Walt Disney needs no introduction. The famous founder of Mickey Mouse and co-founder of Walt Disney Productions was an influential thinker during his time. As a young boy, he developed a love and passion for drawing. The journey never stopped even after the setting up of the Walt Disney amusement park, where all his characters…
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Follow your heart – Courageous Leadership
On December 1, 1955, when a White person got into the bus, Rosa Parks, a 42 year old Black woman refused to give up her seat at the front of the bus and move to the back. Today the action seems simple but not in 1955, when black people were treated like slaves and second…
Read MoreStress – A leadership non-essential
The morning of June 12th 2010 started off uneventfully. I had not seen my dad for over a month and I waited in anticipation as I wanted to share some really exciting things with him. The day was not going fast enough for me. Suddenly the quiet was interrupted by the harsh ring of the…
Read MoreCreating Leadership Readiness Through Animated Movies
Where do the best learning’s take place – in schools? In colleges? At home? At work?? Well the best learning takes place in a movie hall – specially when we watch movies of the animated kind – have you ever noticed how these creatures we call animals so beautifully mirror thoughts, actions, behavior, attitudes and…
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Leadership Skills – The Gandhi Way
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2nd October 1869 – 30th January 1948), is lovingly known as Bapu (Father), and is the Father of modern and democratic India. As we stand at the threshold of his birth anniversary, we need to remind ourselves that there…
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence Leadership – The Key to Success
Assuming that Emotional Intelligence is directly linked to leadership, there are three questions that need to be answered:• What is Emotional Intelligence?• Why is it important?• How can Emotional Intelligence Quotient be increased? We looked at the answer to the first question in my previous article titled, What Is Emotional Intelligence? Let us now look at the answer to the second question.…
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Leadership – Asking the tough questions
Being a leadership coach I often have the privilege to be in the presence of future leaders. There is one question that I ask in every session, “Who is the leader that you emulate?” I get answers like, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and disappointingly………… Hitler. It happens session after session. Regardless of how…
Read MoreLeaders – How Clean is Your Window?
It was raining very heavily and the little restaurant where I was having dinner was very crowded. All the tables were occupied and some hungry customers were waiting for their turn. Some children were crying as they had to wait and the harassed waiters were hurrying to serve the diners. Amidst all this confusion there…
Read MoreLeading from the Back – Kalaam’s Leadership Experience
“The idea is that leadership at its most fundamental is about moving people in a certain direction—usually through changing the direction of their thinking and their actions. And the way to do that is not necessarily by charging out front and saying, “Follow me,” but by empowering or pushing others to move forward ahead of…
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Shifting Mindsets
“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” – Mary Engelbreit The story goes that many years ago two young boys went to spend their summers at their grandparents’ farm. Every morning the two boys would set out to explore the farm with their…
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