What I wrote in Year 2017...For your reading!!

Happy New Year 2018... New thoughts..New Year....New Life..

Thanks to all who read the thoughts and shared their views online/offline in 2017.

Attaching a summary of some of my thoughts.

1)Its fantastic to be under pressure – Why ?

2)When your best men start falling around you , the fort is breached and survival at stake then it is called “desperate battle ground “. Only two things work , Empathy and Extreme position. Empathy keeps teams united and extreme Position helps to win over enemy.

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3)TEDxTianshanPark- The Paradigm Shift

4)Are you resilient? , Are your organization resilient ? Three characteristics define resilience 1. Ability and capacity to accept the reality and look at hard reality with humility 2. For individuals it is all about Finding meaning in life , and for organizations values have everlasting meanings so sticking and finding meaning in values 3. Ability of individuals and organizations to improvise in hard times.

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5)Biggest mistake leaders do is to treat their soldier employee/ key shooters the same way as administering every other employee in organization. Disregarding and not empathizing the conditions under which soldiers operate leads to downfall of the organization. https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6341110032540753920

6)What Empathetic leaders do and why they are most successful to manage people and organizations. But why it's so hard to be empathetic. * It encourages leaders to understand the root cause behind poor performance. * Being empathetic allows leaders to help struggling employees improve and excel. * Empathy allows leaders to build and develop relationships with those they lead Why it's so hard * Demonstrating empathy is hard; it’s takes time and effort to demonstrate awareness & understanding. * It’s not always easy to understand why an employee thinks or feels the way they do about a situation. * It means putting others ahead of yourself which can be a challenge in today’s competitive workplace. * Many organizations are focused on achieving goals no matter what the cost to employees.

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7)Research says that Employee with high self esteem are more productive. Boosting Self esteem of each and every contributor is key to a winning organization. That does not mean " every one gets medal " , but every one shall be subjected to challenge and enable them to succeed.

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8)When I am meeting/talking to execs of small , midsize , large companies - it's interesting to hear the way they handle downturns in their part of business. Recalled a a very good article of HBR ( an old one though 2001) , very appropriate. A. Focus on core B. Protect loyal customers and loyal employees C. Cut costs in both good and bad times D. Invest in lighthouse projects to reap benefits when storm is over.

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9)Ninety percent of executives said that they don’t meet their strategic goals because they do not implement them well. Fifty-three percent said that under delivering to its customer base leaves them open to competitors filling that void. And 59 percent report that their businesses “often struggle to bridge the gap between strategy development and its practical, day-to-day implementation.” The researchers recommend that as you plan and implement your strategy, remember that the teams responsible for planning, design and execution should also be in constant contact with one another. Additionally, it’s important to remember not to make your goals in a vacuum. You can’t just watch the market and hope that will be enough to inform these decisions. Lastly, make sure that there is a way to move quickly and efficiently if something does go wrong. “Discuss challenges openly and adjust plans as needed. Learn to reward sensible failure, or at least accept it as valuable input,” the researchers advise. “At the same time, keep an end-goal in sight, so that your organization isn’t knocked off track by overreacting to short-term developments.”

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10)I read " You do not build Business , You Build People and People Build Business " - a saying of Zig Ziglar some years ago. How true it has become in age of disruptions and constant accelerated changes we all are going through.

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11)Creating Business is like a game of Chess. However good player you are , you cannot kill the king in one or two moves. It involves several moves , some bad and some good , But with an unfading goal of continuously looking at King's head and protecting your best warriors.

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12)If Business leaders cannot create VALUE for existing customers , creating value on another planet is FICTION.

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13)Which Horse to bet on in race or corporate world. The one who has the ability to cross the river alone. Crossing rivers is not natural to even best of the horses. How to judge if a horse can cross a river ??

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14)Connectivity , Messages , Emails have already reduced a lot of corporate force to Email Warriors. Once Artificial Intelligence takes over , even email warriors will not be needed. Are you an email warrior or real Corporate warrior ??

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15)Almost all companies want entrepreneurial talent in an organization. But What drives an Entrepreneur 1.Strong sense of individualism 2.the thrill of competition 3.the desire for adventure 4.the joy of creation 5.the satisfaction of team building 6.the desire to achieve meaning in life Do you provide it to your entrepreneurial team. **( Surprised , money is not the top reason )

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16)China Electric Vehicle Market is changing gears. Players are entering , positions are changing. Interesting finish expected in few years. Will China pull off the World Cup of EV dominance.

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17)In corporate action - Momentum of good moves and bad moves is better than waiting for only good moves. Keep moving

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18)When a 6th grader came( not at all a child prodigy) to me and showed an advanced AI solution , I asked him , how did you do it and answer was he learned it in summer vacation from YouTube videos. While online learners are in a vast minority now but tipping point is not far away- the future of education is self innovation. So all Teachers/Gurus/Masters - Switch on your cameras.

