Colin Powell, the retired Army General and former US Secretary of State, said, “The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.” It […]

Why do we complain so much? We know it isn’t good for us. Our health, our career and our relationships all suffer when we give in to this habit. And […]

(Mutatis mutandis is a Medieval Latin phrase that means “the necessary changes having been made”) It is often said that management and leadership are not for the faint-hearted. They are […]

Leaders are expected to live in the real world, to make decisions based on evidence and where necessary, seriously weigh the counsel of experience. Effective leaders know how to read […]

I had written this guest article for the Transcend Talent Transformation Blog.  Here it is. These are challenging times we live in. Whether we work for a corporation or have struck […]

(This article appeared in the Hindu on August 29, 2012.  The text of the entire article is reproduced below too) Continuous Improvement (CI) is the quality philosophy that processes can […]

(This article appeared in the Hindu on July 25, 2012.  The text of the entire article is reproduced below too) In a perfect world, all your team members will have […]

(This article appeared in the Hindu on July 18, 2012.  The text of the entire article is reproduced below too) Projects can run into trouble and frequently do. As the […]

(This article appeared in the Hindu on June 27, 2012.  The text of the entire article is reproduced below too) Hiring interviews are part of a company’s recruitment process that […]

A process is a collection of related and structured tasks that produces a specific service or deliverable.  It is best understood by a flowchart of a sequence of activities.  We […]