From the day you are born, you're cared for and nurtured by your parents. You receive an education, learn how to organize your life, and how to become a social participant. You learnt the value of virtues like sharing, giving, and contributing. In the middle of all the learning and growing, there is relatively little room to explore your limitless potential and do things that might help you become the person you secretly dream about being. Instead, you are discouraged from do

How often do you feel the urge to have certain experiences at least once in your life, such as holidaying in the most amazing places on earth, bungee jumping, painting something beautiful, or singing your heart out at karaoke? Each of these experiences involves you feeling something on a deep level, something that can enrich the other parts of your life. From the day you are born, you're cared for and nurtured by your parents. You receive an education, learn how to organize y

Leadership means the ability to influence the behaviour of others to influence the realization of a goal. Leaders are required to have a vision, and to motivate the followers to want to achieve the visions. According to Keith Davis, “Leadership is the ability to persuade others to seek defined objectives enthusiastically. It is the human factor which binds a group together and motivates it towards goals.” It is an interpersonal process It is a group process involving two or m

One of the initial coaching assignment I signed in 2016 was with a real estate developer. I was assigned 4 middle-level managers from different departments. The assignment was challenging in the sense that this was my first corporate client and the success of it meant a lot. The first two-three sessions went well and I developed a very good rapport with each one of them. Three of them began to find solutions to their challenges and got a quick breakthrough. Seeing the initial

During the initial lock-down period, I received several inquiries on personality development, especially from students and youngsters looking for jobs. Nilesh Patil was one such student, hailing from a small town in Maharashtra, pursuing his post-graduation in Mechanical Engineering. He had an outstanding academic track record and was preparing to enter the already-shrunk job market. He responded to one of my Facebook ads and registered for a three-session online course on Pe

Communication is a process of translating a thought, idea, or emotion into simple and meaningful engagement through an appropriate channel to elicit a desired response from the receiver. Communication is a systematic process with an objective to achieve. It is not just talking, chattering or blabbering in a nonsensical manner. Communication involves expressing (verbally or non-verbally) one’s ideas/opinions to be understood as well as listening, asking and observing to unders

Since the beginning of my career in Training and Development over two decades ago, the most common and frequent training need that people have expressed to me have been Communication and Time Management. A Google search for the word 'communication' brings up more than 241 million results - making it one of the most searched terms in the field of T&D. You will find thousands of videos and online tutorials on everything there is to know and learn about communication. Then, why

The term performance means 'going beyond the expected level.' Irrespective of position, function, occupation, or status, everyone wants not just to perform but reach their peak performance and realize their full potential. However, a vast majority of people are unable to convert their dreams into reality and deliver a consistently high performance due to a 'lack of clearly communicated, inspiring goals' or 'lack of planning to get to their goals.' For most people, effort mean