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What Do You Do when you are stressed

Premise:

We all live in a world where we have stressors all around us and our ability to manage stress becomes an element that determines how successful we are in whatever we do.

Managing Stress:

As with everything else in life, stress also has two faces. One kind of stress allows us to be alert and in the moment and leads us to be at our best. The other kind of stress takes a toll on our abilities and leads us to perform at far lower levels than we are capable of. The truth of the matter is...

PBTO S2E7: Fusion – How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the World’s Greatest Companies with Denise Lee Yohn

Who is on the show:

In this episode, we host Denise Lee Yohn. She is a best selling author, keynote speaker and the leading authority on building great brands and exceptional organizations.

Why is she on the show:

Her book “Fusion” comes out today in which she shares her insights on the importance of bringing organisational culture & the power of branding together to create an organisation that can become a powerhouse of a business.

Top 3 ideas I learnt from the conversation:

1} It is critic...

PBTO S2E6: The Art of Standing Out & Reinventing Ourselves

Opening music credits goes to my son Yuvan Gupta. Who is on the show: Dorie Clark

In this episode, we host Dorie Clark. She is a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review. Recognized as a “branding expert” by the Associated Press, Fortune, and Inc. magazine, she is the author of Entrepreneurial You (Harvard Business Review Press,), Reinventing You, and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine...

To succeed, Optimise the one variable that matters

Premise:

One of the things that almost everyone of us does is to optimize. We optimise our time, our money and at times even our relationships. We want maximum efficiency in almost everything that we do. In organisations, we compensate sales guys on sales made, product managers on product development, marketing folks on leads generated, manufacturing folks on operational efficiency. Everywhere we look, we can find efforts to maximise efficiency in that part. This, in general, is our attempt t...

Lessons from Apple and the Swiss Watch makers

Premise:

I read this post that shared the fact that in the previous quarter, Apple sold more watches than all Swiss watch makers put together. I personally think that this is a pivot point in the watch industry and there is a lot that other entrenched players can learn from how the Swiss watch makers missed the plot.

 Why is this important:

Typically, the Swiss watch makers are considered to be the best watch makers with brands like TagHeuer, Rolex, Breitling, etc coming out from there. It to...

Best Among What I Read this Week

1. A Cult of Creation :

In this post, Sam Yen shares his thinking on the importance of creativity in the innovation process and also how can enterprises scale creativity in their organisations. He shares the importance of finding the right problem to solve in the innovation process. I totally agree with him on the importance of finding the right problem to solve, before even attempting to solve any problem.

2. If you are determined to help, you can always find a way :

In this video, Mr. Bean...

PBTO S2E5: Personal Knowledge Mastery with Harold Jarche

Opening music credits goes to Riju Mukhopadhyay & Pavan Cherukumilli

Who is on the show:

In this episode, we host Harold Jarche. He is focused on providing actionable insights for workplace transformation. He works with individuals, organizations, and public policy influencers to develop practical ways to adapt to the technological, demographic, and societal changes facing us today.

Why is he on the show:

I have been reading his blog for almost a couple of years and have learned a lot. He hel...

5 Traits That Separate the Best Sales Managers

Premise:

As the profession of sales evolves, new younger employees are welcomed in the sales force, the sales managers need to evolve with the change as well. Here are some skills that set certain sales managers apart from all others.

Skills that separate the best sales managers from others: 1. Tech savvy:

With more and more millennials entering the sales force, they bring with them the expectation of leveraging technology in everything that they want to do. If as a sales manager, you are n...

Rule #51 – Sometimes You Are Wrong

NCIS & Leroy Jethro Gibbs

I am a big fan of the television series “NCIS” and have watched every single episode that has been released. There are 15 seasons and about 24 episodes in every reason and each episode is about 40 minutes long. You can do the math – the amount of time that I have spent watching this television series.

I love this series because i like the central characters, specifically, the larger than life character – Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

One of the reason I like him is because of...

Best among What I Read this Week

1. How to Increase Your Influence at work

In this post, Rebecca talks about some tactics that we can use to increase our overall influence at work. She gives a lot of good advice. Read, learn and put it in practice.

2. What are you saying “No” to  In this post, Anthony talks about the impact that every ”Yes” we say has on our time, work and impact and argues the importance of picking the right “Yes” by saying “No” to everything else. 3. Marais  One of the best designs that I have seen in som...