Ikigai
Ikigai. It’s the Japanese word for ‘a reason to live’, ‘a reason to jump out of bed in the morning’. I felt so wistful when I read this, because I still was not sure what my Ikigai was. Ikigai, I read, is that sweet spot of…
Authentic Leadership
“When I grow up, I want to be a Mercedes” I once saw this car sticker on a Maruti 800. I recall bursting out into delighted laughter. Oh, how I loved the aspiration of that little car! How many times have I told people who inspired…
Limiting Beliefs
“The only thing that’s keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.” Tony Robbins When I became a coach in 2015, I worried that it really needed an HR background. Imposter syndrome kept me awake many a night, till I…
A State of Being
Whether it was an observation during an MBTI certification that cleared up if I was a J or a P or something in an ongoing Coach training workshop, these moments have created a new awareness in me. As a coach, it is so rewarding when the…
Imposter Syndrome
My First Steps When I did my coach training some years ago, it was acute because I did not have an HR background. Even after many certifications, years of coaching and amazing results, when I first joined a group of coaches, I felt intimidated and thought…
Own Your Greatness
“I am an exceptional cook. I truly am”. Her voice rang with passion. This was the elimination round for the top 5 contestants, in a popular cooking show. The contestant placed her food for tasting, and as she walked away, the judges spontaneously applauded. I was…
Leadership Style
I had a stressed team leader ping me to share that one of the team members was unwilling to work on a Sunday. It emerged that it was not an urgent matter and also that the team member was otherwise fully engaged at work. One other…
Passion for Excellence
It was a year of cross functional training. Whilst in marketing, I worked on a new brand they were launching soon. It puzzled me no end that there would be such a buzz over the absorption capacity of the sanitary napkin they were testing out. I…
Networking vs Connecting
He always attended events, distributed and collected many visiting cards. He even followed up with festive greetings. But this rarely got him any business. As he reflected and shared, he had an AHA moment. He thought back to all the collected cards where he could not…
Transformation
What I wanted to do was to partner my clients on their journey of growth and transformation. What I learned… Is that as I partner them, it is also about my own growth and transformation. When I coached an executive around Imposter Syndrome, I recognised some…
A learning culture
I was mortified, but I know that I will never repeat that mistake again. It took me back to a Class IV dictation test. I spelt ‘separate’ as ‘seperate’ and got a 19 on 20. Never again did I spell it wrong. Many years back, the…
