7, 2021 | Leadership and Management | 0 comments

In recent times, there has been a drastic shift in how organizations around the world view 1-on-1 meetings. For a long time, communication between managers and their employees typically revolved around either occasional over-the-desk check-ins or group meetings. ...

8 Leadership Traits, Skills & Qualities for Effective Leaders

Mar 17, 2021 | Leadership and Management | 0 comments

Many people view leadership with a narrow lens – as simply directing others to meet certain goals. However, leadership is not a role; it is a mindset. It is about taking a stand and operating from a place of responsibility in all situations – and that...

6 Things You Must Not Do As a Leader To Ensure High Team Performance

Feb 18, 2021 | Leadership and Management | 0 comments

While there are enough leadership experts, there isn’t any one-size-fits-all manual for leadership. That is because every team is different, every employee is different, and every leader is different. Leadership by definition means working with people, and people are...

6 Advantages of Strengths-Based Leadership and Management (And Why Should Managers Stop “Fixing” People?)

Jan 27, 2021 | Leadership and Management | 0 comments

Does your manager focus only on your weaknesses and never talks about your strengths? You are not alone. According to Gallup, only one out of 3 employees would say they have the freedom to do what they excel at every day. That’s because many managers tend to...

8 Reasons We Should Know Our Values, Worth, and Purpose

Jan 22, 2021 | Leadership and Management, Life | 0 comments

A lot of my coaching work involves working with people to figure out what their deepest held values are, and what they consider important in life. It is often surprising that many people have no idea what their values are. And that included me too for a long long...

How to Train, Grow, and Manage Your Middle-Level Leaders and Managers?

Dec 20, 2020 | Leadership and Management | 0 comments

Middle management is usually the weakest link in the chain of every organization. A study that gathered data from the most unengaged employees found that middle-level managers form the biggest bulk of the bottom five percent. The results are startling, considering...

20 Questions Every Manager Must Ask In One-on-One’s To Help People Find And Do The Best Work Of Their Lives

Dec 15, 2020 | Leadership and Management, Questioning | 0 comments

As a leader, my most important meetings are my 1-on-1’s with my direct reports. It is the single best investment of my time, and yet I have seen most leaders clueless about its importance. These 20 questions will help you turn your 1-on-1 meetings into sources of...

Know What Great Managers Do? A List of 8 Expectations From Managers That Employees Have.

Dec 10, 2020 | Leadership and Management | 2 comments

According to research by Gallup, the most common reason why people leave their jobs is bad managers and bosses. The study, which questioned more than one million working Americans, revealed that 75% of workers who left their jobs did so because of their managers and...

10 Prerequisites for Management I Learned from Bad Bosses and Being a Bad Manager Myself

Nov 24, 2020 | Leadership and Management | 0 comments

I have a confession to make – I know almost nothing about people management and motivation. The more I learn about leadership and what motivates people to do their best work, the more I realise how little I know. Although few managers would admit they lack the...

I Got Promoted To Management. Three Reasons Why That Was A Bad Idea And Doesn’t Work

Nov 20, 2020 | Leadership and Management | 0 comments

Your manager is most likely a bad fit for being in a managerial role. I was a bad fit too when I got promoted to management as nobody told me that management is a completely different role that requires a new set of skills. People get promoted to management when they...

From Blame Culture to Accountability – A 6 Step Framework for Teams

Nov 15, 2020 | Leadership and Management | 0 comments

Culture plays a key role in determining an organization’s overall performance.  It determines how employees interact with others within and outside the organization and give them a sense of direction. Ironically, executives rarely give culture the attention it...

How To Create Psychological Safety At Work

Nov 5, 2020 | Leadership and Management | 0 comments

People perform best when they feel safe and don’t have to watch over their shoulders. These days, uncertainty looms in almost every element of our lives. Hence, creating a safe workplace for people is in the best interest of any organization.  At work, the...

