Learning and Engagement

Executive MBA – Are You Thinking About It?

Here are some potential areas of benefit of pursuing an Executive MBA for working professionals. Not all may be applicable in each case but quite a few will be directly relevant to you:


The Ultimate 5 P’s of Success

Do a Google search on “5 P’s of Success” and you will get hundreds of results. It seems there are many versions of the 5 P’s of Success. Some are quite good, some rather lame and some are repetitions of common themes like Passion and Perspiration. But I believe one of the best 5 P’s [...]


Business Quotes to Remember

Here are some selected business quotes that can help us to stop, think, reflect and who knows, maybe even modify how we behave: 1. The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same – Carlos Castaneda


Double your Presentation Impact

Delivering effective presentations is a skill that is polished with practice and  experience and there are no magic short-cuts. But here are some simple communication strategies that you can easily use to create additional impact in your presentation no matter where you are on the experience curve…


Keys to Self Development

Based on research by Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) These are ideas, strategies and tactics that CCL has developed and refined over many years working with large numbers of clients and many kinds  of organizations Job assignments and the kinds of jobs people have done are crucial in the role of leadership development. CCL has  [...]


Employee Engagement

A summarized extract from a series of internet articles by Peter Grazier Most managers find it not so hard to get proficient in technical aspects of their work, in operations and in processes. But they often struggle with people related matters such as interpersonal communication, handling conflict, motivation, resistance to change etc because this has [...]


Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination

A reproduction of the commencement address by J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame at Harvard University – copyright June 2008. A truly extraordinary speech President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates, The first thing I would like to say is [...]