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
“Digital-first” has become a buzzword across industries, too often used to signal innovation, agility, or modernization. But here’s the paradox I see time and again:🚨 Many digital-first initiatives unintentionally become people-last. And when people feel left behind, transformation doesn’t just stall — it fails. ❌ The Digital-First Illusion Let’s start with what “digital-first” often looks… Continue reading When ‘Digital First’ Becomes ‘People Last’ — Transformation Fails
Author Lee Vinsel in a MIT article reports, “The rapidly developing field of artificial intelligence and machine learning poses a particular challenge to business decision makers. Investments in proven predictive models are increasingly seen as sound and are expected to drive an increase in spending on AI from $33 billion in 2021 to $64 billion… Continue reading A framework to consider when investing in disruptive technologies
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?
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?
This is the time when most resolutions start dwindling off. You start the new year with the resolve to start exercising, getting to bed early, eating more vegetables, saving more money and then after few days life gets in the way, your motivation fades off and by end of month you are relapsing to old… Continue reading What will NO allow you to do?
WOW, The new year, in fact the new decade has set in. Happy New Year! Over the last year, I have fallen in love with the concept of themes and power words. I used them to guide me through the year though I had not intentionally set it up at the start of the year.… Continue reading What is your power word for the year?
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