Category Management

This are thoughts that I shared at a CII Symposium recently in Delhi. The theme of the Symposium was Digital Transformation and Talent Strategies for SME Competitiveness. I was on the 1st panel that was talking only about the Talent…

India promises substantial growth opportunities in a context of relatively dim global outlook. This is an interesting phenomena as India aspires to become a 5 trillion USD economy. India fortunately is the fastest growing large economy of the world too.…

Recently, I had an opportunity to watch an amazing spectacle of fireworks, at Navy Pier in Chicago. There were large number of people around who were cheering. There were also many who ignored what they were upto and stood to…

This is text around a session prepared for NPTI Training on 15th Sept, 2017. This session is part of a One-day National Workshop organised by NPTI at its Faridabad campus. The theme of this National Workshop was Conflict Management :…

Peter Drucker said ages ago that ‘all management is about people management’. Very surprisingly organizations are still struggling to deal with only one thing they need to handle well – their people. Many organisations espouse and claim that ‘people’ are…

Authentic leadership has become a fashionable phrase these days. There are many research in this space and scholars and professing various tools, techniques and models to achieve this. Some of the literature in this space is very interesting and at…

This is an excerpt of my talk at the Leadership Summit at SriSIIM, New Delhi on 18th Feb, 2017. There are 3 key terms used in this title – politics, governance and leadership. I shall share my perspective about each…

Most of the learning organisations today have some method of facilitating learning at work. Most of them also face a two pronged challenge. Employees do not volunteer for these programs since they do not see value flowing from them. Learning…

There are two things to talk about – excellence and governance. Excellence by definition is a journey not a destination. The title therefore by implication suggests continuous evolution and changing paradigms. This means that whatever be our de:inition of ‘good-governance’…