Tag: culture

Leadership

Leaders are Curators of Culture

One of the responsibilities of leaders is as the curators of culture. It is pretty evident that the personality of a leader has an outsized effect on the culture of the team that they lead. I have seen people adopt the phrases used by their leaders in their vocabulary, the mannerisms of the leaders in their physical presence and the mental frames that leaders use in their thinking. If the leader responds to every email within an hour of receiving them, the chances are that their team is doing the same. If the leader clears their email during weekends and […]

Ideas, Innovation, transformation

How Change Is Changing and What to Do About It

I read this interesting blog post about the changing nature of change, specially in the organisational context, in which the authors (Paul Kurchina, Glen Gonzalez & Stephanie Overby) share their perspectives and distinguish between the “C” change and the “c” change. I would highly encourage you to read it here. Here my take on this topic: Organisations (business or otherwise) will need to learn how to manage change well. This is soon going to become one of the core skills for them in order to even have a chance at succeeding in their endeavour. There is no one way to […]

Leadership

Nature of Work has Changed, Now Leaders Need to Respond

I am super impressed by the ability of Seth Godin to observe what is going on below the surface around him. Earlier today, he shared another one of his brilliant insight about the nature of work and how it has changed in the recent past – from being clearly defined, measurable and manageable chunks; to ambiguous, requiring applied creativity, needs initiative on the part of the employee and being led than being managed. You can read his post here. So, as a leader or manager, what do we need to do differently? Here is a list to get started: Make […]

Leadership

11 Timeless Peak Performance Reminders for Leaders

This post is inspired by another post by one of the titans of the advertising industry – Kevin Roberts. You can read the original post here. Here are my peak performance reminders for leaders: Start your day with intent. Be humble. Remember that as a leader you are here to serve the cause and the people you lead. Your number one responsibility is to create more leaders worth following. Stay inspired. You can’t inspire others if you are not inspired. Listen with intent. This can be one of the most productive use of your time. Be aware of when you […]

Leadership, transformation

Leading Large Scale Cultural Transformation

I wanted to share this short video, in which Simon Sinek, in his usual style, shares the way he sees cultural transformation work. Here is the video: Here are some of the important concepts that he shares: What doesn’t work: Launching a formal company-wide transformation effort, with clearly laid out plans, executive presentations explaining the rationale for the change does not work. Typically, these are met with cynical, wait and watch responses from the employees. They have seen many such announcements, leaders starting transformation efforts, come and go, with not much changing on the ground, in their work. What does […]