I had the huge fortune of moderating a panel discussion with four phenomenal women leaders of corporate life today. In those 40 minutes (of which I unfortunately spoke for 4-5 mins at the beginning), there were at least 40 quotable quotes and lessons which flew from all directions. Am capturing some of them that I … Continue reading Corporate lessons from women leaders

Feb 17, 2017 So, when two companies merge, the inter-personal dynamics of leaders – level 1, 2,3 is one of the major make-or-break factors for the success (or lack of) of the Merger. Are the leaders engaged in a turf war ? Is someone thinking that the more the info one shares, the more vulnerable … Continue reading Xenophobia, Humility & softer aspects in a merger

Nov 18, 2015 Recently, I came across two sets of articles in two different publications, which I felt imposed on me a moral & intellectual duty to juxtapose, summarise and analyse J. One article was in Sunday Economic Times which compared leaders of start-up companies like Flipkart, Snapdeal, Ola, PayTM with leaders of established companies … Continue reading What Indian Start-ups may learn from Indian Established companies and from long-term HBR Leaders

Sep 27, 2013 Many of the first-time managers and the first-time manager of managers (MoMs) in my team have struggled on the key question of how much to delegate ? And after delegation, what ? Many of these first-time managers and MoMs have been star solo performers earlier, and have to learn the art of … Continue reading The “Delegation and Review” Matrix

Oct 12, 2013 I have been blessed to have worked with a few different types of Leaders/Managers. Some of them have been strong on Strategy but slightly weaker on people contact. Some of them have driven strategies to execution through extremely strong people “control”. This piece is about the latter type of managers – the … Continue reading Hi-touch style of management : A must in turbulent times