Why CORPORATE CULTURE is the HEART & SOUL of an organization!

Building a Winning Organization: What is common to these 4 organizations that is uncommon in the world of business? ZAPPOS, GOOGLE, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, CHEVRON “They have an organizational culture that fosters a winning organization” ZAPPOS: hires according to a cultural fit, promotes the culture and employee happiness. GOOGLE: believes that successful company culture leads to

Intellectual Humility – Leadership wisdom from the story “Six blind men and the Elephant”

Why Intellectual humility is critical  and a necessary trait for effective leadership in a post pandemic era. As a child I have heard the well-known Indian story about six blind men who argue at length about what an elephant feels like. “It’s like a rope,” says the man who touched the tail. “Oh no, it’s

ARE WE SITTING ON THE BRINK OF THE MOTHER OF ALL DISRUPTIONS TO ERUPT?

WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN A MILLENNIAL DIGITAL NOMAD MIXES 5G NETWORK WITH THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ??? “THE MOTHER OF ALL DISRUPTIONS” I own a hotel, can someone tell me how to deal with this enigmatic monster called “Airbnb” that currently has over 4 million listings, presence in over 190 countries and  rents anything

ENTREPRENEURIAL DNA: WHY DOES IT REALLY MATTER.

Understanding startup success or failure is in a way an enigma in itself. Where on one side it is relatively easy to analyze statistics and understand the common reasons for entrepreneurial failures, what I find is that such statistics hide more than what they reveal for the simple reason that in spite of the existence

“AGILITY” the new imperative for business success in the 21st Century!

Time and again, I have opined that “AGILITY, ADAPTABILITY AND INNOVATIVENESS” are the mantras for success in the 21st century given the fact that leaders have no choice but to operate in an environment that’s ambiguous, uncertain and rapidly changing. The irony is that very few organizations are designed around delivering the results in such

DEALING WITH ORGANIZATIONAL & LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES IN THE POST PANDEMIC ERA

By all indications, the Covid -19 outbreak brings home the point that pandemics, like naturally occurring catastrophe will keep on happening from time to time and by now it is clear that no country across the globe has been spared of the severe economic consequences of the outbreak. Not only are there consequences for the

As entrepreneurs, what can we learn from the great Hollywood celebrity “Jim Carrey”?

If one is to look at the present lifestyle of successful entrepreneurs, it is of utmost importance for  aspiring and budding entrepreneur to understand that despite how nice the word entrepreneurship sounds and how nice the journey might seem to be, it is not exactly a bed of roses but actually a rocky surface very

What is more detrimental to businesses – “bad organization or a bad leader?”

It’s been over 3 decades that I first pondered over this question, “ What makes a good leader, and do good leaders make good organizations or is it the other way that good organizations make good leaders.” The quest for the answer has been more like a free fall as one just cannot come to

AS AN ENTREPRENEUR HOW HARD IS YOUR STRUGGLE?

The more I retrospect the more I see  entrepreneurship as a long & arduous  struggle. Most entrepreneurs, at some point in their journey  go through the pond of pains, a place where one realizes that everything that could go wrong, goes wrong  and one is at a loss to comprehend how to fix the various

Leadership & the Art of Managing Extreme Situations

Thomas (not his real name) is a very dear friend of mine and heads  software application development for a high-flying and very visible gaming company. One afternoon we were talking about project leadership when I asked him to tell me about the major challenges in running projects in today’s rapidly changing environment. And what followed