Leadership
What we can learn from the Dalai Lama about leadership….
HBR: You’ve remarked that the Dalai Lama is a very distinctive kind of leader. Is there something we could learn from his unique form of leadership, as leaders ourselves?
Daniel Goleman: Observing him over the years, and then doing this book for which I interviewed him extensively, and of course being immersed in leadership literature myself, three things struck me. Continue reading
The Only Thing I can Change is Myself
The greatest reason for our need to know ourselves is that we may become greater channels for the expression of the living spirit in helpfulness to others.
Without execution, the revolution stops dead in its tracks
Everybody talks about change. In recent years, a small industry of changemeisters has preached revolution, reinvention, quantum change, breakthrough thinking, audacious goals, learning organizations, and the like. We’re not necessarily debunking this stuff. Continue reading
From Effectiveness to Greatness – Stephen Covey
Every Kid Needs a Champion
It seems that only after great pain and struggle are we willing to let go of our obsession with self-preservation and let life flow a little….
While playing on a hot summer day, two young children notice a dripping garden hose. The drop-by-drop trickle provides them with a desire for a real thirst-quenching gulp. But as they grab the hose from one another they feel the lack of real fulfilment.
They spend all their time 
rather than using their creativity to follow the hose to its source and turn on the faucet. Continue reading
Authenticity is a challenge, for all of us
Authenticity is a vastly overused term in today’s organizations, and may have lost its edge as a result. But it stands for something powerful and rare. If you think you’ve achieved it, you’re probably underestimating its meaning. For all but the rarest of great leaders, authenticity is an aspirational value. Authenticity is the currency of trust. We instinctively trust people who we deem to be real, genuine, and sincere. Continue reading
You only get the leadership you deserve
( Contributed by Mr Balasunder)
The Girl Who Silenced the World for 5 Minutes!
When Severn Cullis-Suzuki stepped on stage at the plenary session of the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, she knew this was her one opportunity to speak to the world’s most influential decision-makers…. How much has changed since then?
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