“There is one aspect of a leader’s personality that is both their greatest asset and greatest potential liability at the same time. And if it is not dealt with correctly, it has the ability to stop a promising career dead in its tracks. That element of human personality is ego, and its power is seductive. Early in a leader’s career, it helps a young...

I was looking into my blog, and found this article, which I shared almost a year back, however, I realized it was not published and kept as draft. It came as a great conincidence as I am reading the ‘Steve Jobs: Biography by Walter Isaacson”. One of the thing I personally admire about Apple and Jobs is how they nurture overperformance and excellence,...

Interesting research! “A new white paper from The Ken Blanchard Companies shows that poor leadership is costing the average company an amount equal to 7% of their annual revenue. That’s over a million dollars a year for any organization with $15 million dollars or more in annual sales. The three big culprits? 1-Employee turnover. Poor leadership is...

Very often, I emphasize on the importance of “facing the brutal facts” for businesses to overcome their challenges and have a good strategy for winning. Unless you know, unless you acknowledge, unless you accept that a problem exists, you simply can not fix it. This is simply what Professor Richard Rumelt attempts to explain in his insightful article at...

In several occasions, I ask people; once they complain about the performance of a colleague, subordinate or even a manager, “Is he unable or unwilling”?. The answer I; most often, receive is: “what! I do not know”. Many perceived my question as so theoretical and unrealistic. Their argument is that he or she has a job to do and they have...