by Vishu | Aug 29, 2015 | Mindfulness
“The leader of the past knows how to tell. The leader of the future knows how to ask.” – Peter Drucker Think about this: When you make a statement, you will not know whether the intended audience received it or not. Whereas when you ask a question...
by S Srinivasan | Aug 28, 2015 | Coaching, Leadership, Personal Growth, Project Management
Most of us, in our lives we work under the guidance and direction of our manager. There’s of course a lot of talk of servant leadership and how managers become servants to the team. Sometimes it sounds like a good fairy tale story. At other times it’s...
by S Srinivasan | Aug 27, 2015 | Leadership, Personal Growth, Project Management
Most of us who have grown up in India, would have definitely grown up knowing the great Indian epic Mahabharatha. Are there parallels between what happened in Mahabharatha and in today’s corporate world? Are there learnings from Mahabharatha that are...
by S Srinivasan | Aug 19, 2015 | Agile, Project Management
There’s one school of thought – that you learn something when you do it and experience the feedback. It’s true. When a parent tells a mischievous child that putting your finger on top of the lamp fire will hurt you, the child does not listen. It puts...
by S Vasudev | Aug 14, 2015 | Agile, Coaching, Leadership, Mindfulness
A frequent question or topic of discussion with Scrum Masters, in course of coaching, is on motivation. How does one motivate the team members? A difficult question, which does not have “a” right answer/ approach. As a leader, one needs to deliver what is...