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Succeeding in the workplace: What I learnt from Adam Grant
On the virtues of underconfidence, saying yes to “no”, ending ‘manologues’, and more
Category : leadership
Learning from The Best Business Books of 2020: A fireside chat
In Founding Fuel’s learning session, D Shivakumar, in conversation with R Sriram, discusses what’s different about his best books selection this year. He also shares some of his superpower secrets about how he is able to nurture the discipline to read in the midst of a busy professional life
The 10 best business and leadership books of 2020
An inside look at US presidency, leadership, changing trends, and life after the pandemic
The Gist
‘Trust is not a matter of morality, but of predictability’
Predicting behaviour isn’t rocket science, say Robin Dreeke and Cameron Stauth in their book, ‘Sizing People Up’. It is a social science, and requires you to apply the right equation of logic, strategy, scepticism, observational skills, and the ability to accept unwelcome truths
Talkin’ ‘bout My Generation
Family as colleagues
Episode 7, Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation: Deepa Soman and her daughter Rhea take a frank, introspective look at what it’s like to work with family and what they’ve learned as they ‘grew up’ together
Talkin’ ‘bout My Generation
Finding my place in the family business
Rhea Soman never thought that working at Lumiere, the research firm her mother Deepa founded, would be automatic. Rhea talks about how she began to see a place for herself, and is now playing a role in the firm's evolution. Deepa talks about what she and the firm are learning from the experience
People want to work for firms that consider all kinds of inclusion the same
There are many reasons for why inclusion is important—money, innovation, talent and reputation. In this extract from his book ‘Queeristan’, Parmesh Shahani talks about the LGBT inclusion journey at Tata Steel
New world, new rules and new mindsets
A panel discussion with Gaia Smart Cities’ Sumit Chowdhury and True North’s Haresh Chawla on the next gen’s abundance mindset, how digital businesses have changed the rules, and how to stay relevant
For good leadership, principles need to be a notch above the rules
Technology is changing the rules of business. But business leaders aren’t skilling themselves for the new world. And without principles, the company won’t go anywhere
Going beyond the blame game on attrition
There are a complex set of reasons why people leave organisations. Blaming it on your HR department is the easy way out. The smarter way is to understand the root causes and work as a leadership team to fix it
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