When I am discussing with people about their career aspirations, trying to understand why they may want to leave one job for another, the most common reply that I receive is that they have reached some sort of a glass ceiling in their current post and that they therefore need to move elsewhere, if they Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #69: What’s your ceiling?[…]
I get really puzzled whenever I am on vacation with someone and their work phone rings more often than I get sunburned (which is fairly often!) I tend to take it as a sign of lack of management skills in the upper echelons of the organization. Here is a recent example from my experience: I Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #52: Filling in[…]
You will very often hear complaints in conversations among colleagues in any modern office environment. Most of the time the complaints are directed towards the leadership. Some other times, toward colleagues. Irrespective of who is targeted (employee, or executive) one of the most common complaints that one comes across, is that “[…] he/she is useless.” Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #51: Taking sides[…]
As per various seminars, workshops and online courses on leadership, a good leader needs to be: Committed, Passionate, Inspiring, Accountable, Empowering, Empathetic, Innovative, etc. Right? Well, all this is good, but ultimately, I think leadership boils down to one very simple thing. Everything else is just gravy. Listen on: