Mentors not managers are needed

Since most hiring in companies is managerially done. Managerially means the recruitment drive is done by managers and the assessment is based on skills and technical competencies only. The result is that managers hire future managers. The result is a very committed managerial organization that is hard to shift to a leaderly position. When leadership […]

The HR dilemma

Carrying out a huge leadership transformation in the organization is no longer the HR key job. The HR fleet in most organizations are service administrators not transformers. I know many HR and OD people who have a strong desire to change, but they are stuck between senior management old mentality and their relentless desire to […]

Culture and leadership are inextricably linked

A company is just a group of people. Businesses are not made up of structure and policies; they are made up of people. The true concept of culture is hugely misunderstood, and most people, including business consultants, senior managers and leaders, do not know the true meaning. They always grapple with explaining the core of […]

Studying leadership

Before practising any trade or a profession, a great deal of study or training is required to perform it right. The case is different for studying leadership. Careful, I am not talking about the irrelevant leadership which is mistakenly taught as a management subject in most business schools. Also, there is a big problem in […]

Great content is infectious

If you love what you are posting about, people will feel it. If you are consistent and persistent to present and represent your views, people will respect it. If your content is quality oriented, people will follow it and share it. They will embrace it. At this point, your stuff become infectious. This is when […]

Can you answer this question?

What is your purpose? If you cannot answer this question, you are essentially undermining your passion, defocusing your energy, limiting your potential and not getting closer to the core of who you are. Unravelling your true DNA is must do not a luxury thing that you choose to do or not. It is the core […]

Wishful vs practical thinking

I wish nothing bad will happen. I hope things get better. What if they get worse? I did what I had to do and other things are not under my control, so I should not be worried. To a certain extent you’re right. Have you considered your position if things get really out of your […]

Do not confuse it. Marketing vs sales.

  Marketing is communicating the message of the brand. What is the brand all about. It is telling the story and the DNA of the brand. Marketing is not about 4P’s and 7P’s as they teach and preach. One second, this applies only if there is a brand. If your business is a copy and […]

Assumptions, decisions and outcomes

This is how we operate in life, we have an assumption about something which leads us to make a decision. The final outcomes are the result of the decisions we made. Take any decision in life and it is a result of a certain assumption. Our underlying assumptions govern our decisions. Whether something is true […]

They blamed everyone except themselves

There are many reasons for the fall of civilizations, nations, and companies. Whom are we going to blame? Kings, governments, systems, geography, or history? Historians offer varying lists of criteria for the fall of civilizations, but most of the lists include the following important factors: a large population, food scarcity, a centralized government, controlling religion, […]