"The trick of the future is that it’s empty, a cup before you pour the water." ~ Maggie Smith, Future, Good Bones ‘Tis the season! As we close this year, we look up with hope that year 2021 will be different from 2020 in a positive and...
The research is out. Its findings are troubling. The era of working from home or living in the office is taking its toll. Surviving remotely is a far cry from thriving and growing. The badges of corporate wokeness we first wore as survivors of the zillion Zoom calls...
What's the difference between a capable and an excellent leader? Apart from education, acumen and experience there is this subtle balance of business perspective and emotional connect that helps a leader scale from good to great. Many leadership frameworks highlight carefully selected traits and attributes...
It’s the 7th anniversary of TATE’s founding. For a number of reasons, I find the number 7 fascinating. As I look back over these years in the context of what’s happening today, there are things I want to share, that are very relevant to our times....
Much has been said about people being the most important aspect of an organization. And we are well aware that employees who do outstanding work take their company to great heights. Today’s world of work has seen drastic changes with cutting edge technologies steering industries...
Mid-August ET reported that there were 960 CXO movements, a mix of internal elevation and lateral hiring, across sectors in Q1 of financial year 20-21. The C-suite occupies a seat of high responsibility and power. As such, CXOs rarely consider moving to another organization. The process...
CXOs are most wanted executives, within as well as outside their companies. As dominant influencers they spearhead change, enforce performance standards, drive business growth, manage P&L and lead their people by example. CXOs travel far and wide, constantly chasing a busy schedule. Time for them...
In the pre-pandemic period, work from home (WFH) was an option available to most organizational workers as a privilege. People availed this option only on need basis. In March, when COVID took over the Earth, there came about a universal guideline to stay home and...
Bill Gates reads about 50 books every year, Mark Cuban reads three hours every day, Mark Zuckerberg resolved to read 24 books in a year, and Warren Buffett spends 80 percent of his day reading....
"You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand." ~Jack Welch Much as people claim to like frank feedback from their bosses during appraisals, there is almost always a denial and defensiveness about every...