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 [...]
6 Step Coaching Model
Posted in business, Career, Development, Management, tagged 6 step model, coaching, effective coaching, employee development on May 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Coaching can be used by managers or mentors to accelerate employee learning, improve their performance, facilitate development and support retention. Coaching conversations also are an opportunity to demonstrate a commitment to diversity. Diversity leaders coach and develop all their people, and adapt their coaching style to the needs and preferences of the individual. The Coaching Model, [...]
Secret to Retain Top Talent!!
Posted in Career, Management on April 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Today’s businesses are more dependent than ever before on their top performers to innovate and provide services that differentiate a company from its fierce competitors. In other words, corporations are reliant upon their human assets to survive and thrive. One of the projects that my husband worked on; “To reduce the attrition rate in his [...]
Series3- Power of Good Communication
Posted in business, Key to success, Leadership, Management on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is the final series in the genre of communication. Earlier we read how to save time while communicating and also we understood the key elements of good communication. Now that we have learned few tricks in communication, lets understand the “Power of Good Communication.” One of my mentor told me “Communication is a profound [...]
Importance and Steps for Effective Feedback
Posted in business, Career, Key to success, Leadership, Management on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the last few weeks, I have interviewed few accomplished leaders in their field.They shared their success, challenges and work-life balance philosophy. One thing that was key to their success and personal growth was “Feedback” throughout their professional career. Feedback is an essential part of keeping a company or organization running efficiently, as it is [...]
Delegation- The new Leadership Style
Posted in Leadership, Management on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In recent decade, more companies are focused on fostering an environment where employees are empowered to make strategic decisions and actions that affect the organization. Companies are embracing this new culture because it is the first step to become a customer-oriented company. This culture has made employees more competent and committed to their work. This [...]
Pick Your Battles-It is the Mantra for people who don’t want Battles :)
Posted in Leadership, Management on March 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This blog is for people from every walk of life as it talks about ways to deal with the most common output of human interaction-”CONFLICT.” How many of us have conflicts atleast once a week? I do!! Conflicts are not always negative, they have a positive twist to it too. Conflict is the connection between [...]
Series2- Key elements of Good Communication
Posted in Career, Key to success, Management on March 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I was reading a blog this morning by John Maxwell on “the power of good communication” and found it very interesting. I thought this would be a good seg way for the next Series 2 on communication for the readers. So before I write about the power of good communication I thought first knowing the [...]
