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May 4, 2024May 4, 2024Leadership

Leveraging Unofficial means of Communication

We live in a world where each and every one of us faces a deluge of information and there is a war out there to get and hold our attention. Given this is the case, as leaders, how can we ensure that important communication that our teams need to know is not lost in this deluge? There are a few things that we can do to improve the effectiveness of our communication (more on this here). There are a few things that we can do by mixing up our communication medium (written, spoken and visual). We can repeat our messages […]

May 3, 2024May 3, 2024Leadership

How to Get People to Listen to You?

This post talks about 7 things we can do to get people to listen to us and what we have to say. If we want to lead and grow in our organisation, it is important that people we lead, who lead us and our peers listen to us, our ideas and take them seriously.

May 2, 2024May 2, 2024Leadership

Importance of Humility for Leaders

This quote by Mike Tyson is a timely reminder for all of us to remain humble. This is more relevant for leaders than anyone else.

May 1, 2024May 1, 2024Leadership

More Random and Less Rational

As leaders, we would do well to remember that life is more random than we think and our response to it is less rational than we think.

April 30, 2024April 30, 2024Leadership

Navigating Perspectives: A Leader’s Guide to Effective Storytelling

Almost all good stories, whether shared by a leader or a professional storyteller, share a common attribute. They always share the perspective or the world view of a characters. Another common thread among all good stories is that they have simple storylines about complex characters or situations. As leaders, when we are sharing stories, we need to keep in mind the perspective are we telling the story (ours or the audience or someone else) from and be consistent with it. It is easier said than done and that is why we need to consistently practice this skill at every opportunity […]