CEO Insights

“My daily routine: In the morning, I create knowledge. In the afternoon, I acquire knowledge. In the evening, I eliminate unwanted information. In the night, I prepare for the next day.” ―Professor M.S. Rao I served in the Indian Air Force and learned several lessons. I will outline some of...

The zoom meeting with a few of my junior team members started out just fine.  As fine as it can be when you are on Zoom meeting number 11th (or was it 12th?) of the day.  Then it happened.  Three of my four kids burst into my home office, excited...

The COVID-19 health crisis has made the global economy almost unrecognizable. Businesses that were previously profitable and expanding rapidly are now facing the devastating challenges of keeping their doors open. Individuals and businesses are struggling to maintain positive relationships while navigating this new virtual world. While this pandemic has lasted...

Every generation in history has faced crises that at the time seemed unprecedented and insurmountable. With the increased global interconnectivity and resultant codependency of today’s world, however, the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic disruption it has caused are truly without modern equivalent. The business upheaval is daunting — from supply chain...

“The present global scenario calls for a new leadership perspective emphasizing respect to all regions, religions, communities, and ethnicities. It calls for soft leadership involving negotiation and persuasion with an emphasis on empathy.” —Professor M.S. Rao Leadership styles have evolved from time to time leading to an improved version of...

“Soft leadership can be defined as the process of setting goals; influencing people through persuasion; building strong teams; negotiating them with a win-win attitude; respecting their failures; handholding them; motivating them constantly; aligning their energies and efforts; recognizing and appreciating their contribution in accomplishing organizational goals and objectives with an...

Several countries such as South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, and New Zealand have taken timely initiatives to stop COVID-19 pandemic from spreading. In this regard, we will discuss New Zealand for combating the coronavirus successfully under the leadership of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Crises are the unpredicted and unpleasant chronology...

I had arrived in Singapore to facilitate a three-day offsite for a newly formed regional leadership team within a global organization. Historically, the CEO, Pam, had enjoyed a tight team wrapped around her within the region. However, the organizational model had evolved, and Pam found herself leading a team where...

You can spend piles of money on leadership development workshops and seminars and still end up with leaders who have more knowledge than wisdom. But wisdom is what it takes to build the trust that strong leadership requires, and that trust comes from building relationships on the job, day by...

CEO Satya Nadella’s story of his first-ever interview at Microsoft, where he was asked how he would react seeing a baby crying in the middle of the road, and his response found short on empathy, has by now gone into corporate folklore. Rational, intelligent and effective actions have always been...