Category Archives: People development
Leaders and their decisions -2
Business leadership is all about making decisions. Decision making can not be easily taught in leadership courses, however good they are. See what is happening here. A CEO is meeting his management team. The subject is review of some proposals … Continue reading
A new thinking in leadership and management….(overwhelmed)
You must be coming across this phrase often, particularly if you are a business leader who tries to keep in touch with the current research and thinking in the fields of leadership and management. There is always some new thinking. … Continue reading
Your workouts seem to be simple at first..
More and more senior corporate executives are undergoing Learning Leadership programs. Every program involves a set of well structured workouts. A senior executive said that “The workouts seemed to be simple at first. But as I started putting down my … Continue reading
Learning Leadership requires new wiring of brain!
Learning Leadership skills or improving them requires important changes in the ‘wiring’ of our brains. Thinking like walking style is driven by habits formed. Some of the important changes required in thinking of leaders are: -capturing reality comprehensively and while … Continue reading
Horror on hand…for you
The chances are that you never come back to it. That’s your fear, so you try to attend to every mail and every call in real time. You stay late and carry your blackberry and your laptop around. (Why do … Continue reading
My people are all hardworking but….
“My people work really hard. Many of my top managers stay up late and then take their laptops home. But somehow we are not turning out any superlative performance. Our customers think we are ok type. Our employees…the other day … Continue reading
My prize catch Ajit does not stack up anymore..
“When Ajit joined our team there was a great hope. After all, he not only had top rated education but he had also worked at the market leader in our industry. I was very proud to net him. But six … Continue reading
She quit. But I was going to promote her…
Sounds familiar. The signs were all there. She would come up to you and make some good suggestions. You would say ‘great’ and give her a know-all look and an indulgent smile. She would speak with conviction in meetings. But … Continue reading
But I wish to promote my blue eyed boy!
There is no suitable way of making this expression applicable to both the genders. My apologies to talented women executives. CEOs have their favorites. It is only human to take a liking to someone and develop some trust and comfort … Continue reading
Who should I promote?
You are a CEO and you are weighing options for filling up the position of the Operations Head, which has fallen vacant because the previous occupant left his job. The previous occupant could not cope with the job pressure. You … Continue reading