Do you see marketing yourself as boasting? Do you get annoyed at people who promote themselves? Do you feel uncomfortable talking about yourself? Do you tell yourself that you’re too modest / shy / introverted / humble to tell people about your wor...
Imagine your boss calls you on Friday evening and says he wants to meet you on Monday morning at 11 to give you some feedback. What are you going to think? How are you going to feel? For many people, thoughts like, ‘what did I do?’, ‘have I goo...
In our work as Professors at the Indian School of Business for MBA students, and consultants for young leader programs at companies like HUL, Airtel, Godrej, Aditya Birla, Teach for India, etc. we’ve noticed a number of repeated challenges that...
There are a few occasions in our leadership workshops, especially with young and mid-level high potential managers, that the conversation turns to ‘authenticity’, and more times than not, I end up wincing or face palming myself. I ...