Are You Raising Followers, or Leaders?
Vikram ran a 1,200-person auto-components company in Pune, and he ran it the way he believed a good leader should: with instructions. Every Monday at […]
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Why Do Flawless Systems Fail Without Believers?
A company once invested heavily in a new process. The process was beautifully designed.The technology was excellent.The SOPs were comprehensive. Yet, months later, the expected […]
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Loneliness Ends: Solitude Builds Leaders
“Solitude”There is a light that stays on longest in every organisation, the corner office, well past nine. Everyone else has gone home. The CEO is […]
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ANGER is only one letter short of DANGER
The boardroom had gone quiet. A senior VP had just presented numbers that missed target for the third quarter running. The CEO didn’t shout. He […]
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Tips Win Races. Depth Wins Life.
A young CEO once cornered me after a leadership summit. Thirty-four years old, third startup, first one that was actually working. “Dr Chopra, give me […]
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When Your Head and Your Heart Disagree, Which One Do You Trust?
A father once sat outside a hospital room, holding two pieces of paper. The first was the specialist’s report. Four lines, clinical, exact: Surgery required within […]
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The Silent Price of Every Criticism
A CEO once told me, proudly, “I don’t hold back. If someone’s work is sloppy, I say it — in the room, in front of […]
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Freedom Is the Last Promotion.
A chairman once told me, in the corridor between two board meetings, that he had built a company of ten thousand people. Then he paused […]
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Stop Chasing Equal Effort for Unequal Profit.
A founder I once mentored was thrilled. He had landed a new client after four months of meetings, three custom proposals, and a pricing structure […]
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When Somebody Can do a Job for You then Never do it Yourself
A young manager stayed until 11 PM every night, proudly clearing every task himself. His director watched this for a month, then asked one question:“Whose […]
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