When you look at iconic CEOs including Jack Welch, Alan Mulally, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, Lou Gerstner, and A.G. Lafley, they crafted unconventional strategies and adopted unique leadership styles to turn around their organizations. Turning around a global organization is a herculean task especially if it is a huge organization.  There is no tailormade blueprint to turn around it. It all depends on the size, type of sector, and industry the global organization operates. This article outlines an innovative blueprint to convert a loss-making global organization into a profitable one, and to serve as a guideline for busy CEOs.  As a CEO, you must design your own strategy based on your previous experience and the type of sector or industry [...]

When you look at iconic CEOs including Jack Welch, Alan Mulally, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, Lou Gerstner, and A.G. Lafley, they crafted unconventional strategies and adopted unique leadership styles to turn around their organizations. Turning around a global organization is a herculean task especially if it is a huge organization.  There is no tailormade blueprint to turn around it. It all depends on the size, type of sector, and industry the global organization operates. This article outlines an innovative blueprint to convert a loss-making global organization into a profitable one, and to serve as a guideline for busy CEOs.  As a CEO, you must design your own strategy based on your previous experience and the type of sector or industry [...]

When looking at inspiring personalities including Arianna Huffington, Richard Branson, Janine Allis, Michelle Obama, and Sheryl Sandberg, they built their personal brands successfully. In fact, failure is not the end of the road, but it is a bend for betterment and prosperity when you take feedback and learn lessons. Failure teaches many lessons in life provided you want to learn and improve yourself. When your brand hits an all-time low, don’t get panic. Instead, be cool and composed. Explore the tools to unbrand and rebrand to remain relevant. Find out the reasons for the failure, learn lessons, and move forward with energy and enthusiasm. Remember, neither success is permanent, nor failure is permanent. So is the case of branding. What is branding? Branding [...]

One day when I was writing an interesting article my wife asked me, “Why did you achieve success so late, during the late forties?  Did you ever find out the reasons for your late success?” The question was an interesting one as I seldom thought about why I achieved success so late in my life until then. I thought about this for a while; here are the reasons that come to my mind: You must find your passion first and then follow your dreams to achieve success.  Many people don’t know their passions but slog hard throughout their lives like blind people searching for balls. This is the first mistake people make.  You must have faith in yourself and patience to pursue your [...]

Do you know what makes some people stand out from others? Do you know what habits are essential to achieve greatness in your life? Do you know why some leaders stand taller beyond their lifetimes? The answer to all these questions is that they possess some unique habits and adopt unconventional approaches and practices. There is a pattern of unique habits that convert ordinary individuals into extraordinary individuals, and extraordinary individuals into inspiring individuals. When you understand and apply them you can unlock your hidden potential to achieve greatness in your life. Here is a distilled list of habits, tools, and techniques to help you stand out:  1. Be an early riser Rise early in the morning as it is the time the [...]

Nothing changes in a day. But a lot can happen in 21 days. Various researchers have different viewpoints on the concept of the formation of habits within 21 days. Some researchers reveal that it takes about 66 days while some researchers unfold that it takes 30 days to build habits. The 21-day rule To form habits, you must work hard sincerely and consistently for 21 days. You may have to struggle for a few days to acquire habits but once you start working hard you will be amazed to find yourself forming good habits. Similarly, if you want to grow out of any bad habit, control yourself for a few days, and you will be astonished to find yourself free from that bad [...]

Most people love success and hate failure. It is rightly said that success has many fathers, while failure has none. However, very few realize that success comes only after successive setbacks and failures. Success comes only when people realize their mistakes and learn their lessons. Success comes when people fail differently instead of failing similarly. Is Success Without Failure Impossible? Success without failure is a mere impossibility. That means that true success comes out of several successive setbacks and shortcomings. Success comes from sacrifices and struggles. It comes out of hard lessons learned from failures. When we look at the top global companies like Microsoft and Apple Computers, we see that they had intermittent failures in their entrepreneurial journey. However, they learned what [...]

Most people love success and hate failure. It is rightly said that success has many fathers, while failure has none. However, very few realize that success comes only after successive setbacks and failures. Success comes only when people realize their mistakes and learn their lessons. Success comes when people fail differently instead of failing similarly. Is Success Without Failure Impossible? Success without failure is a mere impossibility. That means that true success comes out of several successive setbacks and shortcomings. Success comes from sacrifices and struggles. It comes out of hard lessons learned from failures. When we look at the top global companies like Microsoft and Apple Computers, we see that they had intermittent failures in their entrepreneurial journey. However, they learned what [...]

Most people love success and hate failure. It is rightly said that success has many fathers, while failure has none. However, very few realize that success comes only after successive setbacks and failures. Success comes only when people realize their mistakes and learn their lessons. Success comes when people fail differently instead of failing similarly. Is Success Without Failure Impossible? Success without failure is a mere impossibility. That means that true success comes out of several successive setbacks and shortcomings. Success comes from sacrifices and struggles. It comes out of hard lessons learned from failures. When we look at the top global companies like Microsoft and Apple Computers, we see that they had intermittent failures in their entrepreneurial journey. However, they learned what [...]

Most people love success and hate failure. It is rightly said that success has many fathers, while failure has none. However, very few realize that success comes only after successive setbacks and failures. Success comes only when people realize their mistakes and learn their lessons. Success comes when people fail differently instead of failing similarly. Is Success Without Failure Impossible? Success without failure is a mere impossibility. That means that true success comes out of several successive setbacks and shortcomings. Success comes from sacrifices and struggles. It comes out of hard lessons learned from failures. When we look at the top global companies like Microsoft and Apple Computers, we see that they had intermittent failures in their entrepreneurial journey. However, they learned what [...]