Navigating the Leadership Journey Leadership is a role laden with power, responsibility, and authority. As a leader, you are expected to steer the ship through turbulent waters while keeping your team’s spirits high, even in the face of uncertainty. However, this position often comes with a sense of isolation and overwhelming pressure. The weight of …
Empowering Women politically and socially In a world where women have increasingly shattered barriers and achieved remarkable feats in various domains, India stands at a crossroads. Despite witnessing notable milestones such as having a woman prime minister, chief ministers, and president long before other nations have, our country still grapples with a lack of substantial …
As we get set to celebrate yet another Independence Day, a few thoughts come to my mind. Two nations were born, a day apart from each other, August of 1947 after several years of British rule. One has gone on to become an economic powerhouse with a bright future and the other is tottering on …
Achieving a win-win situation Everyone has an agenda; it just need not be the same as yours. Often times “He/She has an agenda”, is a term that is loosely used in a negative connotation. Now the question I want to ask is, “Is it wrong for people to have personal agendas?” In my mind there …
A highly influential Leadership Skill I had recently written an article about the most undervalued leadership skills and something that came up as one of the comments on the post was – “Listening Skills”. Listening, I agree, is often undervalued and I believe that listening is actually a master skill in itself. In this smart …
“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.” – Douglas MacArthur The above statement completely resonates with me. Most managers may be confident, speak well, have a drive to succeed and emulate an energy that is unlike others. …
Hurdles faced and how to overcome them. India is one of the fastest growing economies of the world. The finance ministry projects a GDP growth rate of almost 7% and India is likely to become the third largest economy behind USA and China by 2030. Despite all this growth and development, the percentage of women …
Adapting to Changing Times! Times are changing and so is education and skilling. It is no longer about learning one skill. Traditional skills and subjects learnt, though important from a functional perspective, are no longer enough in this uncertain, interconnected, technology driven world that we are living in! Functional skills while important, the intangible skills …
Is India going to survive this? After two years of being consumed by Covid 19, its fears, lockdowns and the economic downturn it brought about, 2022 was an interesting year. While the early part of the year saw the arrival of the Omicron wave and the fears around it, thankfully it left as quickly as …
‘Moonlighting’ is something that we have been hearing a lot about lately and of course, while it has nothing to do with “moon” or “light”, it certainly has everyone talking about it and has led to some strong arguments from both sides. I have been meaning to share my views on this subject for some …