Category: Leadership

Leadership

Skills, Attitudes and Habits that Make Us Better Leaders

We all know (either by experience or by research) that people who like us and trust us are much more likely to work with us or refer us or our services to their peers, friends and social circles. In his book “Top of Mind“, John Hall talks about some rules, skills and habits that can help us become more likeable, trust worthy and top-of-mind, as he calls. These are: Shift the spotlight: This is easy to say but extremely difficult to do. A lot of us enjoy being in the spotlight and find it difficult to leave it, let along […]

Leadership

The 4C’s of Leadership

4C’s of Leadership by Mukesh Gupta We live in an era where each one of us as professionals need to continuously invest in upskilling, cross-skilling and learning on an ongoing basis, whether or not our organisations invests in us. As part of my learning plan, I attended a conference yesterday – The GIIMS, The Great Indian IT Marketing Summit 2017, organised by Paul Writer. Jessie Paul, CEO of Paul Writer held a fire-side chat with Sushma Rajagopalan, MD, CEO, ITC Infotech. As part of the fireside chat she mentioned that she has a list of qualities that indicates if someone is […]

Ideas, Innovation, Leadership

Empathy and Sympathy

Empathy & Sympathy by Mukesh Gupta One of the most difficult things for me when it comes to building strong bonds with people I constantly interact with, is the ability to empathise. I always was capable of intellectually understanding what the other person was going through but always found it extremely difficult to feel what they were feeling. I never quite understood why that was the case. I know a lot of people who are similar to me in this regard, so when I came across a resource that can significantly impact this aspect of our personality, I decided to […]

Ideas, Leadership

Lessons from My Attempt to Re-Claim My Weekends

Lessons from My Attempts to Reclaim my weekends by Mukesh Gupta  Situation One of the constant complains that my family has with me is that I am obsessive about my gadgets. Even when I am on a holiday or during the weekend, I obsessively go for the gadgets and if it is not checking my emails, it is to check my twitter feed or my Facebook feed or my LinkedIn or my blog stats or my podcast stats or WhatsApp groups or something else. But they complain that I keep reaching for my phone or my iPad for something or […]

Leadership

Leadership Lessons from The Recent Political Crisis in Tamil Nadu

Leadership Lessons from Recent Political Crisis in Tamil Nadu by Mukesh Gupta Looks like the final curtain on the political crisis in Tamil Nadu finally came down, with Palanisamy being sworn-in as the chief minister. There are two leadership lessons that we can all learn from the way this entire episode unfolded. Importance of Succession Planning: This entire incidence only goes to show that there was no clear succession plan in place, if something were to happen to the erstwhile chief minister Jayalalitha. Even if she had someone in mind, she did not make it clear to the candidate or her […]