“Unprecedented” is a term most used to describe year 2020. It was a year that brought a major shift in our perspectives about things we often take for granted including our health, wellness, family, relationships and work. Millions of people worldwide lost their lives, many were thrown into a whirlwind of situations resulting from getting […]
Money is a topic that touches everyone but people rarely open up about their relationship with money – and yet money (and our thinking about it) drives many behaviors and decisions in life. The Psychology of Money I recently read Morgan Housel’s brilliant book “The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness” […]
COVID19 disrupted the physical workplaces and transformed how people engage with the organization, with each other, with customers and with the work itself. Times like these are also an opportunity to rethink the practices organizations adopt to keep their people aligned and engaged. Working from home will continue to be a standard feature of most […]
In my last post, I touched upon how leaders can build their influence by focusing on their being rather than chasing the goal of becoming influential. Real influence is a by-product of being, not just doing. If there is no leadership without influence, there is no influence without a strong foundation of trust. Our first […]
When you are on the journey of learning and sharing online, you often come across recognitions and the most common recognition these days is that of an “influencer”. Along my own journey, I have been ranked amongst “influencers” many times. This tag is given after careful analysis of social media metrics, but that tells very […]
In 2010, I wrote a short post about “Nine Roles of Great Leadership.” When I had just started creating sketchnotes in 2015, I created a very rough visual interpretation of the article in form of a sketchnote and shared it on social media. I never imagined that my rough scribble would end up going viral. […]
I have worked with leaders who are too paranoid about the results that they don’t care about relationships and the ones who are so internally focused that they miss the beat of the market. Leadership in a complex world (made all the more complex by the pandemic) requires leaders to have a more holistic focus […]
Businesses and individuals are caught in a perfect storm of uncertainties stemming from the current pandemic. It feels like the “future of work” that people often referred to in fancy conferences just preponed its arrival! In fact, future happens one day at a time and here we are! When external context is shifting rapidly, leaders […]
In the face of rapid disruptions happening due to COVID19, organizations are required to rapidly respond to a constantly evolving context and realign themselves to the new realities. This demands organizations, leaders and individuals to rapidly make sense of changing realities, understand patterns, clarify their purpose, align strategy to the purpose and mobilize people to […]