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September 28, 2023

BOOK REVIEW “INSIDE THE BOARDROOM: HOW BEHAVIOR TRUMPS RATIONALITY 

Unfortunately, the public and motivational narrative these days suggests that while winning is an all-important end, crushing the ‘other’ is equally important.
October 25, 2023

The talented lose touch with reality.

Unfortunately, the public and motivational narrative these days suggests that while winning is an all-important end, crushing the ‘other’ is equally important.
July 27, 2024

A leader is just a comma

Leaders rarely display self-deprecating humor in public. To his credit, Rishi Sunak did so in […]
September 6, 2024

Leading through turbulent times

*The writer is an author. His latest book, JAMSETJI Tata—powerful learnings for corporate success, coauthored […]
October 10, 2024

A LEGACY HAS MOVED ON, LEAVING BEHIND HIS LEGACY

Ratan Tata lived his life as a living legacy. He will continue to be alive […]
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.