My Top 10 Learning's - Hon Chair [India] Leaders Excellence Harvard Square [Year 2020- Reflection!]

It was in October 2019 when I was privileged to be accorded honorary membership, an exclusive esteemed membership certification and credential of Leaders Excellence Harvard Square, fostering knowledge sharing and personal growth, supported by some of the world’s most esteemed thought leaders, deans, chairs, professors, and academic affiliates from such prestigious universities like Yale, MIT, Stanford, Wharton, and Harvard.

In December 2019, I was privileged to be invited to become Honorary Chair [India] for Leaders Excellence Harvard Square by its Founder & President Dan Hoeyer and I gladly accepted the honour. press release

During the last year since I became Chair - India for Leaders Excellence Harvard Square, I got an opportunity to chair and facilitate 4 key events as a part of Harvard Square Leadership Excellence Series on various Topics including an interface to discuss, Learn & Network, (Jan'20) Telework and Telecommuting (May, 2020), Attention Management (August 2020), Corporate Behaviour (November 2020) enabling me to meet leaders from all walks of life who have got much to contribute to society at large.

I was reflecting on my association of last one year and learning reinforcement from the session I got privilege to chair, interface with fellow MLE's and key learning about leadership in general. Here they Go -

Leader at top usually is the difference between Success and Failure - As Alexander the Great said, “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.” This quote amplify as to why leadership is so crucial to overall success of business.

Listening Skills - You can never have enough of it. Keep practicing and honing your skills. If required, practice becoming an aggressive listener. 

Persuasive Communication is a Key : In certain culture, top down approach is the way of life while in others, participative & inclusive Management plays a critical role. It is important that instead of leveraging the Authority, we develop an ability to communicate in a persuasive manner. When you do so, buy in, is strong and that automatically helps in developing team bonding and also help improve overall morale of the workforce.

Watch out your own Unconscious Bias : Basis our exposure, we tend to form opinions and get used to certain ways of working. However, when we get exposed to a new workforce dynamics in a different context & settings, it is important that we take cognisance of our own unconscious biases. Letting go of unconscious biases is not easy.

Seek to Understand before you seek to be understood : It is imperative to understand cultural nuances as work culture differ from country to country. Unless you understand workforce motivation dynamics & its nuances, it becomes extremely difficult to navigate through organisational interpersonal dynamics and hierarchical set up.

Multiplicity of Perspective - Developing multiplicity of perspective is critical to your success as a leader.

Be Authentic. Period - As per Brene Brown, “To be authentic, we must cultivate the courage to be imperfect — and vulnerable. We have to believe that we are fundamentally worthy of love and acceptance, just as we are. I’ve learned that there is no better way to invite more grace, gratitude and joy into our lives than by mindfully practicing authenticity.”

It is never my way or highway. Develop Win Win Relationships.

Be Human, Act Human, No Matter What.

Lift Others to Get Lifted. Take genuine & sincere interest in people development.

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