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It was interesting to come across the coinage of Workaholic Leader today. I have often wondered about the people termed as workaholics. Why do they do so much work? Don’t they have anything better to do? What else would they be doing if not work? The theoretical lines of question can go on. But at … Read more
In today’s discussion, I’d like to touch upon 3 myths about vulnerability as a leader. I am not really sure where I picked this from – maybe some old books on leadership/ corporate experiences and startup misexperiences. But I do distinctly recall treating being emotional as a bad thing and a sign of leadership weakness. … Read more
The pandemic has no wonder had a severe impact on many. Not only are we grappling with the direct impacts, but also looking at the indirect influences such as recession and depression. Being in about 4-5 months of lockdown, we are waking up to a new reality of working from home. Although it felt a … Read more
COVID has certainly thrown most businesses into unprepared challenges. It has invariably created new scenarios for businesses to project and revise their strategic plans. There have been a fair amount of articles and conversations about preferred approaches to crisis management during covid. We all know the difficult financial situation COVID has thrown businesses into. Most … Read more
It is no surprise COVID has impacted so many industries around us. Today’s question is around its impact on the recruitment industry. In particular, my focus would be on contract/fixed term employments. For many organizations, including startups the contract roles work very well. In my previous startup experience – we used these contracts to perform … Read more
Long Meeting: This will be a continual question for me. I won’t start with a promise that this post answers the questions and provides a simple easy solution to keep meetings crisp. We are talking about people and ensuring that all the opinions are heard to arrive at a sensible decision. It makes no sense … Read more
Being a misfit: Today’s inspiration is derived from a beautiful ted talk from Lidia Yuknavich about the beauty of being a misfit. Naturally we’ve all heard a lot of inspiring quotes about being a misfit. Some of those beautifully celebrate this aspect. However, I do find that most of these quotes romanticise a simple natural … Read more
Making the Team Feel Safe: Today’s inspiration is from a lovely talk by Simon Sinek about Leadership and the feeling of security. Not so long ago, we talked about Maslow’s principle of hierarchy and its influence on a business. Accordingly, the basic motivational needs come under the physiological category. In this post, we discuss the … Read more
It wasn’t long ago when I came across this phrase: Invisible funnel for marketing. Naturally I was curious about it to find out more and explore whether it can actually work in a startup context. As with most articles, you know very well by now that the answer is “It Depends”. Having said that, we … Read more
Ah! It feels good to be coming back to the basic leadership questions. It’s amazing to read through the journey of leadership philosophies and understand its evolution. One thing I am sure of in a leadership position is that it is not a perfect science. These principles are certainly great as guiding beacons. But … Read more