Ravi Bhuthapuri

Peter Drucker, the management guru, wrote in ‘Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices’, “Work implies not only that somebody is supposed to do the job, but also accountability, a deadline and, finally, the measurement of results —that is, feedback from results on the work and on the planning process itself.” Measuring results or outcomes is a fundamental […]

In 1945, Kikumatsu Ogawa, a publishing editor in Japan, was on a business trip when he heard on the radio something no one ever thought they would hear: the Japanese Emperor Hirohoto’s ‘unconditional surrender’ message. He returned to Tokyo, and took stock of a world that had changed irreversibly. In the words of John W.

Brigadier General Erwin Rommel, who led Germany’s 7th Panzer Division in World War II, was tasked with the 1940 campaign to take France. His forces broke through French lines within 24 hours of the battle’s beginning. Neither stopping to rest nor consolidate their hard-earned victories, the division raced ahead. They advanced a staggering 48 km

This post written by Sridhar Krishnan, was originally published in 2015 on the Transcend Talent Transformation Blog. Brett Lee, Australian cricketer and fearsome fast bowler, retired in 2015 from all forms of the sport. Over a successful 15-year international career, he represented his country in more than 300 matches and dismissed opposition batsmen more than

Our clients turn to us when they want help with a problem and they trust us to provide a solution. They lack either the expertise (their “core strengths” lie elsewhere) or the bandwidth (outsourcing the work to consultants is more cost-effective and quicker than having to recruit a team) to address the problem on their

delegate verb dɛ-lɪ-ɡeɪt to give part of one’s own work to someone else Most time-management and personal effectiveness training programs will teach you that leaders should delegate work to their team members. While it is true that effective delegation of work will lighten your workload, there are many more reasons why you should actively consider

My first reactions on hearing that my father had passed away were disbelief and a fleeting thought that perhaps my hearing was faulty. I remember a numbing fog descending on me then and yet at the same time thinking very clearly that Madras had just become a darker place. Knowing for decades that I would

This is a guest-post by Janaki Rajagopalan, a Performance Management Consultant and Author. “Time is money.” You’ve heard it, I have too – and we’ve said this to a dozen people, I bet. But here is the question on this cliché. What does it really mean or tell you? That you can make more money

There are times when we do not wish to talk to someone. It could be that the other person is highly opinionated and disagreeable, with a way of talking that condescends, slights or even dismisses. Or it could be that their words are brusque and crude. Or we may feel that they love the sound

This is a guest-post by Soundarya Sridhar, an aerospace and aeronautical engineer. Three years ago, I was in this place. My heart was heavy as I held my tears back, and the red-bricked building across the parking lot was becoming more and more daunting. A few minutes ago from that memory, an advisor of mine