Metrics do not make a leader

If we monitor corporate suites with a secretly installed CCTV we’d find that most top managers are doing the same thing most of the time! Despite all the hoopla about high-faulting strategy, they’re actually engaged in something ... more

CEO's secret weapon: Feedback

Sometimes we may wonder how the CEO manages to juggle his myriad priorities and indeed, himself. In between seminars, newspaper interviews and TV sound bites he also needs to put in the necessary effort to lead his organisation to results. .more

Games bosses play

Today’s corporate and business environment is unforgiving. Consistent results are the only survival guarantee. It is therefore important to learn to spot the games that people play, particularly the bosses, and then deal with them ... more

From Business to Institution

There are businesses and businesses! They make billions of dollars in sales and profits and, therefore, command vast resources and great power. And yet, few of them earn universal respect and admiration. more

Building a resultocracy

Businessmen are learning the hard way — that “doing business” is very different from leading an organisation. The challenge to established practices and the “way things have always been done” is mounting every single ...More

Principles of mentoring

Mentoring has been widely discussed and implemented in the Indian corporate context in recent times. So much so that it is in danger of becoming a fad amongst HR specialists. Virtually every conversation on human resources revolves around the ...More

No limits to excellence

CEOs and organisations can learn important lessons from the history that unfolded on Centre Court at Wimbledon on July 6, 2008. The gentlemen’s final of 2008 was arguably the greatest tennis match of all time...More