A full calendar can make us feel productive while leaving little time for the work that helps us grow. For a long time, I associated a full calendar with a productive week. Meetings were happening, decisions were being made and deadlines were moving. Very little unused space felt like evidence that I was using my… Continue reading The Cost of Running at Full Capacity: Why Leaders Need Space to Grow
Success feels very different when you constantly need it to prove something about yourself. For many high achievers, ambition is not the problem. Your drive, discipline, and willingness to take responsibility may be precisely what helped you build a successful career. You learned to set high standards, solve difficult problems, and keep moving when others… Continue reading When Achievement Becomes Identity: The Pressure High Achievers Rarely Talk About
In the AI world, when it is reshaping roles faster than anyone planned – building trust is one of the most critical leadership skills, Your team is watching you more carefully than you realize – not just what you decide but how you show up when the ground is shifting. Trust doesn’t disappear in a… Continue reading 7 Ways to Build Trust in Teams When Everything Feels Like It’s Falling Apart
Technical skills and operational excellence are table stakes. What truly differentiates high-impact managers is their ability to grow people, not just oversee them. When managers act as coaches, they unlock performance, build trust, and nurture future-ready teams who think critically, adapt quickly, and stay engaged even through change. The Best Managers Today Are Also Great… Continue reading From Manager to Coach: The Shift That Drives Real Results
In 2020, Airbnb lost 80% of its business almost overnight. The pandemic halted global travel, and within weeks, the company faced an existential crisis. For a moment, it looked like one of Silicon Valley’s brightest stars might burn out entirely. But under CEO Brian Chesky’s leadership, Airbnb didn’t just survive; it reimagined itself. Chesky made… Continue reading From Crisis to Catalyst: What Airbnb Taught Us About Resilience
One of my research finding during the pandemic interviewing hundreds of global employees was that they felt their relationship with their leaders were just transactional. They did not feel cared for. One of them said “My manager is cold. Our relationship is just transactional”. With a transactional relationship, people don’t go the extra mile. And… Continue reading How to start deepening the relationship with your team?
Sheila, VP – HR of a large IT company reached out to me feeling nervous and anxious. She was stressed because in one of the meetings, the CEO had told her that she was not strategic and her team needs to be innovative for the company to be more resilient. Moreover the learning management system… Continue reading Want to do your best work?
My friend had plans to travel with me to India. She reached out to me confused with the recent rise in covid cases back home. Many were advising her not to go. I could sense the fog she was in, not a best place to make decisions. In her mind’s eye, she was imagining the… Continue reading How to come out of decision paralysis?
Happy women’s day! A time to reflect on women who have made a difference in our lives. I have many women role models including my mother Prafulla, Mother Teresa, India’s finance minister Nirmala Seetharaman, my indirect mentor Dorie Clark and more recently Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s prime minister. I am an advocate of a compassionate,… Continue reading What can you learn from your role model?
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