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Celebrating Diversity LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE

by Marshall Goldsmith | May 16, 2019 | I Stories, Personal Development, Professional Development

The rise of the global community brings many opportunities and challenges. In the past, community members could communicate with each other, trade with each other, and share a common culture. In the future, communication, trade, and culture will become much more...

Dream Big and Achieve

by Ranjana | Aug 31, 2018 | Change Makers, Empowerment, Gender, Inclusion, Inspirational Women, Leadership, Personal Development, Professional Development, Woman of Influence, Women Matters

The resignation of PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi in early August was kind of unexpected and this leaves us with a huge void which can’t be filled up. This takes the count of Women CEO’s leading Fortune 500 companies to 23 which is less than 5%, down from 32 female CEO’s...

Mountain Musings

by Rajesh Ramakrishnan | Jun 13, 2016 | Personal Development

It was the 17th of May when a motely bunch of 11 of us between the age of 15-47 years embarked on a trek to the base camp of the world’s highest mountain peak. The journey lasted for 13 days, across 130 kms and we climbed up from around 9000 feet to nearly 18,000 feet...

Lights, Camera, Leadership

by Rajesh Ramakrishnan | Dec 23, 2015 | Career Advice, Leadership, Personal Development, Professional Development

I have always considered myself a left-brained person with strong analytical and logical skills. This was further ratified by my 5 years of Engineering from BITS, Pilani and my MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur. My logical brain told me that creativity is reserved for the...

Do we Rev Up or Slow Down?

by Anupama | Dec 22, 2015 | Personal Development

It is the age of instant chow, instant perk-up potions, incessant breathless living in public fora and all round inyour face ‘my gratification first’. Status or life event updates happen at lightning speed. Life ebbs and flows with the number of likes you generate. If...

Canning the Can’ts

by Dinakshi Arora | Jul 14, 2015 | Personal Development

“I can’t sleep on the right side of the bed.” “I can’t sleep with lights off.” “I can’t drive.” “I can’t dance.” “I can’t go to crowded places.” “I can’t go ahead after a black cat has crossed my path.” “I can’t lose weight.” “I can’t make it to Harvard.” As you must...