Never abandon people when they are struggling
My Quote #252 says, ‘Never abandon people when they are struggling.’ Last week, many of us saw the moving images of our Prime Minister consoling Dr. Sivan, the Chairperson of…
My Quote #252 says, ‘Never abandon people when they are struggling.’ Last week, many of us saw the moving images of our Prime Minister consoling Dr. Sivan, the Chairperson of…
Downtime is upskill time! Scuba diver One of my acquaintances lost his engineering job in the late ’90s. After trying hard for a job in vain, he headed to the…
Differences should not turn into disputes. I was reading this article (extract below) in The Times of India this week and was struck by the heading, ‘Differences should not turn…
Don’t hide behind that email! Personal touch When it comes to one-on-one communication, I used to recommend to my team to go by the following order of preference: Face to…
Does loyalty generate disrespect? The title seems a little bizarre, doesn’t it? Attrition of a loyal client I was participating in a Leadership meeting of a midsize Financial Services organization.…
Are you hopeful or delusional? Coaching an entrepreneur I was coaching a for-profit start-up founder who had just embarked on his journey. He had a solution that would have benefitted…
In Bangalore, the traffic being quite unpredictable, for a client meeting yesterday, I took an Uber pretty early. As luck would have it, there was not much traffic and I…
While leading a team, I happened to spot a serious conflict between two peers. Both of them were very good at their work but were constantly bitching about each other.…
Your attention matters. Many years ago, I was in Bangkok for a Finance process migration into India. At Bangkok, I was reporting into a Japanese manager and my colleagues were…
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