Leadership

Transition from Middle Manager to Senior manager

In this short video, I share insights about the difference between expectations from a middle manager and a senior manager and how can one navigate this shift in expectations, which at times is extremely difficult. You get invited to the so called big boys table when you do exceedingly well at your tasks and show the potential to be a good leader. This required you to be able to have exceptional task focus and to a large extent be detail oriented. However, once you transition to a senior leadership role, the focus needs to shift from tasks and details to […]

Leadership

Biggest Mistake Leaders Make When Trying to Solve A Tough Problem

In this video, I share some insights on solving tough problems as a leader. The biggest mistake is the temptation to start working on solving the problem as soon as it is identified. What manifests as a problem is usually a symptom of a problem creeping in elsewhere. So, solving that symptom will only lead you to a different problem cropping up elsewhere. Also, one of the things that our brains are really good at is to find answers to any questions that we post at it. So, it is important for us to take a step back and examine […]

Leadership

Standing out in a World filled with Experts

I read a recent blog post on Gapingvoid based on a quote by Rory Sutherland: “Be good at two things.” – Rory Sutherland I think this is a great advice if we want to stand out in a world filled with experts. If we are an expert in a specific topic, the chances are that we will find thousands more who are either as much an expert in that topic as we are. However, if we combine that expertise with another topic, the chances of finding someone else who has the same two expertise goes down drastically. Add to that […]

Leadership

Insanely Interesting People who Influenced me: #20 Rajinikanth

I would like to take a moment and thank the people who have had a significant impact on me as an individual. The way they have lived their lives and their body of work has had an outsized impact on how I think about life in general and my work, in particular. Some of these are contemporary thinkers and some of them are just a memory. Some of them are famous in their own rights and some of them are yet to be found by others. Some of them are young and some of them are old. Some of them […]

Leadership

Insanely Interesting People who Influenced me: #19 Rory Sutherland

I would like to take a moment and thank the people who have had a significant impact on me as an individual. The way they have lived their lives and their body of work has had an outsized impact on how I think about life in general and my work, in particular. Some of these are contemporary thinkers and some of them are just a memory. Some of them are famous in their own rights and some of them are yet to be found by others. Some of them are young and some of them are old. Some of them […]