Tag Archives: people
A Zero Email Policy
As policies go this one is breathtakingly simple – DO NOT SEND EMAIL WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. Read the news below. http://news.yahoo.com/tech-firm-implements-employee-zero-email-policy-165311050.html Various comments on the news item are also interesting: To talk about banning emails is talking about the wrong … Continue reading
You will not be unhappy, next year
This is time when companies, who close their business year in March, get ready for that inevitable appraisals phase and for deciding who gets salary raises and who gets promoted. Suddenly , and more visibly, almost everyone is unhappy. In … Continue reading
Would you like to be a leadership coach?
If you are or have been a senior corporate executive and are passionate about developing leaders, this can be a very satisfying area of work for you. Learning Leadership is pleased to invite senior corporate executives to join, as leadership … Continue reading
After initial success, Ajit faces pangs of growth
Ajit runs a technology company. Ajit’s is one of those few companies that are started by technologists with passion for creating new products or new ways of doing things. Ajit and his small band of people have tasted initial commercial … Continue reading
My guest lecture on Emotional Leadership @ Univ Of Texas B-School
University of Texas’s Business School has a distinctive architecture and distinguished faculty. James Campbell Quick, John and Judy Goolsby Distinguished Professor, teaches leadership at the Goolsby Leadership Academy. Prof Quick and Learning Leadership’s Prashant Ranade integrated the Emotional Leadership program … Continue reading
Leaders & their decisions…1
Scene : A coaching session with a CEO. CEO: There are now two candidates for the job of the operations head. A has many years of relevant experience and is less qualified. I can get him easily and at a … Continue reading
What to look for in your leadership coach -3
Passion for developing people. An executive coach must be a person, who is passionate about developing people. How will you find this? This will show up in his \ her track record through -formal or informal teaching assignments -learning new … 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