Look After Yourself

Here is a short list that the team at Do Lectures posted on twitter about looking after ourselves. Spoke to me.  My score is 3/10. Need to improve that. What is your score? How many of these do you do?  Look after yourself:1, Celebrate small things2, Celebrate big things3, Don’t compare4, Make time for exercise5, Eat well6, Look for the good7, Stop being so hard on yourself8, Have some rest. And don’t feel guilty about it9, Give yourself a pat on the back10, Bed early— Do Lectures (@DoLectures) August 18, 2018 via “Do Lectures” on Twitter. 

Are You An Amateur or a Professional?

Today, I read a post by Shane Parrish on his Farnam Street blog and couldnt resist sharing this with you. He tries to explain why some people are ultra successful and some are not, despite having similar knowledge or experience. He goes on to share that one of the defining aspect that can explain this difference – Mindset. [bctt tweet=”How we see ourselves matters” username=”rmukeshgupta”] If we consider ourselves professionals, our chances of success goes up significantly. So, what makes one an amateur or a professional. Below is his take on the difference between amateurs and professionals. Most of us […]

Creating a Culture of Accountability

One of the biggest challenges that leaders face in creating a culture of high performance is their ability to create an environment where their teams are accountable for their results that they have committed to achieve. Creating a culture of accountability is exactly that — creating a culture. It is not easy and it starts with them. They are the custodians of the culture within their organisations. The culture is created one action at a time of the leader. So, if you want your teams to be accountable, you as a leader need to be accountable. So, what does being accountable […]

Brands Beware! We can turn the tables on You!

Complaining about a brand, that fails to deliver on its promise on social media is now a given. A consumer has now taken this practice to a totally new level. When businessman Hasan Syed got fed up with the inept handling of his complain about his father’s lost luggage, he decided to take action against the airline. Rather than just tweeting his complain, he decided to promote the tweet. He chose the market that hurts the airline the most – New York & UK. @rubigodi@BritishAirways@British_Airways Yes. I’m promoting my tweets to all BA followers since their Customer Service is horrendous. […]

Sales Forecasting

Every sales organization has a sales forecasting process in place. This is usually done in a meeting or on a tele-conference.During this call each sales team talk about how much sales closure do they each expect for the week, month or quarter. This is also the meeting where senior sales managers (2 or 3 levels above the sales executives on the road) want to know the status of the pipeline and determine if they will be able to achieve their sales quota for the respective period, as they are measured on delivering their sales quotas. Typically, everyone in the sales […]