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Creativity is the most distinguishable quality for every leader in every domain. Creative leaders display distinctly different behaviors, values, and characteristics from traditional management, and they get exponential results, inspire creativity in others, build productive teams, and drive successful businesses. They embrace originality and make unique connections between disparate universes...

When you think about coaching, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For many entrepreneurs, coaching is synonymous with improving business strategy. And, while they may have heard that coaches are a worthwhile investment, they may feel like they don’t need to spend money hiring a coach, because they...

Going ahead with a business venture is a great career choice. But getting a business up and running and maintaining it smoothly needs more than just efficiency and management skills. There are multiple external factors than can either help the business grow or ruin it eventually. One such prominent factor...

Having a quiz that will reveal the ultimate truth about yourself is very popular. Tests have been on the market for a while but they have been spread and embraced through the magazines. Long before the internet made access to all kinds of information easy, printed magazines would have a...

Recruiting energetic people and empowering them to achieve elevated levels withing the organisation is a number one focus of mine on a daily basis. It is my goal to build my team to become leaders in their own right. This, to me, is the best way I can lead. It...

Meetings, meetings, and more meetings. We all know we either organise or attend more than we should.  How often are you asked to attend a meeting or send a diary invite to get others to attend? A recent Microsoft Office survey listed the top three-time wasters in business. These include...

JK Chelladurai is the founder & CEO of OneBill, a Silicon Valley Company, with a Global presence across four continents and 14 different industries, that builds end-to-end billing and revenue management software platforms. JK has over 32 years of experience in software development including 26+ years of experience in building...

The strategist's dilemma: According to Forbes, the amount of data created in the last two years is more than 90 percent of the world's total data combined. Furthermore, IDC Global DataSphere forecasted in May 2020 that more than 59 zettabytes of data would be created, captured, copied and consumed in...

Becoming a leader is a trait that many learn, but there are a few who come along that are just born to lead. Take for instance Dan Ashburn, whose natural leadership has guided him through a military career and combined with an innate sense for technology, has launched him to...

Pre-pandemic, businesses across the world were engaged in discussions on future of work. The knowledge economy, Industry 4.0, evolving labour legislations all were the factors influencing the course of work and discourse on the subject. However, post-pandemic the corporate world is witnessing not only a paradigm shift in work but...