Tag: Learning

Leadership

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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Future-proofing Your Team

As leaders, it is our responsibility to help those we lead become future proof, both as individuals and as a team. We are living in a world where things are changing really fast with AI technology leading the way. I would not be surprised if there is a big shuffle or restructure in terms of the composition of the workforce (human, robots and algorithms) and their respective roles in the organization. I believe that it is our responsibility to help our teams stay relevant in these turbulent and emergent future. We can do so by helping them learn new skills […]

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7 Powerful Questions Your Team Needs You to Ask

Premise A long time back, my first manager asked me a series of interesting questions. I had all but forgotten about them. I recently stumbled onto my old notes and realised that I had listed down those questions. I am adding a few questions of my own, based on my experience, both as someone who reports to a manager and my experience as a leader. I think all of us leaders could learn and would do well if we ask these questions to those we lead. Questions to ask and Ponder 1. How stressed are you? What is causing the […]

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How Leaders Learn

Premise: One of the most important skill that leaders need to develop to continue to be effective is learning how to learn. It is a meta skill that can enable a host of other skills and getting better at this makes it easier to master other skills and therefore helps us become effective efficiently. So, the question then is how do you learn how to learn or how can leaders learn. I was invited to read a preview copy of a book “How Leaders Learn”, which is published by HBR Press. Here is a combination of what I learnt from […]

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Greatness comes from …

Rahul Dravid celebrates Ravichandran Ashwin’s 100th test match, highlighting what it takes to be great. His wisdom transcends cricket, applying to all professional fields.