Pooja Duggal Batra

External Advisory Board Member for the CEOWORLD magazine. The External Advisory Board (EAB) of the CEOWORLD magazine provides advice and counsel to the editorial department regarding industry's and other constituents' needs and trends, and therefore support the department in the achievement of its strategic goals. The EAB includes individuals with national and international prominence, business leaders, and government agencies. You can follow Pooja on Linkedin.

CEO Advisory

Diwali – A Legacy of Rich Hindu Traditions and Cultural Heritage

CEO AdvisoryPooja Duggal Batra

Diwali, also known as Deepavali, is one of the most cherished and widely celebrated festivals in Hindu culture, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil, the arrival of prosperity, and the dawning of enlightenment. Rooted in the revered Hindu epic, “the Ramayana”, originally written by one of the greatest Hindu...

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Amitabh Bachchan and Ratan Tata: Quiet Strength of Grace and Dignity

CEO InsiderPooja Duggal Batra

Amitabh Bachchan and Ratan Tata, two of India's most revered public figures, have shared a respectful relationship that transcends their distinct fields of work. Both are my personal favorite icons in their own right—Bachchan in Indian cinema and Tata in business and philanthropy. Amitabh Bachchan has publicly expressed his admiration...

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Ratan Tata passes away at 86: India loses an icon

CEO InsiderPooja Duggal Batra

Legends never die ~ Shree Ratan Tata, an Industrialist, a thorough gentleman, and a beautiful soul, is no more at 86. Ratan Tata was not just an industrialist but a visionary whose leadership transformed the landscape of Indian business. As the chairman of Tata Sons, he spearheaded the global expansion...

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Ethical & Qualified Management Only Please

CEO AdvisoryPooja Duggal Batra

“Imagine this make-believe scenario for a business case study analysis - you bring up an ethics & compliance issue in your team meeting. Nearly everyone witnesses what you brought up. The next thing you know is that your Leadership & your manager corner you and try to coach you for...

Executive Insider

It is the responsibility of every single employee to uphold the organizational culture.

Executive InsiderPooja Duggal Batra

And it most definitely begins with people we give the right to “Leadership”. There are 2 absolutes about the “Leadership” role: 1) Their experience and skills match the role (for instance if people are put into wrong roles & higher grades without prior experience & prior skills that the role...

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India’s COVID-19 Crisis – A Crisis For Everyone

CEO InsiderPooja Duggal Batra

As per the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s latest data, India has 3,268,710 active coronavirus cases. As of Friday night, close to 211,853 people have died in the country. This is an international public health emergency impacting millions. India makes up for 1.36 billion population which is roughly 17.7% of...

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Collaborate & Rescue Businesses Worldwide to Boost Economies

Executive InsiderPooja Duggal Batra

The hysteria of the Pandemic continues to baffle the most strategic & tactful planners, the most intelligent, and the most conservative of all. No country, agency, sectors, states, or businesses Worldwide were ready for the unprecedented disaster of all times. Let us admit, all Risk Management models failed us totally...

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Surviving The Quarantine 2020

Executive InsiderPooja Duggal Batra

At present, when the World seems chaotic with hysteria about the Pandemic, the media reporting on the doom & gloom consistently and the consequent anxiousness, it is easy to lose our center. A little bit of thought channelizing and redirection of mind may make this phase a lot easier to...

CEO Advisory

Helping Create Productive Work Cultures By Not Acting Like The Center Of The Universe

CEO AdvisoryPooja Duggal Batra

In this day & age, hiring a candidate of an appropriate age for a role is an outdated/ overrated concept mainly because there are the obvious age discrimination laws at the place, but the practice is still prevalent at the subconscious level, as are the perceptions of titles at the...

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