Leadership in Matters that matter

How people trivialize on important aspects, including Air pollution.

Since about 2015, the system is working overtime to show that India is a No. 1 country and the Indian Army is very powerful. That is nowhere the case.

India and the Indian Army are being officially touted as No. 1, since about 2015. This is a myth, very aggressively promoted by the system, in order to hide its pock marks.

The air in Indian cities is, in most cases, around 80 times more polluted than laid down by international standards. Given the scale, can there be anyone other than the Indian Prime Minister who should be blamed for it? 

India has witnessed a terrible accident on 30 October in which 141 people died in a collapse of a bridge, renovated just 3 days back. Will this help India get out of its unprofessionalism in everything? Seems not.

They just ‘happen’ to proliferate under certain conditions, not because of they ‘desire to’ or ‘act so as to’ proliferate They don’t have consciousness.

Why indeed!

The real problem is not mis governance but the softer aspects if his mental make-up - his total indifference towards his reputation.

Why indeed? Mostly because I think too much.

Should you kill because you are expecting to do so, for any reason? Then you are a mercenary.

Categories are concepts - cut &dried. I’ll not live by them.

Here I cover my approach to teaching leadership skills - What every leader needs. All of us need these skills, because we all are leaders in some sense or the other. Some lead teams in their organisations while others lead their families.  I clarify here why I prefer the foundation of my teaching to come from psychology and sociology, rather than Case studies and biographies of successful lea...

Many managers and coaches jump into advising or penalizing, the moment the other person acts contrary to their expectations. While they know that no person does anything against his perceived self-interest, they fail to take this into account. If only they took some time to get to know how the other person justifies that act to himself! The key lies there.

HR people, in dealing with weak employees, act like nurses - using the love and welfare approach. This is all wrong. In dealing with weakness, they should learn a trick or two from gym trainers and, finally, from surgeons.

Too much consensus is not always a good thing. Mostly it is due to a belief among members of a group that it is better for them to not be seen as the one who rocks the boat. Here are tips to recognize, avoid and counter it.

An unjust system creates a feeling in citizens that he is not obliged to sacrifice anything, as the people in power are not sacrificing anything. That mindset is very harmful for a country and a society. When the citizen is also a soldier, this mindset can have extremely harmful effects.

Normally, we feel the need to do something, eat something, read something for getting benefits. However, most benefits come by releasing i.e. letting go of something and  keeping your life,  stomach and your mind empty. Amazing results by doing less or nothing. 

Today, public opinion is mostly shaped by those working under some organisation and are prepared to take up strikes, hate-speeches etc. The crores who too have an opinion but are prepared to only put down two lines on social media, and no more, are unable to affect public opinion. This is due to lack of the right instruments and tools. So, what can we do about it?

Here is one Don’t and two Do’s for fellow citizens, in their quest to reclaim their democracy.

On night 15 Jun at Galwan, Ladakh, 106 soldiers of Indian army made a lot of sacrifice on a mission ordered by India. Now, we must seek closure to this case of a failed mission, at exorbitant cost. Many options available, as set out in this podcast.

Covind 19 has, once again, shown that Indian citizens are ready to cry, but not fight.

A group exists primarily to perform a task. So, task completion needs of the group as supreme. However, the task can be completed only if there is no sand in the system. So, the next need is to maintain the group. Since the group is merely a collection of individuals, it can be maintained only by looking after the individual needs of individuals.

For a leader, this is always the dilemma. Here are some research based facts that'll help you make the decision. This is the summary of chapter 8 of my book ' Leadership for Colonels & Business Managers'.

The book, SrimadBhagwat Gita, is considered by Hindus to be most holy. It is also seen as useful practical advice for living one's daily life. It is with respect to this second aspect that I am commenting here.

Most of the times, we spend time in ideas, not feelings. Ideas are ways to enhance communication through language, which creates a digital reality. In doing so, we deny the reality of feelings and sensations, which are integral to us and analogous in nature.