The ability of any manager or leader to develop the people working for them has always been considered important and even essential. It has been considered a critical competence, a […]

The most important step in setting up a successful coaching engagement is the process of the coachee finding the right coach. Be it a single coachee for whom the Organisation […]

Over the years, we at CFI have received several hundreds of requests for coaching support for executives. Most of them are very well intentioned and have helped yield great results […]

I am sure all of you are reading a spate of reports about organisation after organisation announcing their decision to do away with the much maligned bell curve.  It now […]

For decades the Harvard Business Review (HBR) has shaped global thinking about management. Let’s not forget that several legends in the field have shared their landmark ideas through the HBR. […]

Downshifting as the very term indicates means moving from a higher gear to a lower gear in a vehicle. Derailment is the dangerous act of a rail going off its track. It requires […]

In recent weeks I have been hearing the term acqui-hiring (the practice of buying out a company essentially for its skilled manpower) being used by many of my clients and friends in […]

Every organisation of some standing has some form of a shared leadership platform or forum. These forums are called management committees or executive councils or leadership councils or executive committees. […]

One of the biggest contradictions that I encounter in the HR profession and function is the perennial gap between what is perceived as functional excellence from within and what is […]