I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
You could be a people manager or an individual contributor but this holds true nonetheless. When setting goals for self or the team – Set 2 types of goals 80-20 goals and 50-50 goals What does that mean? – A 80-20 goal is one that is 80% likely to get done. It allows realistic completion …
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Do you know this thing when you are scrolling through mails and intend to get back to some of them. And then you never do. Or you do and you need to read again to understand the context. One of the hacks that works with this is the 2 minute rule. It is simple – …
What is the best piece of advice you have received? ‘You are over-indexed on books . Make time to connect with people to learn more’ We were once discussing an article about how Adobe’s CEO, Shantanu Narayen relies on mentors forged through years of relationships for help in navigating everything And one of the leaders I …
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What is the one thing that top executives do extremely well? I once asked a senior women leader (I hugely admire) – “Where do you focus your personal energy as you grow as a leader?” Pat came her answer, ” On Asking Good Questions” At the outset this may seem surprising since we rise through …
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I thought I wanted to work in Marketing and drive Go-to-market strategy in my first role. As management trainees, we rotated across roles in the first year and I was assigned as the product manager to drive Product Usage and Retention for my State. It involved number crunching day in and out – analyzing customer …
What do you do when people you manage fail? You forgive and forget You remember, pass blame, stigmatize and humiliate them You forgive and remember The right approach that Bob Sutton, Professor of Management at Stanford University advocates is to *forgive* so that people have psychological safety and *remember*, so that you can learn, the …
Top 7 mistakes to avoid in the first 90 days – Taken up a new job or new role within the same organization? #7TransitionTraps to avoid #1 Sticking to what you know :Doing the same things you did in your previous role, only more so. #2 Falling prey to ‘Action Imperative’ : You feel the …
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How does culture shape the brain? ‘Consider a monkey, bear and a banana’ – which two go together? My first thought? The monkey and the banana. A research I recall reading, uses this example to illustrate how Westerners would say bear and monkey (think categorically and put the animals together) vs East Asians who think …
“Projects fail at a spectacular rate. One reason is that too many people are reluctant to speak up about their reservations during the planning phase. By making it safe for dissenters who are knowledgeable and worried to speak up, you can improve a project’s chances of success.” How can you use pre-mortems to plan better? …
Whether you do it consciously it or not, you are constantly negotiating at workplaces For a pay raise, for a different role, a new project or a flexible work schedule And ‘Negotiation’ is one of those life-skills that every adult should gain a working knowledge I was reminded of BATNA thanks to Shyam Sadasivan’s brilliant …
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