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Don’t Solve Problems. Develop Problem Solvers

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/Don_t_Solve_Problems._Develop_Problem_Solvers.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSPremise The real job of a leader is not decision-making. It is decision capability-building and this can be done by creating better leaders from those that they lead. Bad leaders manage how work is being done, good leaders manage whether the work is being done and great leaders create capacity so that the work gets done. This is possible only when we are able to find ways to train them, to coach them and to get them ready for their journey as a leader. This requires us to give them additional […]

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Why Mastering This One Skill Helps You Become a Leader Worth Following!

Premise: The Ultimate Leadership Superpower In a world defined by constant change and emergent challenges, leaders face a difficult reality – the specific tactics that worked yesterday may be obsolete tomorrow. In this environment, the most critical skill isn’t mastery of a single strategy, but something more fundamental — the ability to learn quickly . And even more important is the knowledge of how we learn. This foundational ability enables a host of other skills and makes it easier to adapt, grow, and lead effectively. How Leaders Learn Recently, I had the chance to synthesize insights from a preview of […]

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Solving Tough Problems Using The Rules of Alchemy by Rory Sutherland

Premise: I have just started reading “Alchemy” by Rory Sutherland and am already loving it. The first thing that he writes in the book are his Rules of Alchemy. If you don’t read anything else in the book but read, understand and put in practice these rules, you would already see interesting progress in your projects. So, lets look at these rules of alchemy: The Opposite of a good idea can also be a good idea I have personally experienced this multiple times. We see this in the marketplace often – we have winners in the extreme high price luxury […]

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Why Logic Is Overrated: How Leaders Worth Following Can Learn to Hack the Irrational Mind

Premise: In the last post, we saw how leaders can benefit a lot by learning from the field of Anthropology. In this post, I am going to share how leaders who learn from the field of behavioural economics can have a better shot at becoming leaders worth following. I will reiterate the importance of the need to understand the complexity that we need to address as leaders in this ever changing environment and in order to address this complexity, our understanding also needs to evolve and learn how to bring different different mindsets/skillsets and toolsets to solve difficult challenges that […]

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Four Ways Anthropology Teaches Us to Become Leaders Worth Following

Premise I know that becoming and being a leader worth following is not simple. It is a complex endeavor, which requires us to sense the situation we are in and change our mindset accordingly. It also requires us to bring in skills from different fields if we really want to make the best of the situation we find ourselves in – making the most of the “RIGHT NOW” moment.  So, I want to look at different roles that we end up playing when we are being a leader worth following and also explore what we can learn from the real […]