On a railway platform, as in life, everyone is on the move; hurrying to reach their destinations. While I was waiting there, I saw her coming out of the train that had just arrived. Her wrinkled and exhausted face wore a worried look. Her back was bent with a lumbar belt wrapped around it. Getting […]
[Note: This post is a continuation of thoughts from my earlier post “Building Engaged Teams with Power of Appreciation”] Yes, appreciation is the fuel that drives people forward and leaders need to learn the art of genuinely appreciating the behaviors they value. On the other side of this equation is the person who is being […]
When you are set out to help others grow (including your own kids), you have to give them time and space to grow. People, like plants, grow organically. They learn from what you tell them, but they learn from how they feel and what they experience. As a leader (yes, parents are leaders too!), if […]
The pace of change is accelerating and business leaders who are responsible for improvements need keep up with the pace. While plan-do-check-act methodology has been around for long, the time it took was way longer. For organizational improvements (and the personal ones), what do we need today? What would business expect from improvement initiatives? A […]
In 1982, University of Wisconsin researchers studying the human learning pattern videotaped two bowling teams during multiple games. When these tapes were shown to team, they were edited differently. One team was shown the video of all their mistakes and the other team was shown the video of their good performances. Both teams improved, but […]
Photograph by Tanmay Vora The best way to grow is to help others grow. In process of elevating others, you have to elevate yourself. However, you have to adopt a posture of generosity and abundance. In school, I heard a story of a farmer who was known for producing best crops and sharing his […]
Appreciation is a fuel that helps others move forward in direction of their goals, yet we often see that managers take others/their work for granted thinking, “So what if they’re doing it – they’re paid to do just that.” When organizations establish 1:1 link between outcomes with pay, they breed mediocrity because people will also […]
Each time I pass through that huge building, I think of its past glory. It was one of the first multiplexes of the country, a trend setter of the sorts. Today, it stands empty with a warning on its walls, “Under Demolition”. I see that building as an epitome of change. How can a pioneer […]
Organizations are made up of us, humans, who often goof up. How often do we offer/see a heartfelt apology in corporate world? As leaders, we find it too difficult to apologize. We take the route of excuses and self-justification. For issues with new Maps, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook offered a public apology and showed once […]