Leadership – THE PULSE by Sivakumar Gopal

Stretching too far

Organisations fail when they don’t keep the risks in check by borrowing too much, expanding more than they could service and bad leadership.

Great leaders make great decisions

A Decision is always based on circumstancial evidence and data points. If the evidence and data points are wrong, decision goes wrong. An average Leader relies on available material and makes a decision that goes wrong. A great leader looks at the probability of decision going wrong with the available data points and sources. IfContinue reading “Great leaders make great decisions”

Ethical Corruption

Is there really a way to do it? Industrialists or businessmen who want to get things done with a Minister or a politician or a government employee often have the dilemma of whether to bribe or not. The conscience says No to it but unless it is done there is no way of a projectContinue reading “Ethical Corruption”

Categories of leaders

India doesn’t have a dearth of leadership . There have been visionaries, path breakers, entrepreneurs and professional managers who have donned the mantle of leadership in private and public organisations.

How to become a better manager and a boss?

How to become a better manager and a boss? A curated list of 100 invaluable tips a manager needs to practice to stay successful.

The Entrepreneurial trap

Entrepreneurship is a springboard for some to achieve great things as successful businessmen and is a trap for many to stay put where they had started, deeply engrossed in day to day mundane work that takes away their focus to stay and grow the business. Most entrepreneurs don’t take help to push them out ofContinue reading “The Entrepreneurial trap”

Power is the ability to influence others and not to dictate to them

Power is the ability to influence others and not to dictate to them.

Transforming a team …

We read a lot of posts about effective leadership, transformational leadership, autocratic leadership, participative leadership etc but they all focus only on a leader. The men and the women they lead are never discussed about by any leadership guru and we know how they need to transform themselves to be a part of the teamContinue reading “Transforming a team …”

Do friends make good business partners?

We have seen some start-ups turning into a huge successes in the last few decades and they are the shining examples of entrepreneurship to every aspiring entrepreneur.