Are you the charismatic leader?
All of us revere charismatic leaders. We relate to the charisma of leaders like Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Jack Welch and so on. We get...
Do you really believe in diversity, as a leader?
As businesses are operating in an increasingly interconnected world, they find their stakeholders coming from different backgrounds of religious practices, cultural norms, language nativities, social do’s and don’ts. For a...
Are you Transforming your Team?
Every leader wishes to leave his mark behind in the minds of the people he works with and the journey of the institution decades after he has stepped down. This...
Are you a Laissez-faire Leader?
In our world today, a significant part of our workforce values freedom, demonstrates self-confidence and sets high ambitions. This phenomenon is not restricted to the white-collar workforce, rather all-pervasive. Leaders...
How about the leader being a facilitator?
Every leader is invested with some authority, given the command over a set of resources and asked upon to deliver predefined results. Leaders make decisions each day how to marshal...
Watch out if you are the boss’s Favorite!
We all know, bosses have their favorites. They are human beings and so do the people who work with them. It is natural that the boss likes and trusts someone...
How to provide feedback to your team members?
One of the most critical contributions that a leader must make to the team members is to provide feedback. The environment in the team exudes positivism when the feedback is...
Engaging Millenials at Work
Millenials are the biggest part of the workforce now and this will remain the trend for another decade. Gallup study shows that the millenials are the least engaged with their...
How important is the Agony Aunt or Agony Uncle at your workplace?
Organizations understand group dynamics and the grapevine. It is natural that there is someone in a group who is popular and the ‘go-to person’ when someone is stressed, unsettled or...
More than one boss?
Organizations are flattening and role boundaries are getting blurry. Silos are melting away; overlap in responsibilities is a common phenomenon these days. There are many matrices at play when we...