Category: Book review
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Moving from IF-THEN to NOW-THAT rewards
Motivation 2.0 a term coined by Daniel Pink in his book Drive explains the rationale behind the huge success of Carrot and Stick based motivation for doing routine bound mundane work in the age of Industrial Revolution. Carrot and Stick motivation is another name for IF-THEN rewards where rewards are provided as a bait to…
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The three incompatibility problems with Motivation 2.0
Motivation 2.0 a term coined by Daniel Pink in his book Drive , relates to the Carrot and Stick method of motivating human beings. Though it has been very successful in the age of Industrial Revolution where work was mainly mundane and routine bound , it fails in the modern age of the knowledge worker…
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These are the five essential traits of Great Leaders
Simon Sinek in his leadership lecture mentions about 5 essential traits of Great Leaders. They are namely: Courage to challenges status quo without coming in the path of anyone Taking accountability for their own actions Help people to their left and right by being trustworthy Practice being the last to speak by having great listening…
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Extending parenting to leadership
Leadership is very similar to parenting. Like a parent feels proud to see their children do better than what they did in life , a great leader similarly feels great to see others around him prosper and do better in life. Along similar lines just like a parent never disowns a child , a great…
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This leadership comparison is the reason Great Leaders never relax
Simon Sinek in his leadership lessons has mentioned that Leadership , the skill , is like a MUSCLE. Hence it needs to be practiced everyday in order to make it perfect. If we do not stretch our muscles , they become weak , similarly if we do not practice leadership skills eventually we cease being…
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How Our capability of rational thought inherently supports ethical fading?
As human beings we are blessed and CURSED with our ability for RATIONAL THOUGHT. It is with our capacity for rational and analytical thought that we can think through hard problems and advance technology. This can also be MISUSED to explain or JUSTIFY our behavior when we know it VIOLATES some deep seated code of…
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Components of Work Culture
Build a Work Culture based on trust takes a lot of doing. It starts by creating a space in which people feel comfortable and safe to be themselves. Work Culture has the following two primary components: Value system behavior Realizing these two components are the building blocks of a company work culture can help an…
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Human beings are hardwired to protect ourselves
Our brains are hardwired to protect ourselves. We AVOID DANGER and seek out places in which we FEEL SAFE. The best place is to be AMONG OTHERS around whom we feel safe and we know will protect us. The most ANXIETY inducing place is to be ALONE , where we feel we have to protect…
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Isn’t Trust building a continuous process?
The process of building trust takes risks. We start by taking small risks , and if we feel safe , we take bigger risks. Sometimes there are missteps , then we try again. Until eventually we feel we can completely be ourselves. Thus TRUST must be continuously and actively cultivated. Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book…
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Why did GE need a $300 billion bail out in 2008?
Though once upon a time GE was regarded as an iconic company with time its value drastically went down and eventually it came to a stage where the US government had to resort to a $300 billion bail out to revive GE during the 2008 financial crisis. If we do a prognosis we will find…