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Certain individuals and organizations have displayed greater resilience to stage a quicker comeback than that of others out of this pandemonium. What comes out clearly was the fact these groups of people had exhibited one or a combination of seven elements of a leader, which differentiates them from others. Let us look at the first […]

In India, we have a peculiar challenge of three generations living together at the same home which is not seen in most countries. One of the best pieces of information given to me was by Dr. Sanjay Sinha in a conversation during the early days of the advent of COVID 19 was when he said,

These unprecedented times have really helped us to differentiate between chalk and cheese. Several people working across sectors including professors from major universities have shared with me on how they have been overloaded with an enormous workload when they are working from home (WFH). A countless number of people told me that earlier they would

The biggest challenge which is foreseen due to the advent of COVID 19 is labor and employment (not employability) challenges. Employment is going to be scarce not only in India, albeit globally too. In the Middle East people have been thrown out of jobs; in the USA, people are stranded; because of H-1B expiring, all

I was eagerly looking forward to my visit to Rwanda, an East African nation, which is not only known as a “land of thousand hills” for its natural beauty but also referred to as “Singapore of Africa” for its cleanliness. I had also heard about the Genocide which happened in 1994 but did not have

December 22nd 2008, Christmas celebrations in London like many other cities in the Western world were muted – The all pervading sense of gloom was palpable. .The weather was bitingly cold, December time UK climate can be very frustrating. Stephan Raj was looking at the signboard “Closing Today – Must Sell” outside his Asian Store.

Watching Wimbledon finals had become a routine in my life since the year 1982. Three years later I was keen to watch the match since 2 relatively unknown players reached the finals defeating legends like John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors & Ivan Lendl. A match between Kevin Curran & unseeded Boris Becker. World was waiting in

I take pride in saying this since I live by this statement everyday, “Choose the job that you enjoy the most and you would never have to work for the rest of your life”. Work and Live with Passion is my mantra. I firmly believe that if you are not happy in job you cannot

A few years ago I undertook an assignment of training people in one of Asia’s largest hospital group on “Patient Care and Service Excellence”. The project involved training Doctors and Management Executives across various departments. The core objective of my training was to infuse Sense of Ownership and Passion into people. I was delivering a

Turn Calamities into Opportunities Jack Welch, the man responsible for the exponential growth of GE in his book “Winning” says, “Companies will benefit for having realized that change means seizing opportunity, even the ones wrought by adversity”. It is true and he goes on to quote that since 9/11 an entirely new kind of security