A few weeks ago, on my way back home from New York, I happened to stop at the home of one of my friends from 1998. This friend and I had worked together for about six months in 1997. We reconnected a day or two before this trip of mine, and I got very warm …
Insight A respected and successful “everyday” leader, Kenneth Correa (a senior executive in the financial services industry) talks to us about leadership skills. Notice that Ken’s role model is his mother and that he counts empowering his employees as his success stories. Kay: What, in your experience, are the three most important qualities of a leader (think …
Empowering people Under a banyan tree, nothing grows. As an effective leader, it is your duty to not only lead the team to success, but also to empower team members to take on higher challenges. Empowering your team mates is an effective delegation skill. At the same time it also helps develop greater confidence in …
Managing monumental tasks Have you ever sat and stared at a task for hours or even days, not knowing where to begin? Whether it is reading a big book, tacking a project, a painting project at home or even writing an article, we just don’t know where to begin. So, how do you eat an …
Working together An effective leader should not see herself as different or special from the team she leads. Being part of the team, staying together or being treated the same brings great loyalty from the team. I’d like to share a story which relates to this topic. Hanumant Singh played cricket for India, was the …
Accomplishment You develop a sense of confidence. Knowing that something was accomplished gives you an idea of surety, a feeling of authority. This is in total contrast to either someone who has not done it, or your own self before you dug in and “did it”. Let me give you my own example. Recently I …
Preparation When I was 13 or 14 years old, I very badly wanted to make it to the local cricket team as a pitcher. The one thing I learned was that the team needed a fast pitcher. For a frail boy of small proportions, hurling a leather ball weighing 5.5 ounces was not an easy …
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