Category: Leadership

Leadership

The Key to Building High Performing Teams

People will do things that they are measured on, incentivised and that leads to be celebrated by their leaders. Many leaders often make the mistake of misaligning what is measured, incented and celebrated. The key to be intentional about designing behaviors that could unleash the potential for high performance is to ensure that all the three (behavior that is measured, incentivised and celebrated) are completely aligned. This is so simple and maybe that is why so many leaders miss doing this.

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How to Communicate like a Leader Worth Following

In this short video, I talk about how every piece of communication could be used to do one of three things: 1. Inform (share information or updates, etc) 2. Influence (Work towards changing the recipients thinking, beliefs or Behavior) 3. Inspire (Transfer of energy, enthusiasm or Hope). You would be better off, if you knew the purpose of each piece of your communication as the way you structure your speech / email / presentation would be very different if its purpose were to inform vs influence or to inspire. Also, our communication (written or oral) has a better chance of […]

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Becoming Leaders Worth Following – Learning How to Pay Attention

As a leader, we need to learn how to pay attention. WE could either pay attention like a laser beam (hyper – focused) or like a torch (Exploratory). How we spend our attention determines what we see and therefore how we react. Neither is the right or wrong approach. In order to become leaders worth following, we need to learn when to pay attention like a laser beam and when to do it as a torch. There is only appropriate level of focus for a given situation in a given context towards a given goal. This ability to be able […]

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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 […]

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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 […]