Author: Mukesh Gupta

Leadership

Two Crucial Responsibilities of Good Leaders

As leaders, we have two crucial responsibilities: 1. Believe that you are at the right position and at the right time and that either you have the skills needed to succeed with the team or have the capacity to learn what you need to succeed as a team. 2. Help your team develop their self belief by believing in them and lead them to success. As they say, their success is their success and their failure is yours. In success and in failure, look for lessons to learn that can help us in becoming better and increase our belief in […]

Leadership

Twenty-Five Lenses for Reframing Problems to Solve them like a Pro

Leaders must understand problems to guide teams effectively. A common mistake is not fully exploring issues. By adopting different perspectives and reframing problems—as suggested by James Gilmore and Stephen Shapiro—we can simplify or broaden our approach, focus on impactful factors, and innovate solutions. Reframing through 25 methods in 5 categories helps identify root issues and leverage various solutions. Quality solutions depend on the questions we ask, and combining reframes offers diverse, impactful resolutions.

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Emergent Leadership

Leaders must adopt emergent leadership in a rapidly changing world with new workforce expectations, technological advancements, and increasing competition. Becoming intentional, aware, and capable of sense-making is key, alongside viewing actions as experiments and monitoring for unintended consequences, thus necessitating continuous dynamic adaptation and a cultural shift away from rigid planning towards empowerment and engagement.

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If You Want Something You’ve Never had…

This is a quote that resonated with me a lot! This one comes from Alexi Pappas, who is an actor, filmmaker, author and an Olympian and she wrote and directed a movie while pursuing her dream to become an Olympian. In a world where everyone is asked to niche down and focus on one thing and one thing only, she has proved that you can not only do multiple things at the same time and be successful at both of them simultaneously. It is my personal belief is very similar. At any given point in time, I am working on […]