Musings

The Art of Mindful Leadership

A couple of workshops and a few great articles lately have reinforced the art of mindfulness and its role in changing mind-sets. Mindfulness makes us less judgemental, more creative, more engaged and open, more productive…

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Connectivity and Cultural Intelligence

A recent IBM study ‘Leading Through Connections’ identified that the conventional way of working isn’t enough to compete in todays globally competitive environment; and that we need to respond to this new connected era. Organisations…

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Knowing When to Speak and When to Listen

I read an interesting article of an experience shared by Erin Meyer in the Harvard Business Review ‘Cultural Coaching – Knowing when to shut-up.  Erin was working as a cultural coach, her assignment was to…

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The Key to Successful Global Expansions

What succeeds at home may not work overseas.  This is the claim of the chairman of an Indian company that has embarked on global expansion across 36 countries and five continents.  He maintains that often…

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2 Tips For Overcoming Your Blind-Spots

Here is a quick read from HBR ‘Management Tip’ that I thought were worth sharing.  It serves as a reminder to us to stay aware.. http://hbr.org/tip/2013/11/21/2-tips-for-overcoming-your-blind-spots.

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Culturally Intelligent Negotiations

Last month there was a great article published in the Harvard Business Review Blog Network titled ‘Empathetic Negotiation Saved My Company’. The article explores a business agreement between an Indian supplier and a European trading…

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