The person who is questioning always takes control of a conversation. Probing is the skill of asking important questions, which is essential in consulting, selling, negotiating, problem-solving and managing conflicts. All great solutions have emerged from asking quality questions at the right time. The persuasive power of probing consistently Read more…
Have you come across leaders who are caring, fun to be with, and energetic, but lacking in their ability to strategize and provide directions to run their functions or businesses? They usually shy away from making decisions and would not bother setting goals for their teams or communicating the set Read more…
As a learning consultant for over two decades, I have worked with managers and leaders, helping their teams develop relevant behavioural and functional competencies. During this journey, I have engaged with many senior persons, those who were business heads, heads of departments and functions, and managing large teams. Working with Read more…
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” John F. Kennedy The success of an organization depends on its leaders being change agents, thereby building leaders and effectively managing its people and projects. Are we not inspired by leaders who transform businesses, provide growth opportunities for people, impart hope and achieve Read more…
To be or not to be, to do or not to do, to blog or not to blog; It’s been a dilemma for more than three years to write about this topic and post it as a blog. The matter may not be serious as Hamlet’s dilemma, whether to exist Read more…
Progressive policies create a robust culture in organizations. Policies enabled by digital tools can help organizations positively transform their culture. A favourable culture can lead to flat hierarchies, empowered employees, mindsets encouraging disagreements and differences of opinion, inclusive and diverse teams, respectful workplace etiquette, and hence a conducive work environment. Read more…
I sometimes feel that as human beings, we respect the dead more than the living. One of the customs in any religion is to use rituals and traditions to pay homage to the deceased. But for these rituals and traditions, I wonder how we would have treated the dead. I Read more…
Life is all about creating options and making the right choices. The decisions made during a person’s life attributes to the individual’s success or failure. A world size canvas sometimes may not be enough to draw a decision tree with all the choices we had before us and the decisions Read more…
Victory gives us immense pleasure. It is ingrained in our culture that winning is more important than anything else. Parents push and persuade their kids at school to be the number one in all their endeavours and win at any cost. Is there anything wrong with this approach? Well, a Read more…
Millions of books and countless words have been written on leadership as a skill. One of the questions asked most often in leadership workshops is “Who is a leader?” Though we have excellent responses to this question, in many forms and formats, we still have a dearth of real leaders Read more…