Bored Consultants

This debate of should leaders be feared or loved has been going on for what feels like forever. Machiavelli, that Renaissance dude, thought fear was the way to go. But is he still right? -- Imagine having a boss who's a total pain in the neck. You say "good morning" to them out of pure fear, and they're always putting you on blast in front of everyone else. They've got a mouth like a sailor...

You see a viral dance step tutorial video on TikTok, Instagram Reel, or YouTube Shorts and think yourself - I could do it easily as well. You see a plumber fix the leaking tap rotating the teflon seal tape over the tap thrice, and you think yourself - I could do it easily as well. You observe a workshop facilitator conduct a two hours session, and immediately think - I could do it easily as...

Spanish La Liga: Real Madrid's Galacticos 2002-03 Season, Spanish La Liga: O Fenomeno (The Phenomenon) Ronaldo joined the Los Blancos, Real Madrid Football Club, from Inter Milan for a staggering fee of 45 million euros. With his 23 league goals, Real Madrid won the Spanish La Liga for 29th time in its history. They were jubilant and ecstatic with the victory. In order to further strengthen their team for their conquest next season, the club...

I repeat - do not mix office retreats with team building activities. Why? Before asking me why, I guess you need to ask your team members first. Ask them if the trust fall or the scavenger hunt they have been forcefully playing in every retreat contributed to their growth, or at least made a positive improvement within their teams. If they were really 'really' honest, most of them would say the games and stuff were...

"Too many cooks spoil the broth" -- this popular idiom implies that when too many people work together or are involved in an activity, the final outcome or result becomes inferior. While we all agree to the idioms with our versions of experiences, a popular management term "synergy" comes into mind. On a flipped perspective of the idiom, shouldn't multiple cooks be rather reinforcing the broth with their own camaraderie and united strength than spoiling...

We probably have faced difficult conversations, at least once in our lives. Ending a relationship. Asking your friend to repay his share of debt. Giving a critical feedback to your supervisor. Talking about financial issues with parents. Discussing about personal possessions with coworkers. We absolutely dread talking out these difficult and crucial issues and either do it badly or postpone it for some other time, which never seems to come. Crucial & difficult conversations can...