Gorgeous, stunning, breath-taking, out of the world ……….., you run out of superlatives while trying to describe Aotearoa (“ the land of the long white cloud”), the other name for NZ. One is struck by the beautiful landscapes that seem to appear straight out of picture post cards and the sparsely populated countryside. It is…
My wife Latha and I just returned from a life transforming experience – a Himalayan trek, scaling Mount Kedarkantha in the Lower Himalayas at 12500 ft. While we had trekked higher before ( Derapuk in Mount Kailash at 17000 ft and made it by car to Khardungla Top in Ladakh at 18,300 ft), plodding through…
All of us were longing for a break, not having taken a vacation in nearly 2 years. A short 3 or 4 day holiday from Chennai, meant we had to pick a place that would be easy to reach and yet off the beaten track to provide an unique experience. Our daughter chose Valparai known…
What is transformational coaching? Firstly, Coaching is the act and process of helping people, it’s creating partnerships based on trust, it is listening and asking great, artful questions to enable clients to think in new and creative ways so that they can understand themselves and their issues, commit to smart action to change their experiences,…
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”— Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil rights leader The coronavirus pandemic has placed extraordinary demands on leaders in all fields. The humanitarian toll taken by COVID-19 creates fear among employees and…
This article explains the world of family businesses -what they are, how they are run, how challenges and conflicts arise and can be resolved. Most importantly, professionalizing the family business is crucial for growth, continuity and perpetuity across generations. Likewise, carefully identifying and properly developing the next generation of leaders is an extremely critical decision for any family business and…
This article talks of the origin of Coaching, how it differs from other professions, common definitions, the role of a coach and his relationship with the coachee, the focus of coaching and whether coaching is effective -how coaching is impactful, results of studies on the subject and how to maximize the effectiveness of a coaching…
My wife and I were blessed to make a trip to the abode of Kailashnath in June last year ( seems a very long time ago). The journey of a lifetime is not a pleasure trip, nor is it for the faint hearted or the week kneed. Apart from physical stamina and endurance, it requires…
This blog looks at what high-performance leadership is, how it is expressed, how to enable it and the impact of the changing business landscape on high-performance leaders “If you want to build a high-performance organization, you’ve got to play chess, not checkers.” ― Mark Miller, Chess, Not Checkers: Elevate Your Leadership Game How to become a…
This blog explains what a coaching culture means, how to lead by coaching and practical steps to introducing a coaching culture at the workplace “The goal of coaching is the goal of good management: to make the most of an organization’s valuable resources.” – HBR Introduction – what does coaching culture mean A coaching culture…