Leadership Archives

Personal Note: Warren Buffett’s Advice When We Met

This weekend marks the 90th birthday of Warren Buffett who is one of the greatest investors and one of the wisest and highest-quality people I’ve met in my life. And he is one of my few role models. Back in 2004 when I was finishing my MBA, I was fortunate… Read More >

PE – Portfolio Company Managers: Bringing Out the Best in People

One of the best books I give new managers is Alan Loy McGinnis’s Bringing Out the Best in People. It’s a rare book that most people have not heard of or read but it’s definitely one of the best in my library on management and leadership. One of the reasons that this… Read More >

Building Teams: Creating a Successful Organizational Culture

A couple of years ago I wrote “What is a Company Culture and why CEOs must care?“. There I mentioned that there is no universal definition of an organizational culture. But how can we then define culture? Let’s start with Wikipedia – Wikipedia defines Organizational Culture as follows: a company culture is… Read More >

Leading Teams: Adaptive & Situational Servant Leadership

A lot of folks in the business world have senior titles but don’t understand how to lead. There is a difference between managing people and actually being a true leader. Many managers are task-masters who know how to control and crack the whip, not how to lead. Dwight D. Eisenhower,… Read More >

PE – Building Teams & Leadership Lessons for CEOs

Here is what I learned reading well over 150+ books on Leadership (over 20+ years of reading)

The Essence of Leadership: What It Takes and How It Works Leadership is about driving results through people—setting direction, inspiring teams, and fostering a culture of trust and high performance. While styles vary, the core remains the same: great leaders balance decisiveness with empathy, vision with execution, and authority with… Read More >

Definition of Leadership

There are many definitions – I thought a while and wanted to jot this down for myself to have clarity: ——— “Leadership is inspiring others to execute the mission and move toward a shared vision, guiding them with integrity, clarity, and purpose so that your people can achieve their best.… Read More >

Definition of Success

Random post and just noting this for myself (after reading a few books and seeing how others defined success). The rumination made me realize I should write down mine. After thinking about it for a few days, I realized mine is a bit different from the definitions I’ve come across,… Read More >

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