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Leadership, Podcast

The Hidden Leadership Skill: Leading for Evolution

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/The_Hidden_Leadership_Skill__Leading_for_Evolution.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSPremise: Almost all leaders today lead in an environment that is ripe with disruptions and ever changing competitive landscape. The challenges of leading in this constantly evolving landscape are very different from that of leading in a stable environment where the current management practices are rooted in. So, if we have to succeed in this new world, we need to change the lens through which we view leadership and management practices. That begs the questions – where can we draw inspiration for the new way of leading. Thankfully, we don’t need […]

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How to Trick our Mind and Body to do What We Want

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/83_Leaders_Worth_Following__How_to_Trick_our_Mind_and_Body_to_do_What_We_Want.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSIntroduction: The Vicious Cycle of Feeling “Stuck” Have you ever felt completely stuck? Maybe it’s a low mood you can’t shake, or a physical exhaustion that makes every task feel impossible. When you’re in that state, it can feel like a vicious cycle you can’t break. But what if you had more control than you thought? The relationship between our psychology (our mind) and our physiology (our body) is a powerful two-way street. How we think affects how we feel physically, and how our body feels and moves directly impacts our […]

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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 […]