Right People in Right Roles

Scaling-up businesses constantly require leadership and execution skills that are outside their current realm of affairs. It’s essential therefore to keep a close watch over the skills, competencies and profiles that are needed to deliver evolving roles and business needs. Filling right roles with right people is critical – either by grooming, equipping existing people

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Business Plans

Every year businesses make sales plans, business budgets, operational plans, OKRs, and so on – normally focused for an year. Scaling-up businesses need to work on plans, budgets, measures, and reviews that go for periods beyond 12 months too, for building growth. These could be matters such as preparing to enter new geographies, product /

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Simplifying

As the world gets more complex, simplifying becomes even more relevant for businesses – both in terms of Strategy and Execution. Simplifying the Strategy makes it clear and actionable. Simplifying the Execution leads to excellence in execution. Complexity, wherever it exists, adversely impacts the business performance – making it imperative for a Leader to simplify.

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Expectations

Globally (only) one in two employees know what is expected of them at work, says a research report. This means half the employees worldwide don’t know their role well enough, and if they’re succeeding or failing. Not knowing what’s expected causes confusion, anxiety, higher levels of stress, loss of sleep and disappointment to the team

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Soft is Hard

In business softer aspects seem harder to execute. Research shows only 1 in 3 strategies is executed successfully – the key reason being that change generates resistance. In businesses, especially the ones on scale-up phase, getting the soft stuff (aspects relating to people and culture) right can be hard stuff. As a leader, am I

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Brevity

Brevity enhances one’s Leadership Presence. Using precise, concise language in speech and writing, significantly improves clarity, articulation, and effectiveness. Mark Twain once said ‘If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter’. Brevity is a leadership priority, as it not only makes the communication impactful, but also demonstrates respect for others, and

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