leadership coach

I am a speaker on TEDx, one of the world’s biggest platforms for exchanging and promoting path-breaking ideas. I speak primarily on radical ideas on leadership and management, which challenge conventional thinking. Some of my recent speaking engagements include Masterclass HRAI, India.  I provide personalized 1-1 Executive Coaching services, focusing on helping senior professionals move to the next level of performance in professional and personal areas that are important to them and the organization. Coaching helps clarify an individual’s thinking, provides a more significant level of self-awareness, and assists with balanced goal setting. Change management is a new skill set for leaders. It is not just a skill set. It’s a mindset. It’s an attitude. Many leaders do have any experience in leading and managing change. Change bring uncertainty, worry, and anxiety. It also puts in resistance from leaders and teams alike. This program offers leaders the opportunity to embrace change a...

  Leadership lessons from the world of ART Finding the problem (and not the solution)  – Most of us are very solution-oriented. We jump at problems with the intent of solving them. However, what I have discovered is that art can help you find the problem in the first place before you go on the solution finding mission. Sometimes despite your best efforts, the painting just doesn’t feel right – it’s not what you wanted it to be, the final effect is not what you intended and you have this great sense of unease that something is missing. It’s not very evident. Sometimes, I stare at a painting from different distances and angles for prolonged periods, which gives a different perspective every time and can help find the missing dimension. Sometimes, taking a break helps to put my thoughts together and I take a break to return with a different frame of mind. And sometimes, I take refuge within my near and dear ones and ask for their advice Lesson  – Don’t worry about solving a ...

  Imagine that you are traveling for your dream vacation You have been planning and saving for this vacation for sometime now You reach the airport very excited and go straight to the check-in counter The airline staff tells you that you have  excess baggage  and you need to pay  excess baggage charges You ask " How much ? " The staff calculates and shows you a number. A really high number You are shocked !! You obviously have no intention to pay those charges and you start arguing with the staff The issue escalates and the airline supervisor manager is called You are categorically told “ Either you pay the charges or you leave some luggage behind ” Now.... If you pay the excess baggage charges, it will eat into your vacation budget If you do not want to pay the charges, then you have to ditch your excess baggage What will you do ? If carrying that baggage is important and serving a purpose, you will pay the charges, else you will ditch the excess weight, right ...