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Leading Well: Listening is Meditation
This post is inspired by a tweet from the legendary Tom Peters which deeply resonated with me. I once had such a major disconnect with the Head of HR that I had to walk out of his room. And the disconnect was not that of ideas because I could not even start the discussion for […]
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Hidden Strengths – Unleashing The Leadership Skills You Already Have
Most people ascend to leadership positions based on their areas of natural strengths. Tools like SWOT analysis also focus excessively on two things: strengths and weaknesses. So, our natural response as leaders is to leverage our strengths and improve on areas of our weakness. Yes? But there is a large space between our strengths and […]
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7 Pointers to Build a Strong Company Culture
Much like electricity which cannot be seen but empowers the devices, culture is an invisible force that drives beliefs, habits, rituals and outcomes of an organization. In fact, culture is a sum total of an organization’s shared values, behaviors, rituals, beliefs, attitudes, goals and practices. It exerts a powerful influence on day to day behaviors […]
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Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others
“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say ‘Thank You’. In between, the leader is a servant.” – Max De Pree Gone with the industrial age is the concept of traditional leadership where people at the top of pyramid exercise the power in a hierarchy. In a creative […]
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Interdisciplinary Thinking
Technology and sociology are two different disciplines. But when technology transcended the boundary and met sociology (or the other way around) – social media was born. It completely transformed how we communicate, consume information and sell. If you are playing a guitar, you are dealing with two disciplines. The art of dynamically arranging musical notes […]
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Building Critical Thinking Muscle: An L&D Mandate
Last week, I was invited as a guest on PeopleMatters #TChat (Twitter chat) on the topic of developing critical thinking muscle within the organization and the role of learning and development. I was joined by Mahalaxmi R who is the CLO & Global Head Talent at Airtel and Rajesh Lele. It was fun contributing and […]
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Dr. Deming on Joy of Work, Innovation and Leadership
Having worked in Quality management role for a long time, I could not have afforded to miss insights from Dr. W. Edwards Deming whose thinking was way ahead of time. Dr. Deming is remembered for transforming Japan into a formidable business competitor through his management and leadership practices, especially Deming’s 14 principles. In 1994, at […]
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SHRM Top 25 Indian HR Influencers on Social Media 2014
Last week, SHRM India published a list of “Top 25 Indian HR Influencers on Social Media” for the year 2014-15. I am glad to be ranked amongst top 5 influencers for the third consecutive year. Each year, SHRM India raises the bar and changes evaluation method. This year, they considered activity/interactions beyond Twitter to cover […]