The Leadership Quest is the Human Quest!
The leadership Quest is The Human Quest. As we live fully into who we are, the purpose we were born to fulfil, we grow as leaders who make a real impact.
Wilson Sporting Goods: employees as culture creators, not culture consumers
Wilson Sporting Goods specialises in manufacturing equipment for a wide range sports and has been around for 108 odd years. Joe Dudy joined the company as an entry level accountant 27 years ago and now serves as the CEO of the company. Over the years Wilson has been the global leader in manufacturing sporting equipment …
Perfectionism: short-term gains, long-term liabilities
Is perfection a desired trait in leaders? Or is it a blind spot?
The Beginner’s Mindset – a prerequisite to growth
As a Coach, as a Leader and as a Leader who is a Coach, perhaps the greatest gift to the self and others is a Beginner’s Mindset. It is the ability to be fully present, listen actively and not be thinking “I already know the answer to this”.
Inaction is the sword of Damocles. Not failure.
My coach once asked me: What is that one thing that holds you back from doing what you want? I said: Overthinking. The consequence is inaction. Analysis-paralysis – that’s my biggest challenge. I was reminded of this when my friend T, called me a couple of days ago, to give me the big news that …
Buzzing now: Shweta’s Unconventional Journey
Discover the unconventional career of Shweta Anand Arora, Founder and CEO of The Core Questin in conversation with Dr. Ramya Ranganathan.
Leader! Are you willing to shift from Below the Line to Above the Line?
In the previous post, I wrote about Jim Dethmer’s work on Conscious Leadership. The first step – involved getting yourself located around the issue that you are facing. How are you ‘being’ with it in your life – are you responding to it from Above the Line or Below the Line. In case you want to …
Leader! Where are you located? Above the Line or Below the Line.
As a Coach, I listen to clients describe the problem or issue they are trying to tackle. For ‘A’ the pandemic provided a big bang opportunity for her business, yet productivity is slipping because attrition rates are high. As CEO of the company, ‘D’ is struggling to address resistance and fear amongst her colleagues to …
Leadership lessons from ‘Deep Work’
In this article, I reflect on thoughts that were sparked by Cal Newport’s ‘Deep Work’ – about the importance of really knowing what we want from life, the magic of presence and connection, and the value of a deep life.
Does a leader’s journey have to be lonely?
An insightful post on leadership by my co-founder Shweta Anand Arora gave me a lot of food for thought this morning. One line that stood out for me – ‘It doesn’t have to be a completely lonely journey’. Especially in the context of business owners and founders. Truth is, a lot of the time, founders …