8 Things Leaders Can Do To Create a High Trust, High Engagement, and High-Performance Team

Oct 15, 2020 | Deploy Yourself, Leadership and Management | 0 comments

Many people have a rather simplistic view of how people and teams perform. People don’t perform based on their abilities alone. Any person’s performance is the sum total of their own abilities and effort plus the prevalent culture in the company (and team). A...

Want To Improve Performance? Before Giving Feedback, Give People These Four Things

Oct 10, 2020 | Deploy Yourself, Leadership and Management | 0 comments

Do you use feedback as a tool to improve performance? If your answer is yes, you are not alone. Most managers see (and use) feedback, most of which is negative or critical, as a tool to improve performance. If you give positive feedback too along with the negative...

6 Reasons People Are So Unhappy At Work

Oct 5, 2020 | Deploy Yourself, Leadership and Management | 0 comments

According to this study cited in Forbes, more than half of the US workforce is unhappy. Gallup surveys show that nearly two-thirds of employees are disengaged at work. In my own experience of the last 15 years and the numerous stories I have heard from people in...

How to Expand the Capacity of Your People and Enable Them to Do More Than They Think They Are Capable of?

Sep 25, 2020 | Leadership and Management | 0 comments

People are often capable of far more than we realize. It is not uncommon for people to work below their true potential (Kaplan, 2008). With the right knowledge and tools, we can learn to expand the capacity of our people, and get them to perform at a level they...
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Recent Articles

  • Issue #88, 3 Oct 2023 – The Simple Art of Long-Term Success (simple is not always easy)
  • Visionary Voices [01] – John Nance – “A good leader is also a follower”
  • Leadership Journeys [130] – Srikant Chellappa – “You have to train your brain to do hard things.”
  • Leadership Journeys [129] – Moiz Arsiwala – “Don’t overthink, just take micro steps and trust the process”
  • Leadership Journeys [128] – Marjukka Niinioja – “I had to learn to stop myself from speaking to listen more.”
  • Leadership Journeys [127] – Kirk Byles – “My inquisitiveness has been the most advantageous for my career”
  • Leadership Journeys [126] – Mike Kaeding – “When you do something new, you’re terrible at it”
  • Issue #87, 18 Sep 2023
  • Leadership Journeys [125] – Abhinav & Raghav Aggarwal – “You are the sum of all the things you do daily”
  • Leadership Journeys [124] – Michael McFall – “It is on YOU to earn the right to lead”
  • Leadership Journeys [123] – Sanjay Kaul – “I’m not here by design, I am here by default.”
  • Leadership Journeys [122] – Stefany Barker – “Things are hard, but they’re under control”
  • Leadership Journeys [121] – Sufiyan Sait – “The delta between your expectation and reality is inversely proportional to happiness”
  • Leadership Journeys [120] – Afraaz Masters – “The most important thing is to keep moving forwards”
  • Leadership Journeys [119] – Karoli Hindriks – “I want to make a difference with the time I have on planet Earth”
  • Leadership Journeys [118] – Ranjan Kumar – “The more you worry about the outcome, the more corrupt you become with your efforts”
  • Leadership Journeys [117] – Blake Hutchison – “Transparent communication and customer centricity are essential for effective leadership”
  • Leadership Journeys [116] – Ajay Tiwari – “Pain brings you closer to reality”
  • Issue #86, 26 Aug 2023 – The Power of Slowing Down: 5 Ways I Slow Down Daily
  • Leadership Journeys [115] – Paul Baron – “Selling is not about talking. It is about listening”
  • Leadership Journeys [114] – Chandan Mishra – “When somebody joins my team, their success becomes my goal.”
  • Leadership Journeys [113] – Avnish Anand – “Somewhere along the way I learned to reflect better.”
  • Issue #85, 21 Aug 2023 – How I’m rethinking my leadership? (and why creativity is the fuel)
  • Leadership Journeys [112] – Marina Narishkin – “I don’t lose, I either win or I learn”
  • Leadership Journeys [111] – Anthony Millin – “If entrepreneurship was easy, everyone would do it.”

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