May 14, 2022 09:07 PM IST

6 takeaways from Karyn Ross’ book 'The Kind Leader'

Fit to Lead | Yoga Bar's Suhasini Sampath: Fitness is all about consistency and believing in the best

“'Fit leader' is an interesting way to put it. However, seeing someone take on each day with energy, zeal and spirit definitely ensures that the team feels the same way.”

Storyboard18 | Women in leadership: How to #OwnIt and #BreakTheBias

Women leaders in business, sales and marketing tell us how they are spearheading change in the industry.

Veterans Unpacked | Harish Mehta: "Spend 10% of your time on building and growing your industry"

"Growing the overall pie has a compounding effect on growth of your share of the pie."

Fit to Lead | Curefoods founder Ankit Nagori: "Behaviours and habits are like muscle building"

"The pandemic years have been quite a blur... fitness played a key role in helping me navigate it."

Veterans Unpacked | "Digitalisation has overtaken the world. This is a huge change": B. Muthuraman, former vice-chairman, Tata Steel

"I don’t like the word 'retirement’. It is not in my dictionary. I have just moved from one phase of life to another phase—one that is even more fulfilling."

Women's Day 2022: Six takeaways from Arundhati Bhattarcharya’s book 'Indomitable'

Boards fail in their duties when they allow CEOs to dominate, says Indra Nooyi

“There are many CEOs, mostly men who are Imperial, because somehow the belief is that when you become CEO, you've been anointed kind of king. That's not what people expect from the CEO. The people around them, including the board has to keep them under check. When boards allow CEOs to be Imperial, boards have failed in their duties,” said Nooyi at the NASSCOM Technology and Leadership Forum 2022.

Wipro appoints Jasjit Singh Kang as Head of Digital Operations & Platforms

Kang joined Wipro as a part of the Alight acquisition in 2018 and has over 28 years of technology and business leadership experience.

Storyboard18 | “Add value, not intelligence,” Colgate MD Ram Raghavan on leadership |

Ram Raghavan opens up about his journey from management trainee to marketing director to managing director, in an exclusive interview with Storyboard18.

Veterans Unpacked | Sudarshan Jain: “Adopt technology very fast and find the time to understanding it as much as possible”

"Because the world is changing fast, so you have to be in learning mode: learn, unlearn and relearn."

Storyboard18 | CMO to CEO: Why new-age firms are betting on marketers to lead them

Borrowing from the leadership playbook of legacy companies, new-age firms and startups are bringing more people with different backgrounds, including sales/marketing, into leading business roles.

'The India Way': What makes Indians successful corporate leaders?

A set of principles unique to Indian leaders, shaped by culture, beyond the simplistic labelling based on pedigree or nationalities, helps them shine globally.

Corporate India’s culture is a bit servile. That acts against spirit of innovation

"No one goes around saying Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos is so humble. What matters is that they are innovative and have a point of view." - Kanishka Sinha

Storyboard18 | Ashish Bhasin moves on from Dentsu International

Dentsu International's Asia-Pacific CEO and India chairman Ashish Bhasin says he has put in his papers to pursue personal interests, starting with an Advanced Management Program at Harvard.

Gucci boss Marco Bizzarri: ‘You cannot be a pessimistic CEO’

Gucci President and CEO Marco Bizzarri on what’s important for a business leader, and why he admires author James Patterson.

Fit to Lead | Rajiv Mehta: My running journey was not overnight, neither is the journey to increase value for stakeholders

"The first step is to show up for work, consistently and religiously like one does for a run. The second is to ensure that you chip away at a small goal, leading to an ultimate larger goal." - Rajiv Mehta

Healing Space | Learning how to lose

Good sportsmanship tells us we must lose with grace, and learn to celebrate the winner with as much enthusiasm. In the moment we resent the other. How do we change this?

Opportunities in crises: 'Sailing Through a Storm' offers pragmatic tips for leaders

T.N. Hari and Sanjay Swamy draw on their own experiences at Big Basket and mChek, respectively. They also give examples where companies like Johnson & Johnson harnessed or squandered an opportunity.

Review | 'My Life in Full' by Indra Nooyi lives up to the hype

Indra Nooyi's book 'My Life in Full' should be read by women who aspire to leadership roles, but also men who are unaware about the barriers women face.

Fit to lead |Gagan Banga: "Running helps me focus solely on myself, and the things I can do"

Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd Vice-Chairman, Managing Director and CEO Gagan Banga on his active lifestyle, leadership style, and on navigating the new normal.

If Covid vanished, Hansgrohe India’s Gaurav Malhotra would like to meet Xi Jinping, travel to Greece

Gaurav Malhotra adds he's looking forward to "being anywhere with close friends" for "some chit-chat, some fun".

Noma chef Rene Redzepi's journey from angry beast to humane mentor

Noma has once again been named the world’s best restaurant. To think that its famous cofounder, Rene Redzepi, became a chef only because he had few other prospects.

Veterans Unpacked | "This is the age of the ‘never satisfied customer’": Sandip Das, former MD & CEO, Reliance Jio

"The pandemic has universally changed our perspectives at work and put us on the fast track to some seminal changes."

The Virat Kohli conundrum

Virat Kohli has made it clear in the past that his job as captain is to win matches, not popularity contests. While constructive criticism is okay, it is unfair to vilify him for speaking his mind.