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19)Consistency always trumps Talent. It's mathematics of probabilistic distribution.

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20)A success full Corporate leader needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. It can only happen with peace at the base of his/her mind.

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21)Most corporations want to have an Elephant market share for products and Services. Very few know what it requires to eat an elephant.

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22)Running Business on " Executive Business Summaries" is equivalent to reading one page outline of Shakespeare's Hamlet and relying on illusion.

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23)Analyzing past and current events of business can make you a good historian , power point business analyst and a journalist but it's no where close to become a thought leader. A thought leader is the one who is most closest to clients on ground with highest face and Brain time and changes rule of client engagements.

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24)Never break rules in Business but if you have a good enough reason then go ahead and break the rule.

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25)Courage is fuel of Hope. It is not fearlessness. Courage is less about facing defeat or even enduring defeat than it is about taking you and your organization past defeat. No commodity , no force , no source is more valuable than courage properly understood. One must understand it , possess it , cultivate it and above all , share it with those you lead.

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26)It is leadership's responsibility to train their HORSES to CROSS river. Crossing a river is not Horse's nature. Several leaders in corporate fail to recognize this and despite having an army of horses , their Horses fail to cross rivers of challenge.

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27)One does not looses to competition , you loose to complacency , therefore the GOAL should be HIGH and always unachievable.

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28)Companies cannot win wars with just infantry ( people ) , they need to plan and intelligently deploy their artillery( capability ). Thousands of infantry gets demoralized against a well deployed artillery of competition.

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29)Hand everyone a rifle - Everyone in the organization shall have active and urgent stake in firms existence. Back office , front office , support everyone shall feel responsible for generating revenue , making profit and adding value- there shall be no distinction.

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30)The power of an enterprise is the collection synergy of different eyes , ears , brains and experiences. To demand an absolute -passive , blind and unquestioning obedience from your subordinates is to abandon 90% of the value of human capital in your organization.

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31)Human Resource Transformation -Those Born in 1940's worked for Country , 1960's for company , 1980's for their bosses , 2000's for themselves , 2020's will be working only for gadgets....The upcoming 21st Century generation.

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32)Whether you are a business leader , entrepreneur , or an artist - You can manage time better but do not change single percent of the actions , attitude , work ethics which made you succesfull. If all those are changed - you will start failing. - " excerpts of talks from India's great theatre actor turned film star Mr Nawazuddin Siddique "

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33)Fancy Business titles cause a lot of damage to leaders. Rising business titles does not mean that your individual contribution stops , in fact its otherwise. The day a Manager or CEO stop contributing individually more than others - his job is over and he/she becomes redundant.

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34)Trait is the means - one has to thrive upon ones innate nature because if trait is the means then goal is means itself. Watch this Rocket singh trait.

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35)If you throw peanuts you get Monkeys instead of horses - is an old saying If you feed peanuts to horses they become monkeys , isn't ? If the gap between the management level C&B and executive level C&B widens too much it causes failure .

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36)The mix of good and bad is worst than bad - Napoleon - Very true in Corporate world. A list of bad performers gives a false confidence on paper and it leads to a more disaster ( like a cricket team as well)

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37)Transparency in employee to employee relationship chain has become very dominant in new age due to Connectivity and free information availability Hiding information with your subordinates / colleagues can create a serious trust deficit and a tipping rollover failure. Trust is money now !!

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38)How to be a new age Boss. We hear a lot about new age economy , new age technologies , etc etc. but how to create a breed of new age bosses. Compiling some good lines. A true new age boss is empathetic , always accessible , tears the wall inside teams and operates from middle ( not from front or behind ) Good day all.

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39)Riding the Down Curve

Revisiting my own article after 2 years. Some professionals / peers / customers/ partners discussing with me the emerging new normal in China and world. Riding the down curve.

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40)I wrote this article some time back. Very glad to see companies taking this seriously. " Therefore I believe that managing the customer value over its life cycle will become the important key success factor for organizations. In order to provide improved and enhanced customer experience or customer value, companies have to move up the value chain. So if you are looking for a growth career for yourself, or trying to gain traction for your company and increase the revenue focus on delivering human experiences by moving up the value chain. If you see internal or external forces pushing you or your company to a lower value chain, to a position where it is difficult to compete......

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41Is your company going on Down Path:How to Know it.

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42)Mark Fields- Ford CEO & Trumponomics

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Mukesh is a Business Leader who loves to share, debate & discuss his learning through observing around & meeting various diaspora of people. The views expressed are purely personal.You can connect with him on www.dhirubhai.net/in/mukesh-sharma-5b47118  , or follow him on Twitter ( Mukesh_delhi) or write to [email protected] ( www.you-talks.com)

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