“How to set goals that challenge, inspire and motivate team, in adverse market conditions?” Usually, goals are set top-down, factoring growth in line with best achieved until then, often ignoring market conditions. This works in a growth market, but not in adverse situations. Growing against market headwinds may need burning excess fuel. On another side…

“Would you hire an exceptionally talented individual & domain expert who is lacking in people management skills?” The role of individual contributors is vital, but at CXO level, leadership skills are critical, particularly the people competencies. However, in the current climate where innovation and expertise are survival factors, you would be fortunate to bring on…

Your stakes should depend on the difficulty of your turf You must have come across people often saying – “reward for good work, is more work”. It is mostly true that CXOs and managers assign more/difficult work to those who are most competent. Unfortunately, when it comes to performance rating, growth, authority/ responsibility, rewards and…

Working together in spirit of collaboration is critical, but how? As a leader of your business, you may have often found a few leaders harbouring extreme rivalry with some of their peers, resulting in poor collaboration, disruptive behaviour and finally impacting business interests. This situation must be spotted as early as possible and tackled with…