Category: Leadership
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“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…
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How to align so-called Luck to your Like!
You like to win a lottery or lot of money from slot machine in a casino by a stroke of luck! You see someone speeding up in latest model of Porsche car and blame your luck for not having that luxury. You like high flying career, beautiful spouse, and palatial house! If you got that…
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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…
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Everyone wants to be Short and Sweet; but how to be!
Universally, everybody agrees being short and sweet works well; but he/she often lands up being long and lingering! There are 2 schools of thoughts – one believes in being comprehensive and second puts its faith on being concise. Former invariably tends to become complex and then, people generally repel or react. Latter, when overtly conscious…
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Most managers fail to graduate to good leadership, since their most qualities are opportunistic!
Often company management and its HR folks fail to notice how behavioral pattern of employees undergo a change as they move up the ladder. Jerry (name changed) was an employee of a well-known multinational company. During early phase of his career, he was reasonable, rational and great team player. When he graduated to become supervisor,…
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Why same medicine works but in new wrapper!
Don’t mistake that meaning of title is same as “old wine in new bottle”; it’s much more! I had recommended one of my relatives a medical doctor to get treatment for her IBS problem. The doctor did not appeal to her and as things would have it, she did not find medicine prescribed to her…
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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…
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Is Murphy’s Law a Myth, as it reveals one side of Reality; but not the opposite?
Murphy’s is one law, which has very simple statement; but with profound implications and interpretations! In its initial form (there are various versions introduced later), it states that “If anything can go wrong — it will”. This law has deep rooted impact on corporate and common lives. Unfortunate part is that most of us tend…
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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…
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Best people put together don’t produce the Best; proper Blend does!
Look at Manchester United, Barcelona or Real Madrid soccer clubs. Their teams give great performance, which has catapulted these clubs in top 10 slots in the world. However, during World Cup Football or other international matches, when U.K. or Spain builds a national team drawing the best players from various clubs, statistics show that such…