Leadership

The Foundation on which High Performing Teams are Built

Premise I was catching up with a friend who was recently promoted to a manager. He wanted to understand how can he transform the team, which was doing decent work, into a high performing team. I thought about it deeply and here is what I shared with him as the foundation upon which high performing teams are built. Companionship or camaraderie The most foundational aspect that is common across all high performing teams is a sense of companionship. People on high performing team are usually friends and get along well. They like being together and have learnt to work well […]

Leadership

You Become a Leader Worth Following When You Can do This..

In this video, I share one of the traits of leaders that make them Leaders Worth Following: Effective Leadership is the process of replacing despair with hope and cynicism with purpose! This single sentence contains the essence of what it means to elevate our leadership to the next level. When we are able to do this, we truly become a leader worth following. Despair with Hope The ability to replace despair with hope is only possible when we truly believe that a better future is possible and within our reach. It is only possible when we truly believe that we […]

Leadership

Goldratt’s Rules of Flow to Improve Throughput

Here are the Rules of Flow that Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt learnt in all his work during his time and was codified by his daughter Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag. In this video, I share just some things that I learnt from this book and also from everything else that I have read about the Theory of Constraints as created by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt. 1. Avoid bad multitasking, control your WIP. 2. If you don’t want to get stuck, verify full-kit before you get going. 3. Triage to ensure you are working on the right priorities. 4. Ensure synchronization between your tasks/people/ resources. […]

Leadership

How To Support Someone Who is Going Through A Tough Time

All of us go through and experience tough times at some point in time. So, it is expected that sooner or later, we will face a situation when someone on our team is going through a difficult time. It can be personal or professional. In this video, I share what we can do as leaders in that situation. Since this is not a question or if it will happen, but when will it happen – we can prepare for this situation in advance. There are only three ways to respond to this well: Any one of them is good enough. […]