What is motivation? It is a way of getting another to do things we think they should, or that we desire. Do we care who and how the other is? Continue reading
May 30, 2010
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August 27, 2009
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How Does Adventure Sports Develop Personality
It is widely believed that adventure sport develops personality. But how? What is the process of adventure based learning? Most people believe thatakes climbing Mt Everest or something similarly exotic. However, that is not so. When we speak of adventure … Continue reading
August 14, 2009
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Essence of Boundaryless
I was listening to an audio of P L Deshpande’s speech at the Kanadi Sahitya Mandal, and he quoted lines from Keshavsuta’s poem, which resonate deeply with all the beliefs of embracing life that I hold. Thought I’d share them … Continue reading
August 4, 2009
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6 Quick and Actionable Leadership Boosts
Here are some leadership exercises you can try whenever you have time: Influence: Think of any ongoing situation in your life, where you are finding it difficult to create an influence. Spend some time thinking of all the people involved … Continue reading
August 2, 2009
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Leaders represent their organizations
Leaders represent the organization to their teams through their values and direct presence. They represent the organization to their seniors through conveying the spirit of the overall organization. They represent the organization to outsiders through their interactions in which the … Continue reading
July 30, 2009
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Outcomes of Leadership Trainings
When planning leadership training, it is important to have certain outcomes in mind. While speaking with clients, one thing I find useful to do is to ask them to describe the improvements they imagine and then work with those to … Continue reading
July 28, 2009
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Pitfalls on the way to task focus
I had written about an incident years ago, from a programme where I was not a trainer, but providing outdoor activity support for a programme for CapGeminii conducted by Dr. Dilip Panniker. In that post, I spoke of an incident where Fr. Panniker intervened with the group Continue reading
July 26, 2009
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The Changing Nature of Leadership
Gone is the time when a leader had a clear role. Where it was a relatively simple matter of finding out requirements from the source, explaining them to the team and getting the job done. When a lot of the … Continue reading
July 23, 2009
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3-3 quick tips for Listening Skills
This is the fifth post in the series on Leadership Development. As a leader, whether you are leading your team, organization, family or hobby group, you end up interacting with many people and the choices you make impact them all. … Continue reading
July 20, 2009
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Sensitivity for Team Development and Leadership Effectiveness
Recently, on a corporate management training programme, our group had the opportunity to explore issues related with inclusion and exclusion and its relation with creativity and initiative. We were conducting a programme for a team of senior executives who were … Continue reading