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?
Over the years I have experimented with different activities in my morning rituals and tried different routines for weekdays and weekends. What I find most useful about morning rituals is that it leaves me energized for a productive day but more importantly it gives me a sense of purpose. Filter coffee is my favorite beverage… Continue reading Morning Rituals and Self-Love
COVID 2019 pandemic has presented myriad challenges to businesses globally. It has impacted people like never before. This report states that nearly 7 in 10 workers claim the coronavirus pandemic is the most stressful time of their professional career; even more than major events like 9/11 and the 2008 Great Recession, according to mental health provider Ginger.… Continue reading A model to support your employees in the new normal
How Do I Stay Focused and Combat Overwhelm? This is a question I am asked often and more so now. As we are dealing with the complexities of life and work and with COVID added to the mix, it is hard to focus. I get you. Each of us are dealing with the realities of… Continue reading How to Stay Focused and Combat Overwhelm?
A recent decision of mine blew off and we had to incur heavy losses in the project. Few days back, I was in denial and then hopeful that the outcome would be favorable. Alas, it didn’t happen. We had to shoulder the losses. The pain was just too much. I felt ashamed of the choice… Continue reading How to embrace extremely difficult experiences?
Skills leaders need to build to be a boss people love to work with
Many leaders are in this dilemma – How to address these new challenges when they don’t have the answers? Dr Amy Edmondson, Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School talks about the importance of creating an environment of psychological safety and trust in organizations that are serious about success in the modern economy. This is… Continue reading What to do when you don’t have all the answers?
Covid panic, confusion and stress is palpable. Companies have taken steps to lay off people, cut costs, apply for bankruptcy, stimulus packages. With the current COVID-19 challenges that organizations face, senior executives are finding it difficult to conceptualize the repositioning; let alone explain it to their employees. The most common question that is arising is… Continue reading How to turn a problem into an opportunity?
What to do when an employee is in a bad mood? This was what I was asked recently. John (name changed), an IT delivery manager was finding that one of his team members Tom was not in a good mood at work. Tom was a subject matter expert, extremely competent but was not producing quality… Continue reading What to do when an employee is in a bad mood?
“Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.”–Donald McGannon Challenging times are the litmus test for leaders. You either rise to the occasion or your insecurities and weaknesses are exposed. During a crisis, leaders have to balance difficult and competing responsibilities. For example the current situation warrants quick and effective… Continue reading How to be a leader in turbulent times?
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