I have read a lot of blogs and books about leadership and found them very valuable. However I still needed some clarity specially on: What are the top capabilities that a leader needs to have that defines his or her leadership style and framework? So I decided to talk industry leaders and did my own independent research. After my analysis, [...]
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Build your Leadership Framework
Posted in business, Coaching, Development, Key to success, Leadership, Management, tagged ability of a leader, leadership, leadership skills, qualities of a leader, top 5 qualities on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Magic Potion!!
Posted in business, Career, Coaching, Communication, Corporate Culture, Development, General, HBR, Key to success, Management, Matter to you, Networking, tagged communication, Do's of communication, Don't of communication, effective, effective communication, key to success, magic potion, personal growth, two-way communication on May 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
We all dream of having a magic potion that can change our life positively. Believe it or not we all have the power similar to magic potion to change many aspects of our life, its all about how we execute it. Two-way communication is the magic potion for effective communication, building relationship and having coaching [...]
Handling Difficult Conversation!!
Posted in business, Career, Coaching, Development, General, Key to success, Management, Matter to you, tagged arguments, avoids, conversation, difficult situation, emotional, fierce conversation, frustrated, shocked, uncomfortable conversation on May 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
How many of us have got stuck in an uncomfortable or difficult or fierce conversation? Studies shows 45% of the conversation are difficult, fierce and uncomfortable, however only 1% books are written on this topic. Be it work or personal life I have been in some really difficult and uncomfortable conversations. Sometimes I don’t know [...]
Standout for your next promotion!
Posted in Key to success on May 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, during one of my mentor-ship sessions my mentor talked about key differentiators that can make one standout for his/her next promotion. I found it very useful and thought it would be a great article (with my thoughts) to start the week off with for my readers. Standout Skills 1) Presentation – It is an [...]
Success for Heaven – by Niko Canner
Posted in Career, Key to success on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I attended one of the most informative and interesting event hosted by 85 Broads and NYU Stern, “2020 Vision: The Future is Yours!” All the speakers in this event were ‘Creme Brule’ of their field. One of the speaker Niko Canner, named one of ten “new gurus” and “8 to Watch” by Fortune magazine [...]
Change is a Mind-Game!
Posted in Career, Inspiration, Key to success on April 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Change is an essential element of life, yet we almost instinctively resist it. Change requires more than just thought; it requires ongoing attention and perseverance. To deal effectively with change you cannot avoid it or let it upset you. Instead, you have to learn how to deal with change, and use it to your advantage. [...]
Be Nice but not a “PushOver”
Posted in Key to success on April 1, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Who is a “Push-Over.” Someone who can’t seem to ever say no to anyone. Always feels that they have to do what everyone else wants them to do or they won’t be liked anymore. Someone who has trouble defending themselves against other people’s snide remarks. In today’s corporate world, speaking out can be viewed as [...]
Little things matter more
Posted in Career, Key to success on March 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Recently I read an awesome book “The Little BIG Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence” by Tom Peters. This book was very insight and it stated that EXCELLENCE is the result of many small tasks. Small favors, small gestures and even a smile can go long way in life. One of my ex-Sr. Director remembers [...]
Turn Setbacks into Success
Posted in Career, Inspiration, Key to success on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend I read an amazing article on WSJ.com – ” When Success Follows the College Rejection.” It featured one of the person I admire the most “Mr. Warren Buffett.” Mr. Buffett had his set of failures too, right from being rejected by Harvard to him being a terrified public speaker. I believe that everyone [...]
Benefits of Happiness Coaching
Posted in Corporate Culture, Key to success on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Coaching is an excellent way to attain a certain work behavior that will improve leadership, employee accountability, teamwork, sales, communication, goal setting, strategic planning and more. Business coaching is very common type of coaching. It provides feedback and occasionally advice to individual or group to help them recognize ways in which they can improve the [...]
