Leadership, to be true, doesn’t come instantly. It is a gradual process that requires you to be fully aware of yourself right from the beginning. Until and unless you are aware about yourself, about what you want from yourself, you’re already missing out on the very important skill-sets required to be a leader. Talking practically, […]

While most people, even today, picture a man when they think or talk about a leader, leadership has no gender. It’s true that the percentage of women holding leadership positions in various sectors has been extremely low for the past few decades, but, this conditioning is changing and women are going all out to achieve […]

So, what does it take to lead a workplace? The #WomenWritersFest Ahmedabad brought forth some great insights about leadership and the perceptions surrounding it during the session on “Leadership and women in the workspace.” Banker Shinjini Kumar, Anuranjita Kumar – Managing Director, Human Resources at RBS, Author Sonu Bhasin and Shaili Chopra – Founder of […]

Last week, an infamous terrorist commander was killed by the Security Forces. This was one of many such insurgency operations over the week which lead to loss of lives involved in armed combat with security forces and resulted in the maker meeting his creations (allegedly being involved in terrorist activities) in troubled Kashmir. However, the […]

Chanda Kochhar, managing director and CEO of ICICI Bank, has recently been honoured with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Global Corporate Citizenship.

With the start of the Hindu New Year which has been celebrated as Diwali, it’s time to reflect and introspect on how the past year went and set ambitious new goals for the New Year. Yes that dreaded word resolutions is here to haunt us again. This is especially true for folks in businesses and […]

Everyone on the planet has their moments of brilliance – when they come up with a new idea,.  Most of us have that secret dream we have harboured for far too long.  We sometimes wonder whether it will ever see the light of day. Social media shows that people are making their ideas happen every […]

An emotionally engaging and powerful letter presented by Chanda Kochhar to her daughter Arti, which also appears in a book of such collectives by Sudha Menon, called ‘Legacy: Letters from Eminent Parents to Their Daughters’ , went viral on the internet yesterday. Perhaps so because it was more like an account of a working woman’s life, […]

A few tips from Indra Nooyi for women at the workplace.

UNDP head Helen Clark was finally announced as a running contender for the United Nations Secretary General, ending months of speculation.