Archive for 'Leadership'

Myths of Leadership

I’ve been reading The 360-degree Leader by John Maxwell. The book is about “Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization” In the first section the author presents 7 myths that every leader in the middle [...]

Personal Skills

There are certain skills which you are born with, then are skills which you can and may want to develop. Image Source The most important skill I think is the skill of using the correct skill [...]

Tips for Becoming an Energiser

Energisers are those Clever people in your team who have a potential to deliver great outputs even with the minimum amount of resources made available to them. They are the ones who are always bouncing new [...]

DOs and DON’Ts for Leading Clever People

DOs and DON’Ts for Leading Clever People

“Without clever people, leaders cannot hope to succeed. Without good leadership, clevers can never realize their full potential.” The author here reflects on the book Clever where he reckons: “The paradox is that while they (clever [...]

Five Tasks of Leadership

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” -Theodore Roosevelt Image Source [...]

Keeping Your Team from Burning Out

  As a manager I always try and follow a certain way for managing my team. And the keyword for me is maintaining the correct balance between various aspects of regular work. Like, giving time to [...]

What is Your Project’s Sweet Spot?

I am currently working on a relatively long project and after 6 weeks into it I had found my sweet spot for the project. Image Source   Sweet Spot? What exactly is ‘Sweet Spot‘?   Steven [...]

Recommendations for Leadership to Lighten Up

Recommendations for Leadership to Lighten Up

  Leadership expert John Baldoni in his latest post – Why Leaders Should Lighten Up recommends managers to try following three (3) things to lighten up the working environment during challenging times:   Relax Your Mood [...]

The Real Leader

  Image Source: lumaxart’s photostream   Navi Radjou in his post Why Are Creative Leaders So Rare? has very well encapsulated the speech from Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (former President on India) at Cambridge [...]

Is it Luck or Your Decision

A nice post by David Farrar of Kiwiblog – You say it’s luck, I say you’re lazy It is amazing to see in this 21st Century people still blaming luck for their shortfalls. I dont say [...]