The Goldilocks Rule states that peak performance happens when the ask is just right – aligning with the edge of one’s abilities, stretching one to their limits – making it neither too hard, nor too easy, but just right. Leaders may use this effectively for different aspects of business, especially for fitting right people to […]
Leadership plays a crucial role in Scaling-up a business. It involves enhancing one’s Leadership impact. It also involves consciously building and developing Leadership at multiple levels within the business. To Scale-up the business, we need to Scale-up the people operating it. Leaders could significantly enhance their Leadership impact, and nurture Leadership within the business, working
It’s the Emotional drive that fuels the Scaling-up process – though strategy, logic and the like are often over-rated. The Emotional urge one has towards the business, towards the purpose, powers the Emotional drive – for self and the Team. It’s the Emotional drive that helps one go beyond comfort zones, navigate the course despite
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 –
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
In a study of 10,000 plus senior leaders, 97% of them said being strategic is the leadership behaviour most important for Organisation’s success. Interestingly, 96% of the leaders surveyed said they lacked time for strategic thinking! Why we are unable to make time for strategic thinking? Providing time and space, on a daily basis, for
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Leadership presence is the hallmark of successful leaders. By definition, when I have leadership presence I’m able to exert influence on others beyond that’s conferred by formal authority. Being present, genuine, clear, authentic, trustworthy, consistent, resolute and resilient significantly contributes to building and enhancing leadership presence. The good news is that we can build leadership
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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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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