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The Top Newsletter is for aspirational professionals who want to advance in their careers.
How NOT to build Leaders!
How NOT to build Leaders! This is not an uncommon question. It’s one that I wonder about quite frequently. Leadership development has hundreds of theories attached to it, and more are flowing in every day. We have the usual ideas … Read More
Read this if you think you can run The Bear
Read this if you think you can run The Bear What if your favorite mom-and-pop deli is transformed into something high-end super quick? We are talking of The Bear, Carmy, and his perfectionism. With its typical stressed-out portraits of Jeremy … Read More
Change begins with you!
Change begins with you! Can you change things alone? Everyone who has been somewhat disappointed with circumstances has thought this can’t happen. But here’s the thing: Change begins with you. These are Mahatma Gandhi’s words. However, in today’s newsletter, we … Read More
When ‘Cooked’ Doesn’t Mean Dinner: A Manager’s Guide to Gen Z-Speak
When ‘Cooked’ Doesn’t Mean Dinner: A Manager’s Guide to Gen Z-Speak Are you unsure of what your team is talking about? Or yapping about, as they say? It’s not surprising. In fact, we recently learned that the inability to understand … Read More
How to ask for help as a manager?
How to ask for help as a manager? I am more than sure that at some point, you needed help and held back because of one thought: “What if they think I am weak?” The question is a legitimate one … Read More
Friend or foe? AI for you
Friend or foe? AI for you Geraldine Murphy , Global Learning Experience Manager at The Heineken Company, shared an interesting insight in the last edition of LinkedIn’s Workplace Learning Report. While talking of a move away from one-size-fits-all training, her … Read More
Can your team keep going without you?
Can your team keep going without you? What if you vanished? Alien abduction, probably. The method isn’t the matter here; it’s the impact. What if your team wakes up one day to find that their beloved manager is just not … Read More
Are you a Manager of Managers?
Are you a Manager of Managers? I am back after a hiatus. Last month was exciting with meeting customers and discussing how they are looking to leverage AI for leadership development in their organizations. I loved sharing what we are … Read More
Let’s Reverse the Gaze of Radical Candor?
Let’s Reverse the Gaze of Radical Candor? Have you heard about Radical Candor? It’s a book by Kim Scott that first came out in 2017. The tagline is “Caring Personally while Challenging Directly.” Since then, another book, Radical Respect, and … Read More
Over analyzing things keeps you stagnant.
Over analyzing things keeps you stagnant. Have you ever found yourself reading a sentence again and again without making much sense of it? Or, have you ever looked into options twice, thrice, and then one more time for good measure … Read More