What Can You Learn About Leadership From Children?
I was staying with my sister when I was visiting my family last week. One of her neighbors has two girls aged 5 and 7, Rita and Meeta. These two girls are the most adorable children I have ever met....
View ArticleAre You An Ode To Your Dogmas?
We are more than a decade into the twenty-first century and yet we live by dogmas……. Beliefs rule our work and personal world. Beliefs are more often than not a lie. Beliefs lead us to act or think...
View Article10 Leadership Lessons From My Mom
Today is Mother’s Day and normally I don’t write blog posts on my mother on this day. A mother, I believe is someone who needs to be honored, loved, cared every single day and not just on Mother’s...
View ArticleAre You Living Your Authenticity?
Lalita Raman In this age of information and technology overload, there are many times each of us possibly feel that we are on a hamster wheel, one that we are unable to get off. We try to copy others...
View ArticleTop 5 Leadership Lessons From YOGA
Lalita Raman Are you wondering what yoga has to do with leadership? I have done yoga for almost 10 years and I still continue to learn not only the yoga poses but what yoga can teach about myself,...
View ArticleTop Five Questions On Work-Life Balance
Lalita Raman Jack has had several busy work weeks. His morning starts off early and his day doesn’t end till after midnight. He spends most of his weekends working. He realizes that he doesn’t have...
View ArticleValues Are Like Fingerprints… Are You Leading With Your Values?
Lalita Raman It is Friday evening and you are looking forward to your long overdue vacation. You are working on the final touches of your proposal to get a new line of business approved. The proposal...
View ArticleHabits are at first cobwebs, then cables..Do Your Habits Determine You?
Lalita Raman A friend of mine, Jane, a senior manager with a FMCG company, manages six direct reports who in turn manage four to five people each. Jane to us, is one of the most enthusiastic, authentic...
View ArticleOn This Father’s Day, a small note of “Thank you”
Lalita Raman I’ve had the great fortune of growing up with a friend, a mentor who is none else than my Dad. My dad is special to me and my appreciation of him has grown over the years. There is not a...
View ArticleThe Human Touch to Leadership
In today’s day and age we are bombarded by more stimuli than ever before. This stimuli can be from various sources like social media, emails, chats, demands from the real world and from every possible...
View ArticleHow Are You Connecting With People?
Lalita Raman Businesses and organizations run because of the people, the relationships and the connections between people. When we network with people we look for common interests or topics to break...
View ArticleWhen The Going Gets Tough
“I’m stuck.” “I feel I’m running on a hamster wheel with no scope to get off. “ “I’ve no time to think or look at anything else because I’m always swamped with so many things I’ve to do.” How often...
View ArticleAre You “A Wannabe” or “A Go Getter”?
You meet your friend Jane for a coffee and in the midst of her conversation with you, she remarks, you know I love writing and am planning to write a book. I want to finish writing at least four books...
View ArticleDoes Your Behavior Reflect Who You Are or Desire To Be?
→ How often are you inspired by a person whom you meet or read or hear about? → What is it about them that makes you listen or to follow what they are doing or learn a lesson or two from them? A...
View ArticleFake It Till You Make It
One of my sister’s friends’ colleague Anita, submitted her resignation recently, since she had found another job. Whilst she was serving her notice period, she still kept hoping that she would be...
View ArticleHow Do You “LET GO”
Life is the best teacher, a friend, a soul mate. She teaches you what none others can teach and it is in living life through the challenges she throws at us is what makes life. There are things in...
View ArticleCharacter, the decisive factor in the life of a leader
Life throws many challenges, she pushes you, propels you and prods you. How you behave, act and live through each of these challenges is your choice. Your character is who you are in these moments of...
View ArticleHow Committed Are You To Your Word?
Lalita Raman “I’ll get that done by tomorrow morning.” “Just leave it to me, I’ll help you get that website of yours up and running by the end of this weekend.” “Hey, you’ve often said that you and I...
View ArticleLeadership Lessons From The Movie “42″
Life offers the strangest twists and turns for some of us. Some of these challenges agonizes you, tortures you and you are left wondering what did you do wrong? Why “me”? I’ve always considered life’s...
View ArticleWhat Michael Jackson Teaches Us About Leadership and Life?
On Sunday, I watched the Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour show by Cirque Du Soleil. I’ve always been a big fan of Cirque Du Soleil. There is a lot to be learnt about life and leadership from...
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