By Andy Johnson, strategymagazine.com, April 2016
I devote a major portion of my work to serving introverted leaders. It’s not uncommon for people to tell me that the phrase “introverted leaders” is an oxymoron. Read More
By Ranjit Nair, Ph.D.
Decision-making? Persuading others? Coaching? Being creative? Developing others? None of these great and essential leadership competencies or skills can come close to what I believe is the greatest of them all.Read More
In this short video, TCL faculty member Ranjit Nair talks about the importance of understanding and evaluating others in order to appreciate their ideas and acknowledge the areas in which they can develop.
In this short video, TCL faculty member Ranjit Nair shares his insights on how the workplace can be full of change, and being flexible enough to adapt to those changes can be vital to your success.
The eradication of performance reviews is the best thing the modern work world has seen in recent times.RIP! This drumbeat has been building for some time, and now several major U.S. companies, including General Electric, Accenture, The Gap, Deloitte, and Adobe Systems, have bid their adieus to a practice that has done very little to advance company performance, people-centered cultures, and employee engagement.Read More
In this short video, TCL faculty member Ranjit Nair talks about how to empathize with someone else while being non judgmental.
By Ranjit Nair, allBusiness, August 2015
Doing begets learning. Study after study has shown that the most effective way to retain training is to put it to practical use right away. Yet the pace of competitiveness often leaves little time for training, and even less time for training that doesn’t produce results. Read More
By Ranjit Nair, Ph.D.
Strategy for Life Magazine, April 2015
So what do you do if your company doesn’t have a story to tell, or if the story you do have isn’t one that is resonating with your customers and employees? Here are three easy ways to develop your company’s new beginning.Read More
By Dr. Ranjit Nair Ph.D., Strategy for Life Magazine, April 2015
Twenty years ago, I used to listen to a San Francisco-based radio show every Friday at 4:59 p.m., right at the onset of happy hour and the beginning of the weekend. The show was a minute-long run down of the day’s headline news and ended with the announcer, Scoop Nisker, proclaiming, “If you don’t like the news you just heard, then go out and make some of your own!” Read More
Look Carefully, Dig Deeper, Connect the Dots
Let’s get real: a talent strategy isn’t about musical chairs and who sits in what seat and when. It’s about building an authentic culture around people—all
people—honoring them and enabling them to unleash the best they have. Given the opportunity, everybody brings something to the table.
Managing talent is not easy. But companies that do it right—invest the time to make the process an integral part of strategic imperatives and
align it to their purpose, requisite leadership skills, mission and goals—thrive. Moreover, in the age of the humanization of the workforce,
a robust talent strategy has become the impetus for innovation and sustainable competitive advantage.Read More