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July 19, 2021
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
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.
June 11, 2021
If only India had a leader with gravitas who would say, “Let us temporarily bury our political differences and focus on the wellbeing of our voters. Let us act like the rainbow nation that we are.”
May 24, 2021
If company boards or citizens of a nation do not welcome variation, their eventual homogeneity can pose an existential threat. This can be asserted through both corporate experience and history.
May 24, 2021
Many crises are leadership failures rather than technical ones. Leaders focus so intently on an agenda that they fail to factor in their team’s social context. A dose of healthy humility and empathy can mitigate the resultant humiliation.
May 24, 2021
Transformational leaders chart the four stages of start, roadmap, time plan, and end point. The former are planned, while the latter are flexible.
May 24, 2021
I reviewed three transformation risks—demyelination risk (28th January), subsonic sounds (25th February) and capacity for change (25th March 2021).
May 24, 2021
Recently, there have been some commentaries on legality versus morality. The Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairman Ajay Tyagi bemoaned that the regulator and independent directors have failed to mitigate the influence of promoters.
March 24, 2021
Life’s complex issues have an origin in something simple—the swirling waters of human emotion and feelings. Whether it is to do with family relationships or national Farm Acts, the Gangotri appears to be similar. If the players do a root cause analysis, they will find solutions also in those swirling waters: an admission of error, an apology, some give and take and so on. Here is an allegorical story to illustrate.