A stream of visual insights in form of #sketchnotes from the pen of Tanmay Vora. More about sketchnote project here.
Leadership success is largely governed by, amongst other things, one’s ability to create an ecosystem of engagement, meaning, performance and growth. A leader creates this ecosystem through conversations, communication (leading to clarity), connection, systems, rituals, processes and decisions. Leandro Herrero, in his post, “Five spaces that the organizational leader needs to design and nurture”, calls […]
In moments of uncertainty, inspiration came to me in form of a tweet with a visual that read, “If you see shadows, it is because there is light.” I instinctively told myself, “If you face the light, shadows fall behind.” The mindset of abundance asks, “What’s possible?” instead of “What could go wrong?” and […]
Leading in an era of constant disruption, change and transformation is not easy. In such transformation efforts, soft aspects of leadership play as crucial role as the hard aspects like systems thinking, innovation and execution of change. Last week, I saw an insightful TED talk by Jim Hemerling where he outlined 5 ways to lead […]
When our mind is like a mountain, it is nothing but a heap of fixed beliefs and knowledge that does not evolve. To have a mind like a valley, we need to pursue things with a sense of wonder, knowing that we don’t know and having a receptive frame of mind ready to absorb. An […]
What do you look for when you look for talent? Competence is the key to solving problems but competence alone is not sufficient for success. In current context, I would define talent as a combination of competence, commitment, learning agility, attitude/character, communication skills, ability to collaborate across different cultures, critical thinking and creative problem solving. […]
We either wait for inspiration to happen to us or try finding it from somewhere (books/blogs/videos etc). I have spent countless hours trying to wait or find inspiration. It helped, but only for a short while. A better way to create inspiration, in my experience, is to get down to doing things. Once you dedicate […]
Here is what leaders often do – when faced with a complex situation at work, they add more meetings, task forces, new procedures and governance structures that makes things more complex. What we need to handle complex challenges is simplicity that leads to effectiveness. Simon Terry, whose thinking I really admire, wrote a short post […]
The books I love the most are not the ones that offer off-the-shelf “solutions” but ones that start a conversation, catalyze thinking, elevate understanding and help in thinking about a topic in novel ways. And that’s why I loved reading “The Neo-Generalist” by Kenneth Mikkelsen and Richard Martin. It is a book that bridges the […]
If you are dealing with a mediocre team or average performance from people, check what you are expecting from them. People respond to expectations (implicit and explicit) and raising the bar of expectations is a great way to enable growth and potential in people. Raising Expectations Doesn’t Mean Pressurizing People Setting high expectation means providing […]