All my readers of this article are existing leaders or managers or would be managers/leaders and some may be now mentors for the leaders and managers having retired after active service. Some people may be absolutely clear about the differences between leaders and managers. Some may have a faint
Veerendra K Jaitly
VK Jaitly is a motivational speaker, a consultant, a coach, a writer and a mentor for the corporate world. He is an ex IITian with 35 years of experience in corporate, academics and defence. His workshops on ‘Business Excellence thru People (BEP)’ have been highly acclaimed for increasing productivity and profitability of organizations.
Jaitly has a number of articles to his credit and has delivered lectures/ presentations at National and International forums and has travelled across the globe. He had been the Leader for an All India Motor Cycle Rally and was Oi/C for a Car Rally from Kanyakumari to Delhi. He loves to trek, plays Golf. His first motivational book ‘We Can! We Can!’ has been getting very good reviews.
We all come across great leaders in our life. Some of the readers of this article also may have either achieved very high levels in life or may be on the path leading to the highest pedestals of leadership be it in business, social life, sports or cultural arena, political life or any other area
Corona crisis continues. 4 th stage of lockdown in India is ON. But it is no more ‘Stay Home, Stay Safe’ scenario. That phase has given its due dividends. Despite being way behind the highly developed countries with top class medical facilities/infrastructure, India has fared comparatively much
The current corona pandemic across the world has thrown gigantic challenge to the humanity. It is a challenge not only to the medical profession but also to the management experts, technical wizards and even the political leadership in respective countries. There is a marked difference in which this
The Chinese virus Corona has brought the whole world to a standstill stagnant position. Thousands of people have already died, millions of them have been fighting a battle for survival against the jaws of death standing just in front of them and billions have been locked down in their homes. The
What is the simplest formula to help any organisation upgrade which you love? But you are not a part of that organization. However, you use their services or products. There could be many answers to this question. Many times, I come across a lot of friends in India as well as Indians who have
Let me start this months topic by wishing you a Happy New Year. May this New Year bring health, happiness and harmony in your life. I am sure, you must have some New Year resolutions in your mind. You would like to achieve some milestones in your life. All of us try for that. That is how life moves
I have a senior friend Dr Nand Lal Dhameja ji, an ex IIT Delhi Prof. He used to teach there long time back. I very rarely receive WhatsApp messages from him. But a few days back I got a beautiful message from him. It was in Hindi. " जो आपके शब्दों का मूल्य नहीं समझता उसके सामने मौन रहना ही बेहतर है
“ You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close
There is a saying, "A Winner is not the one who never fails, but the one who never quits." I had the opportunity of attending 8 th Convocation of IIT Bhubaneswar on 21 st September, 2019. Dr K Sivan, the chairman of ISRO was the chief guest. He was the star attraction during the convocation. The
This statement may not be understood by many people who are intoxicated with the might they have, the muscle power they have, the financial power they have or the brute force they may be having. It was Lord Acton, who had written that “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”
Ghanshyam Das Birla ji was an amazing businessman and more than that, a beautiful person from within. His intelligence and spiritual understanding was remarkable. Here is a part of his letter that he wrote to his son Basant Kumar Birla. This letter can be considered as the most important letter in