A podcast I was listening to some months ago made a reference to a quote “discipline equals freedom” by Jocko Willink. The podcast was not about discipline or habits, yet this small phrase stuck in my mind and intrigued me. I wondered what it meant and how could discipline be equal to freedom. The first […]
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I made a conscious choice to work from home when I started Nucleus Insights. I knew I would be traveling often on work and be away from home, so the days that I am in town, I wanted to be home. The start was bumpy. I had to figure out the boundaries with my family.
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International Women’s day is coming up and I see a frenzy of activities across organisations. Social media is rife with #eachforequal and #sheinspiresus. Starting with roses for women when I began working, to the depth and quality actions today towards enhancing diverse workforce, things have come a long way. There is a real focus on
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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
It’s that time of the year in some parts of the world, when schools are finishing their academic year. The students get their grades from the exams and parents either rejoice or fret at the performance of their children. We are having one of those movies run at our home too. Our son who I
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On this International Women’s Day there will be numerous events and activities to mark the day. It is necessary to have such days to create awareness and start conversations around key issues. Unfortunately, many of the activities on IWD are organized and managed by women, for women. I believe International Women’s Day is not just
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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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International Women’s Day is around the corner and I got two requests from two different companies to speak to their women employees on March 8. One of them invited me saying they were looking for an eminent speaker to motivate their women employees. I felt flattered being tagged as an eminent speaker but turned down
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Today is Women’s Day. When I asked some of the women that I work with, how this is marked in their organisation, the response is “we get gifts”, “there are talks by seniors”, “ we get flowers”, “we go out for team lunch” and “most men crib saying what is so special?”. These are the
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One of my college batch-mates took critically ill couple of years ago. Many of us did not know the serious situation he was in, till one of my other batch-mates informed us about it and personally rallied to seek support. He sought physical help to move him to a city where better care could be
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