How To Turn Executives Into Wizards

Goleman and Stanford explain the dramatic impact of empathy on the performance of executives. Yet, many management books equate men with materials in the 5 M concept. The title of the subject, Human Resources Management also treats people as resources like materials, etc. There is an urgent need for a radical change in the mindset. An empathic leader achieves better results through intimate bonds between himself/herself and the people who work for him/her. A bureaucrat uses authority, procedures, rules and regulations to move, rather than drive people to achieve goals. “Business is people” is an empty catchphrase for many in authority. But for charismatic and empathic leaders, it is a cardinal principle or an article of faith. The charismatic leadership style is the most cherished one, but it is also highly difficult to attain and maintain. We have attempted to provide a guide to assess your charisma and empathy levels. “What makes the difference between stars and others is not their a...

  Exaggeration through flights of imagination using superficial and tentative experiments is a sure-fire way to capture attention and make a topic viral without the responsibility of showing progress or results. The topic of complete  ‘Humanization of Robots’ is the current popular flight of fancy. True, robots are progressively performing advanced functions,  but only as programmed by humans and not voluntarily.  There is no intention to decry humanoids’ contribution; we have in India a special day for ‘ yantra pooja’  when we worship implements, machines, and devices; humanoids, too, will be treated the same. Currently, machines can be verbally instructed in some fields. That is alright for simple tasks. But human communication is a complex phenomenon that severely limits man-machine communication. The renowned communications expert, Dr. Albert Mehrabian, says that only 7% of meaning is conveyed through verbal communication and as much as 93% is conveyed throu...