Three months ago, when I walked into the office after four months of lockdown & Work from Home (WFH), I was surprisingly feeling happy. Covid-19 changed our life in a variety of ways – The way we think, the way we live, the way we plan our future and most importantly the way we work…
Category: Leadership & Corporate Life
The one kind of Management that can make or break your career
Ram is a very hard-working person but can’t seem to sustain a growth path in the corporate world. He works overtime to resolve customer queries but still clients get annoyed with him and request his seniors to assign a replacement relationship manager to them. Seniors too lose their cool with him for poor service to…
Deal & Rise above a crisis or crumble under its weight
The Novel Corona virus or COVID-19 pandemic is a one of its type of crisis we are witnessing in our lifetime. I was watching the movie Dunkirk few months ago and in one of the scenes, when the soldiers arrive at the railway station, an old blind man provides him tea and says, “Well Done”….
Restarting life in corporate world!
7 months ago, I had a chance meeting with an old acquaintance Reema Basu at Lucknow airport. It was difficult to recognize initially. But the evergreen confidence in her brown eyes is the same as it was 15 years ago. Reema Basu has been a winner throughout her life; a college topper in Electrical engineering,…
Knowing your Shadows..
Ram had been asked to create a special 10 member sales team from existing employees to push the sales of their newly launched beauty products. While he had already narrowed down on the team members, he was struggling to choose the right leader for the team. Ram had to be careful in finding the right…
Your Attitude powers your Salary…
Ram fired a person in the organisation. For him it was a very tough call to make. It was tough for him because he never believed in firing any employee. At the end of the day, he was very tired & wondered if he made the right decision. 3 months ago, one of his employees…
Greatness of a team lie in its Leader!
History says that Akbar’s era was the best time for the Mughal empire. For that, all the credit goes to his council of ministers called the ‘Nav Ratna’ of his empire. These Nav Ratna were true pillars of his empire and had a huge influence in the success & acceptance of Akbar as a leader…
Expertly Manage & Rise above Crisis
The Novel Corona virus or COVID-19 pandemic is a one of its type of crisis we are witnessing in our lifetime. I was watching the movie Dunkirk few months ago and in one of the scenes, when the soldiers arrive at the railway station, an old blind man provides him tea and says, “Well Done”….
Identify your goals and prepare to MEET them
The lock down has presented an opportunity to all of us to connect with family and friends. I was talking to one of my entrepreneur friends after almost five years. While we discussed a lot of things, we also touched upon his business. Like everyone, he was also finding it difficult to run his business….
The IP theory of focus Management
As a child, my soccer coach constantly advised me, “Boy, if you want to succeed you have to keep your focus”. Years may have passed but I often tried to dissect his statement by asking myself – How does one keep focus? The answer I realised was that there are not one but two qualities…