Ravi Bhuthapuri

Confidence is one of the most important qualities we can have if we are to succeed. It empowers us to step out of our comfort zone and be open to new ideas and try new things. With confidence, we become more resilient, i.e., we gain the ability to bounce back in the face of failure […]

Do you feel overwhelmed by your job? Has your work lost meaning to you? Are you not sure what is really important anymore? Are you consistently putting off what may be important and urgent, without conscious reasons? Do you behave in ways you regret when you feel strong emotions? Does giving feedback to your team

In the entertaining Korean Netflix drama, Itaewon Class, an entrepreneur who starts a restaurant works hard to build a large franchise. When he sees that the other businesses in his locality need cleaning up and face-lifts, he pitches in, at no cost. His efforts to make his entire neighbourhood more attractive pay off and footfalls

More than a decade ago, when I first became a professional trainer, I knew my skills as a learning facilitator were not up to par. I realized just how woefully inadequate my skills were when I joined a cohort of trainers at a major international bank for an empanelment exercise called ‘Train the Trainer’. Appropriately

The Merriam Webster dictionary defines ‘Point of View’ (POV) as a position or perspective from which something is considered or evaluated; a standpoint. In the world of business, a POV is often used to communicate the organization’s or individual’s thoughts, beliefs, expertise, or recommendations. When our clients have a need and want to hear how

The recently concluded HBO show Succession was a hugely entertaining and successful satire on “the owners of a global media conglomerate and their fight for control of the company amidst uncertainty about the health of the family’s patriarch.” (The quote is from Wikipedia). The show showed very vividly the chaos that can ensue when there

A few years back, Sam, a manager in a tech company in India, learned that he was not getting a much-awaited promotion. He felt let down and his first thoughts were, “I should quit my job. I worked so hard and yet I am not being recognized.” He knew that his highly emotional state was

Decades ago, thanks to delays in getting a US workers’ visa in Montreal and later in Madras, I showed up at the office of my employer in Pennsylvania two weeks after a Delaware client had planned to start a project. The client was not pleased and took the extreme step of cancelling the entire SOW

Not long ago, when I was delivering a session on ‘Personal Effectiveness’ as a part of a Leadership Skills program, we discussed the importance of defining our “personal brand”. As we explored this topic, a participant asked me why I had not included ‘Authenticity’ as one of the ways we define who we are and

In my last post, I described coaching and what it entails. I also wrote that coaching is not easy, that because of a habit of helping others with advice, we can quite easily fall into the trap of telling our team members what to do, in a directive way. There are many other things too