While on a Scaling-up journey, businesses have a tendency to accumulate fat at wrong places – for eg: fat in the belly. One needs to pay attention, needs to be mindful, that we remain fit and healthy as we grow – for eg: Financial fitness, Marketing fitness, Sales fitness, Operations fitness, Talent fitness… Need to […]
What matters is where we are going to! As human beings we have immense possibility to influence our future, change our story, decide, determine and live a new story. In that sense, what’s ‘Now on’ can be different from what’s ‘So far’. What we’ve done so far need not be indicative of what we’re capable
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As a leader one needs to take decisions, make choices, frequently, on a variety of things. Having required information is a key pre-requisite while taking a decision. The pertinent question is how much of it? ‘Most decisions should probably be made with somewhere around 70 percent of the information you wish you had. If you
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What we have done so far is one story – that’s not indicative of what we are capable of doing going forward. As Humans, we have immense possibility to create a story ‘now on’ that’s significantly different from the one ‘so far’. It is our dreams that energise us more than our abilities – said
We might be seeing opportunities and possibilities floating around us in different types, shapes and sizes. Many of them might even look tempting to go for. Saying yes to them may make us incredibly busy. Whether it would translate in to a successful business outcome is always in question. As Steve Jobs said once, if
Best outcomes happen when we are in our best versions. Therefore the leader’s priority is to get the best versions of every team member, every day. How do we get that? One way is to be the best version of ourselves. Then, the chances of getting the best version of others are high!
The secret of getting ahead is getting started – Mark Twain. True. There’s a distance between the decision and the action. It’s crucial. Am I getting started, am I taking actions, on the decisions that am making? #leadership #ceo #coaching
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for – John A. Shedd. Comfort zones make it difficult for one to forego the (false) sense of safety – though we know extra-ordinary things happen outside our comfort zones. Am I living my potential? Or am I stuck in
When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t – Thomas Edison. Possibilities seem endless, unlimited. Only to those who seek. Next time when we feel we have exhausted all possibilities, let’s remember what Mr Edison has said; we may find more… #leadership #ceo #coaching
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change – Albert Einstein. Relevant at all times; particularly in situations like the current one. How do we change / adapt / orient / re-orient to changing realities and stay relevant? This may entail imagination, application and inspiration at multiple levels – on a continuous basis. As