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As mentioned in an earlier article, being a decent person while leading others is all about treating people in ways that you would want to be treated should the roles be reversed. If you adopt the Golden Rule principle, you get: Greater Engagement: People want to help leaders that demonstrate appreciation for the worker behind

In ‘Ignite Your Potential’, a comparison is drawn between individuals and quality of diamonds. Both are carbon based with their strength, resilience and character forged through a life path managing extreme pressure or an ability to insulate, conduct or even block energy as needed. Another interesting feature is how precious we’ve come to appreciate them

Are you prepared as a leader for the possibility of a disastrous result for the US Presidential election? Such an outcome might seem impossible. Yet it doesn’t sound so far-fetched to many top political leaders and experts observing the run-up to the election. With many more mail-in ballots, which are much more vulnerable to legal

The sheer excitement to travel abroad is inexplicable. You visit places and come back home after some time. However, things may become a little challenging for those who pursue education abroad. Visiting for tourism and visiting for education are two different experiences, though there may be overlap between them. When you move to a country

Once we have a new business solution worthy of committing a decent chunk of our lives to, we soon realize that the world has rarely been waiting for us to implement it. In fact, most people beyond our core team will resist or reject the unfamiliar in an instant. We have to cut through the

The threat of phishing scams and online fraud is ever present. It can be challenging to identify common scams, while carefully planned and targeted spear-phishing attacks are growing more sophisticated every day. The prevalence of fake news and deliberate disinformation, the intentional spreading of false content, across social media is further muddying the waters, giving

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” ―Alvin Toffler Extraordinary achievers, leaders, and CEOs learn continuously. They also unlearn and relearn in the current dynamic world because what worked in the past may not work now and what works

Famously, John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods, was one of the first executives to make headlines for reducing his salary to $1 per year. Yes, he had stock options and cashed in unused vacation time. However, the intention was to demonstrate a commitment to fairness and pay equity. By all accounts, his was

While 2020 has been anything but predictable, nobody knows exactly what 2021 holds. By taking a scientific approach to forecasting your sales, you can avoid potential problems with your KPIs. It’s time to shift your sales process to focus on the future instead of dwelling on the past. Few businesses were left untouched by COVID-19

Ethical sales professionals are continually challenged to bring a high degree of empathy and integrity to the selling process. However, in the midst of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, the stakes are even higher. Authenticity Is Key: Millions of people across the country and around the globe have faced illness, death, and economic hardship in recent

Anticipating the future is critical to an organisation’s success. In their 2018 research paper, Rohrbeck and Kim cite “Future-prepared firms outperformed the average by a 33% higher profitability and outperform the average by a 200% higher growth”. Being future savvy makes sense for profit and growth. This kind of strategic thinking is a CEO’s core

Shopping is a therapy in itself. When you go all out and spend on yourself or your dear ones, you feel uplifted. However, sometimes availing of the benefits of this therapy could be an expensive affair. Shopping does not necessarily come cheap in many parts of the world and there are times when we want

Let’s say today is the big day and you are not feeling it. You’ve got that morale building speech to give at your company’s all-hands meeting, you’re coming in to close a deal with a client, or it’s just a regular day, packed full of Zoom meetings while you work from home for the eighth

An excellent IT infrastructure is fundamental for running an organization. All departments from HR and Finance to Operations and Logistics require proper IT infrastructure to function to their best. That’s why IT professionals are highly sought. According to research consultancy IDC, the global IT industry is expected to reach $5.2 trillion in 2020. No wonder

Harvard University offers a variety of business courses for individuals who want to broaden their knowledge of crucial factors that have to do with the function of a company. In this article are presented five introductory courses that are free of charge and participants can attend them online. Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Statements: Participants have

The rich and famous who own private jets are usually cautious about revealing too many details about their aircraft. The media often report on the use of private jets by film stars and royalty, and even then we may never see inside these luxury planes. So let’s take a look inside the most luxurious private

I noticed recently a predilection for using the words “digital innovation” and “digital transformation” interchangeably and synonymously, sometimes in the same paragraph. The misuse creeps into companies’ Annual Reports which makes it quite confusing for people to understand where the company is, on the evolutionary scale. So let us attempt to clarify the difference and

‘Economics’ is a social science: knowledge associated with production, consumption and wealth transfer through behaviour and economical agent interactions. Generally measured in absence or achievement of material prosperity. Thomas Schelling first coined ‘Egonomics’: suggesting individuals suffer split personalities. The present self wishing something now, short term (eating a cookie) whilst future or past self desires

2021 is right around the corner. While many of us are eager to put this tumultuous year in the rearview mirror, we need to face the reality that the way we work will remain resource-constrained for the foreseeable future. Many organizations are still figuring out how to work remotely while also responding to shrinking sales,

Antitrust legislation for big tech may seem like an arcane and obscure topic that busy CEOs immersed in the day to day details of their businesses can safely afford to ignore.  There are two big reasons why nothing could be further from the truth. The first reason is that nearly all businesses depend on the