Gender balance has become a priority. Many organisations want to increase the number of women at the mid and senior leadership levels. Finding women from outside the organization is not an option, as the pool is small, hence an urgent need to grow the pipeline of women leaders from within the organisation. Leadership development with […]
Long work days are a daily feature for many. These include fire-fighting escalations, several meetings, conversations with team members, dealing with issues that crop up in different parts of the organisation, addressing client queries, working with external partners, answering emails from people who don’t seem to have a clue about what you are responsible for,
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Have you seen a school of sardines swimming in the big ocean? I remember seeing them on television while growing up. It was only in late 2000 on my first trip to the US, I saw them live at the walk-in aquarium at Pier39 in San Francisco. I remember being mesmerized by the silvery fish
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New Year is the time when many resolutions are made. It is usually a list of things that one deeply desires to accomplish, but hasn’t been able to do so in the past. It is not unusual to have physical, financial and work-life balance goals. The gyms for sure make most money out of this
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Every morning when I head out of home, I spot this broken and abandoned vehicle. It is parked in front of the local police station, where vehicles that have troubled history are parked. They mostly have a bleak future too, being abandoned, unused and slowly rotting. Amidst this gloom, in one of the broken vehicles,
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“WeLead” is our women’s leadership program that is quickly turning out to be our flagship development program because of the impact it is creating with women and their managers. While working with young women leaders we often encounter the perception among women that, to be seen as effective leaders they need to be professional. Being
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As part of the consulting work I do, I sit through leadership meetings in many organisations. Sometimes these meetings can run for a few days. In most meetings, there is always a section on “Best Practices”. Someone from the organisation makes a presentation on practices they have been following and how it has created a
Best Practices- they don’t work! Read More »
I often encounter this statement these days “aapne accha menten kiya hai”, which loosely translates into “you have maintained yourself well” or how the English speaking world would say “she has preserved herself well”. These statements are supposed to be compliments to a woman, but to me they are loaded with sexism, ageism etc. But
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I teach posture. My students learn to regain their primal posture through everyday movements. They learn to sit, stand, bend, lie down and lift in ways that are beneficial to their body and alleviate pain they may be having. They also learn to walk. Walking is something that we have been doing since the age
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Over the past few weeks we have been reading about the people who are entering Europe seeking care, food and shelter. The European nations are overwhelmed with this human crisis. This situation has triggered a debate – what to call the people who are arriving by the thousands. Some believe they are refugees- meaning people
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