Google recently promoted Sundar Pichai to the role of CEO. Naturally, this received a lot of press with many articles talking about Pichai’s journey from a middle class family background in India, his education at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Stanford and Wharton, and working at McKinsey and Google. No doubt, it is a remarkable story of progress. Since Pichai is an India-born CEO, it generated even more interest.
Category: Career/Leadership
What Microsoft’s New CEO Should Do
Here is a draft speech that Microsoft’s new CEO could give to the company: Continue reading “What Microsoft’s New CEO Should Do”
Your Work Sucks…Now What?
A very good suggestion was made by one of the readers in the comments section of my earlier post — “…how to manage the massive bitterness that conjures up when someone tell you that your work sucks and how to identify the genuine feedback with what steps to take to self introspect”
So I thought I’d follow up with some more thoughts on the topic. Continue reading “Your Work Sucks…Now What?”
Your Work Sucks
That one sentence can probably encompass all the workplace related bitterness that Steve Jobs is said to have dished out to Apple employees.
At some level, I am a little bothered by the focus on Steve Jobs’ negative personality traits. It seems to shift the focus from his true legacy and his innate talents for product, strategy and marketing, among other things. Continue reading “Your Work Sucks”
How Will You Measure Your Life…and Build Great Products?
At first glance, it seems counter-intuitive that the two parts of the question would be related to each other.
How Will You Measure Your Life?, written by Clayton Christensen, is about how one can be successful, and happy in one’s career; how can relationships be a source of continuing happiness; and how can one live a life of integrity.
Continue reading “How Will You Measure Your Life…and Build Great Products?”
Leadership Lessons from Moneyball
Moneyball is one of my favorite movies. It is the story of Oakland A’s GM, Billy Beane’s, innovative approach to baseball. Following the loss to the Yankees in the 2001 post-season, the A’s lost marquee players, and did not have the deep pockets to compete with other teams in Major League Baseball. Sports is a business after all, and Billy Beane, as the General Manager has to run it to win, regardless of the competition, uneven playing field, dissonance in the company, or anything else. I thought it would be interesting to summarize some key moments from the movie that highlight the courage, conviction and other qualities that leaders possess. Continue reading “Leadership Lessons from Moneyball”
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