January 14, 2022

Can a professional CEO be entrepreneurial? And the converse?

Unfortunately, the public and motivational narrative these days suggests that while winning is an all-important end, crushing the ‘other’ is equally important.
January 7, 2022

When the CEO really matters    

Unfortunately, the public and motivational narrative these days suggests that while winning is an all-important end, crushing the ‘other’ is equally important.
December 13, 2021

Irrational exuberance and rational humility

Unfortunately, the public and motivational narrative these days suggests that while winning is an all-important end, crushing the ‘other’ is equally important.
November 9, 2021

Transformation after liberalization: HLL

Unfortunately, the public and motivational narrative these days suggests that while winning is an all-important end, crushing the ‘other’ is equally important.
October 15, 2021

Companies need more Neeti, less Niyam

(*The writer is a bestselling author and corporate advisor. He was Director, Tata Sons and […]
September 14, 2021

Transformation around liberalization: Hindustan Lever

Over the last several months, I have commented on two sides of the leadership coin: first, shaping a good company into a business institution, and second, transforming traditional organizations.
August 17, 2021

Why organizations go around in circles

By their nature, the problems that top managers and leaders are required to solve are foggy and unclear very often. In their pursuit of efficiency, managers sometimes lose effectiveness. 
July 19, 2021

Who said competitors cannot collaborate?

Unfortunately, the public and motivational narrative these days suggests that while winning is an all-important end, crushing the ‘other’ is equally important.
July 19, 2021

High time that PSUs become board-yukt and sarkar-mukt

SEBI introduces new regulations for listed companies to reduce the influence of promoters and to empower independent directors. Several promoter-driven companies do deserve such regulations.