Over my years in senior leadership search, mentors have played a vital role in nurturing and developing business leaders across the board. It's not quite the same feeling of deja vu I experience today when I think about a seemingly vanishing species called mentors. In a...
Sure, failure can be a leader's best friend. But befriending failure as a wise guru and allowing it to become a comfort zone of refuge are poles apart. Failure can teach leaders far more than success ever can aspire to. It all depends on how...
Being a part of the executive search industry, I am often asked if robots and AI will take away our jobs. Deeper engagement with the questioners uncovered a common misconception that the terms robots or robotics and AI are being interchangeably used. Businesses and governments...
As humans, we are hard-wired through Biology to understand what there is, what to do about it, and the crucial difference between knowing and doing. This distinction drives our innate need for meaning—we don't just seek to know what there is, but why. In this...
"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...