What gets measured gets done – anonymous. Measuring what we do leads to high performance. It’s important to measure (only) what (really) counts, for all that can be measured don’t (really) count. Also, how it’s measured needs to be simple enough, so that it gets measured on a consistent, constant manner; complex measurement / metrics […]
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Research shows people tend to pay more attention to bad / negative things than to good / positive things (known as Negativity bias). In a way, negativity is an attention magnet. When faced with challenges, we seem to be wired to focus overly on what’s going wrong; missing to learn from what’s working well. Leadership
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37 roles (out of 12,000 employees) drive 80% of the value for Blackstone, according to a McKinsey publication. These jobs are filled with Leaders fit for the task, says the article. It’s true with every business – a few roles determine, influence a large part of overall outcomes. These may exist at multiple levels –
While Scaling-up the Business, it’s important to adopt long-term approach even to short-term decisions. The decision-making process needs to incorporate a strong intent of influencing long-term future positively. Whether it’s in creating or defining Roles, allocating resources, addressing a special situation, creating an innovation roadmap – a conscious, long-term approach helps the growth and sustenance.
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According to a recent study of 5,000 businesses across 100+ countries, exceptional Leadership distils itself in to 2 key traits – Wisdom and Compassion. ‘Wisdom, the courage to do what needs to be done, even when it is difficult; and Compassion, the care and empathy shown toward others, combined with the intention to support and
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Research shows (only) 4% businesses Scale-up successfully. The vast 96% either survive or perish. 73% of Business failures are attributed to (just) 3 reasons: Product-Market mismatch, Inefficient Marketing and Communication, and Inappropriate Business model. Another study by researchers say 55% of new Businesses fail because of people issues. To Scale-up successfully, we need to do
CEO Coaching happens through a series of one-on-one conversations, held in a non-judgmental environment, with high levels of confidentiality, with actions on the ground happening in-parallel. CEO Coaching helps CEOs explore, get challenged, reflect, think deeper, discover blind spots. It helps them simplify, unpack complexities, look for clarity, focus better, find appropriate solutions that works
The dangerous ideas are the ones that are good, but not great. Yes, it could work, and yes, I could do it, but that doesn’t mean I should. It’s not about the failure rate, it’s that good ideas eat up a lot of time / calories, leaving little time for the great ideas – Dharmesh
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1 in 60 Rule in aviation states that after 60 miles a one-degree error in heading will result in straying off course by one mile. This means the further we travel, farther we are from the destination. Straying off course is likely in our businesses too, for a variety of reasons. Constant tracking and course
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The questions we ask determine the answers we get – which goes on to indicate that we get right answers when we ask the right questions. Asking the right questions significantly increases our odds of getting the right answers – in a way, asking the right questions is pertinent and possibly more difficult (!), than
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