Happy Deepawali
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. -Edith Wharton ... Read More
The Placebo Effect
The Uncompromisable Leadership Obligations
“The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious” ~ John Scully Last week at Udaipur, the cloudy grey morning with unbroken pelting of rain, confided me (providentially to a picturesque lake-side log-hut) from my otherwise intended second round of leadership intervention for a client organization. The accidental day off and solitary caging led me to think about apparent leadership compromises in one of my client organizations. Over the past few consulting years, I have observed the agonising disintegration in the quality of leadership courage in several Indian ... Read More
An Enabler Can Save Your Startup Crash…!
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. -Samuel Butler Enabler! Can save a Startup crash? Yes, I believe so! I also believe that there are too many disproportionately puffed-up noises around Startups. Ultimately, it is an innovative, potentially fast scalable, and geographically unconfined business model. Irrespective of the kerfuffle crafted around Startups, like every other business, success of a Startup too whirls around people. People are the only eternal competitive edge (initially and even after the massive scale-up) for the Startups or ... Read More
Cultural Transformation: Don’t Miss The Blindingly Obvious!
“Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization is transformed – the culture reflects the realities of people working together every day” – Frances Hesselbein Regrettably, almost 75% of organizational transformations downright fail. I remember advising on this topic to a large “top-down” jaundiced client organization, best known in Industry for arbitrarily thrusting tactical commands upon dispassionate employees. Often that led to poorly executed projects, brusquely frenzied debates, unintended delays, and duplications. Leadership of the company was never in sync with the unfulfilled employees and ... Read More