Tag: Leader

  • Sure signs, if long term health of organization you serve is not sound!

    Sure signs, if long term health of organization you serve is not sound!

    Is not it a sound idea to check time to time how sound is the long term health of the organization, you are serving or managing? If yes, top management as well as employees could do well to make following reality checks and then seek a change or solution: Top rated performers leave organization earlier…

  • Good has limits; but bad knows none!

    Good has limits; but bad knows none!

    Source: http://www.flickr.com/ When going is good, we see no limit! Then, a stage comes when we start to take U turn. Good starts to become grim be it growth, success or relationship. Our belief that sky is the only limit gets grounded! To be truthful, “Sky is the limit” is only a phrase. Contrary to popular…

  • Confusion in Corporates – lead by being Democratic, Autocratic or Authoritative?

    Successful companies or their managers do not practice, what they preach generally! Everyone talks of empowerment and encouraging openness or dissent; but when it comes to doing it, people do it selectively or secretively. If you look at leadership forums, conferences, articles or development programs, everyone would swear by vision, farsightedness, focus, drive, dynamism, empathy…

  • Why vices go viral; but virtues get stuck in spiral!

    Success after success is not what impresses people; but failure after success or success after failure does! No story makes sense to people unless it is sensational, emotional or for worst, sexual. Look at wardrobe malfunction of celebrities; it would go viral in no time and attract anywhere near million clicks. But a sane script…

  • When were good leaders in good number?

    If good things were to be in good number, that would go against the rule of nature! This could be surprising to most; but is real! If we turn any page of history, we would discover that there were always calls for better leaders, as the ones present in societies or companies were not good…

  • “How I Hire” – Mantra & Messages of many!

    Recently a social media has invited articles on “How I Hire” from eminent leaders and authors. So, a spate of articles surfaced on this platform. Lot of good ideas and counsel has been shared on how to hire best in class or best fit. Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of GE sees the best…

  • When Bosses talk of being open to getting challenged or criticism, what they really mean!

    It is a common chore for most bosses to make holy statements of intents to the people they work with. How much they really mean? The pitch of holy statements goes higher, when people move to higher positions or are new in their positions! Higher the number of people in team, higher is the amplitude…

  • Aspire to be a Role Model? Go harder on Soft Skills and softer on Hard Skills!

    MBA, Engineering, Medical or any other discipline degrees and technical part of experience can make you a model; but not role model! These give you hard skills and knowledge in a given field, enable you to enter an organization or profession; but take you further only to a limited level!! What really helps you is…

  • You need right recipe to get great results; but getting addicted to it is regressing!

    Recipe of Bill Clinton was right during his 1st term as US President and therefore, he got success in getting elected for 2nd term, during which he apparently got addicted to it. Therefore, he failed to notice which ingredient of that recipe was going wrong and got into serious troubles in his relationships! Michael Dell…

  • Universal rule for Dos & Don’ts!

    “Do, what makes you Happy! Don’t do what Harms, Hurts or Hates others!!” Very often, most come on crossroads and get confused what to do or not do. But, it is amazing that above 2 sentences can indeed guide you and help determine correct way forward! These sentences are not alien to most; but what…