by admin | Mar 15, 2017 |
Here’s the thing: some of the most successful leaders in the world will readily admit that they aren’t any smarter, luckier, more talented, or even more confident than their less successful peers. So, what is it that leads to their success? We tried finding out what exactly makes people stand out and take the charge. Leadership is no easy feat to achieve in today’s competitive times, yet the people who overcome every hurdle and reach the top are no different than the rest of us. There is only a slight difference that brings all the change. We are letting you in on that secret, so that you can try these yourself. A successful leader always has these traits: 1. Be Trusting and trustworthy: Management theorist Simon Sinek suggests that great leaders make their employees feel secure and draw staffers into a circle of trust. 2. Emotionally connected to the work: Author Robert Greene has interviewed and analysed the lives of people he calls “masters” and discovered that the most successful leaders were emotionally connected to their work and their success. Success, he says, is often a result of resiliency and a love of what you’re doing. 3. Sensitive and flexible: Researcher Jeffrey Pfeffer studied great leaders of history and noted that recognizing and being sensitive to the needs of others, and then being flexible enough to fit your position to match, were keys to successful leadership. 4. Creative: Research shows that most people will do whatever is easy, but the most successful among us get creative to do what works best instead, and that is always the path to success. 5. Willing to fail: Author Dan Schwabel notes that successful leaders have a willingness...
by admin | Feb 27, 2017 |
Settling for an average is like searching for that elusive balance, which is never there. Imagine that in this volatile world if we look for the average, we would be drowning in a river whose average could be anything but what will count is the actual depth and whether that is lower than the heights we possess. It is the absence of balance that moves the world. If every demand was met with a supply, there would not have been any innovation. It is that additional spurt for something new, something that is not currently present, that makes an innovator start with new assumptions. It could be new design that does not exist or a new element of application that need not be there in the existing product. Think of the financial world and you will see this unfold in a myriad of ways. The financial world is never in equilibrium, the monetary supply is trying to meet some balance of demand but that seems to be permanently in disarray. Think of the Central bankers in search of instruments that would make the dual mandate work, inflation targets met and unemployment rate low. They either achieve the first but not the second or achieve the second but not the first. Corporations run by leaders who are not going after finding the balance are more likely to succeed. These leaders run a bias for action that is not satiated by the desire to provide balance and harmony to what this world is made up of. The recent paper by Itzhak Ben-David, John Graham, Campbell Harvey, Managers are mis-calibrated, brings out some of the...
by admin | Feb 23, 2017 |
There are endless opportunities for success to be abundant, but it can be one of the most elusive things in life. Success is an inherent goal in everything we set out to achieve–no matter what we set out to do, we hope for positive results. Yet, so often we get stuck along the way. There are so many opportunities for success to be abundant, but it can actually be one of the most elusive things in your life. This can be extremely frustrating, especially if you think you are doing all the “right” things. But here’s one secret to success you might not realize: it has a lot to do with your mental resilience. The way you approach your goals internally can make or break your results. These “internal settings” take many forms. Here are 5 reasons most people never achieve the success they want: They listen to their negative mental chatter: Start to observe the negative mental chatter that occurs in your head, and notice how much of that is targeted towards yourself. What negative messages you are allowing yourself to experience? All of us have some level of negative mental chatter, but those that struggle to achieve success are often at the mercy of their own negative messages.What to do:Acknowledge that your negative mental chatter is partly a result of how your brain is wired. It focuses on the negative more than the positive. First realize that the messages are only one perspective–your own–and that they are most likely false. Create positive messages that feel realistic, and tell them to yourself to counterbalance the negative. Before long,...
