An unforgettable comment to the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC) President and CEO - Karen Greenbaum - set this piece rolling. It came from the audience at an AESC panel discussion in Mumbai, India...
A Perfect 10 on TATE's tenth!-TATE completes a decade, and the 10th anniversary has taken me back to Nadia's path to success, which was laden with challenges....
Our ninth anniversary is an apt occasion to share nine attributes that qualify leaders who match our client’s mandates....
Once upon a time, CEOs were judged by how happy they kept the board of directors, how appeased the shareholders appeared and how pristine the company’s reputation looked....
“Some days I wish I could go back in life. Not to change things, but to feel a few things twice.” ~ Quote on a coffee mug. A mug of steaming South Indian filter coffee beside me and a blank screen before me is an awesomely...
A lesson will keep repeating itself until it is learned… ' - Oprah Winfrey The inspiration for this piece came from a split-screen Instagram post that I saw on social media recently. The top half of the picture featured a news cameraman in a chopper, while the bottom...
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence – it is to act with yesterday’s logic.”– Peter Drucker The world in which we find ourselves now in, is changing faster than at any other time in human history. Leadership just isn’t what it used to...
“The future won’t wait for you to catch up. It needs some of your time right now.” - Graeme Codrington Once a software engineer saw a bull pulling a cart, with the farmer sleeping peacefully in it. He was very surprised to see this scene and...
“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.” ~ Charles Lamb A colleague recently shared this humorous experience that occurred in a previous organisation. There came a time when people began writing their names on the food in the...
“What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.” ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower It is fascinating how some of the most profound leadership lessons that I have learnt, come from two powerful forces in nature. What the wind and the current have taught me about becoming an effective...