How To Turn Executives Into Wizards

Whatever Your Position, In the AI Age, Strive to be Wizards: Be Omniattentive, Omniscient and Omnipotent S elf – improve ment S trategy for Super W izards Wizards are always looking for ways to raise competence and prospects.  And executive wizards know that a career self-audit is the best way to excel. Here is a self-audit exercise for you. The determinants of success are in the illustration. These are, as you know, interactive, and success can be assured when they are all in sync, and you have updated and full knowledge of each. If any one of them is in crisis, the overall performance will be adversely affected. Say, for example, if there are serious differences in the family, you will be disturbed, and your performance at work will be adversely affected.  So, ponder over each of these frequently and keep a score sheet about where you stand,  and strive hard to fill the gaps. This can become your own success guide. The key is to be aware of the most recent change...

Everyone is keen to win.  Zig Ziglar says, "You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win."   But as a research scholar observes, “many people get stuck in the planning phase because they fear failure. Studies and psychologists show that up to 80% of people experience risk-aversion and anxiety……..often because they worry about looking bad, wasting time, or losing".   With such high levels of anxiety, many look for guides, trainers, coaches, and often godfathers. We don’t claim to be any of these.   Most top leaders commonly prefer learning and winning at the individual level, which enhances their personal understanding and results in life.   Winning is a mind game. We have laid out in the illustration above the faculties and factors that are the determinants of winning.   Ponder over each of these frequently and keep a score sheet about where you stand, present relevance/awareness, and full scope as given ...

  Master Strategic Acumen for Faster Growth  in the AI Age A cumen   C atapults T rusting  I ndividuals & O rganisations to N onpareil S pots   Most people are aware of their IQ, EQ scores and the big five personality traits, but are unaware of the level of their 'ACUMEN" or in many cases even the exact meaning and scope of this vital word. It is, in fact, the distillation of all these indices and is the foundation of one's performance and achievements. Some research studies indicate that about 65% of business leaders feel that insufficient business acumen limits their organisation’s strategic growth. Add to that the fact that the rise of AI is transforming business operations, creating both new opportunities and greater complexity that demand a more advanced form of business acumen. As change accelerates at an unprecedented pace, sharpening business acumen has become a strategic imperative. In this blog post, we explore why it matters now more than ...

  C redible H ighly A cceptable & N ovel G rowth E ngine C hange L everages, A ccelerates & I nspires M inds For C harity , H umility , A ccessible , R ejuvenate , I nclusive , S incere , M esmeric , A mity       Tectonic changes like AI, ChatGPT, Claude, Elon Musk’s brain chip ‘neuralink’, flying cars, humanless factories, human embryo incubators, colonizing of Mars, mining on the moon, etc., have turned the world upside down. It will continue to be so, given the incredible speed of change. Chaos will become more intense. Similar changes in the past had also created fears, anxieties, and chaotic conditions. But leaders with a clear vision initiated policies and techniques to turn change into benefits, expanding businesses and institutions, and in turn raising the standards of living.  Therefore, we cannot keep on watching the incoming changes with awe, fear, and anxiety. All of us have to initiate changes and usher in newer products and se...

“Imitation is degradation of self,” says King James. How very true! In the Oxford dictionary, the synonyms of ‘imitation’ are sham, fake, counterfeit, bogus, spurious, phoney. It is, in fact, an offence and a lot of court cases deal with violations of copyrights, trademarks and plagiarism as well as stealing of secret data. There is no wonder, then, that almost all agree with King James in their hearts. But still, there is all-round conscious or subconscious imitation going on, though no one will admit it.  Against this background, one wonders how the imitation of others’ behaviours and qualities, which goes under the 'exalted' idea of ‘Role Modelling’, is highly commended and widely practised.    The term ‘Role Modelling’ was introduced by sociologist Robert Merton and further developed by Albert Bandura. Bandura found that "individuals tend to be active observers of their environments. During these observations, people make note of the behaviours exhibited by others...