Category: Leadership

Ideas, Innovation, Leadership

Why Some Ideas Never Get Heard!

Premise: I have been reading and writing about ideas and how ideas spread and the role they play in innovation. However, there was a question that almost always bothered me – Why some ideas, despite being great ideas, never got the traction they deserved, both within an organisation and in the marketplace. The answer to this question was provided by Nilofer Merchant in her TEDx talk that she shared on her blog. If this is a topic of interest for you, i would strongly recommend that you start following her blog and the work that she does. Here is the […]

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Personal Growth

The Laws of Success with Albert-László Barabási

Premise: I had always suspected that success and performance are not always related, but the research by Albert Barabasi now shows that this looks to be definitely the case. Albert is a network scientist and has been involved in some very interesting research trying to find the formula for success. In this series of short video playlist, he shares the 5 laws of success that he has discovered through his research: The Secret of Success: Success is unbounded! Success breeds Success Run away with Success Success has no age In Conclusion: Porus Munshi once said that performance and success don’t […]

Entrepreneurship, Ideas, Leadership

Ten Rules for Building a Good Company

Today, I stumbled upon a book – “Tree-Ring Management” by Hiroshi Tsukakoshi. Hiroshi san is the Chairman of a kanten manufacturer far from the bustle of Tokyo , amid the natural beauty of Nagano prefecture in Japan. In the book, he argues that the primary purpose of a business is to make its employees happy. Their management philosophy also indicates that slow, controlled growth is better than rapid growth and in fact fast growth is the enemy. Their philosophy is so unique that there is an HBR case study for on this management model.  I did write about a model […]

Leadership, Podcast

How Conflicts can Super-charge Our business with Liz Kislik

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/pushingbeyondtheobvious/04_How_Conflicts_can_super-charge_your_business_with_Liz_Kislik.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSWho is on the show: In this episode we host Liz Kislik, For 30 years as a management consultant, executive coach, and facilitator, Liz has focused on advancing business results for her clients. She develops higher performing workforces for leading organizations, from the Fortune 500 and national non-profits to family-run businesses. Why is she on the show: Over the years Liz has coached and mentored employees from the C-suite to the contact center — vice presidents, human resource professionals, and department supervisors — motivating them with her wit, wisdom, and humanity. […]

Leadership

5 C’s of Effective Ongoing Performance Dialogue

There has been a lot of interest in organizations, large and small, to move toward an ongoing performance dialogue replacing the annual appraisal cycle. Irrespective of the performance cycle, it’s still a good idea to have an ongoing dialogue with everyone on our team. This helps ensure that there are no surprises and all confusions are addressed as early in the process as is possible. This also provides opportunities for continuous improvement over time. However, not all ongoing performance dialogue is created equal. Here are 5 traits of a good performance evaluation dialogue: 1st C = Candid They are candid. […]