

Finding Purpose at work, in life – IKIGAI, Being Regal
What is your IKIGAI?
Beyond IKIGAI, what is your life purpose?


Journey to C Suite and beyond – Tenure, Performance, Potential
A Linkedin Poll : Any leader, CEO/COO/CFO/CMO/CXO/CIO, needs time to make an impact. Currently, what do you think is the average tenure of a corporate leader? DYK The average tenure in the CSuite, based on a Korn Ferry study: – CMO: 4.1 yrs – CEO: 8.0 yrs – CFO: 5.1 yrs – CIO: 4.3 yrs Trust of the boss: An earlier study indicated ‘80% of CEOs do not trust/unimpressed with their CMOs’ If you can not impress (in the right sense) your boss, can you impress your customers and ot


As Your Team Gets Bigger, Your Leadership Style Has to Adapt #HBR
1. What does it take to upskill as the team gets bigger? 2. Founder to CEO – what does it take? 3. What does it take to move from individual performer to manager to leader? – We tend to promote the super performing individuals to team-lead ( #superchicken ) – They are usually not prepared to manage, let alone lead (boss/manager Vs Leader!) – Whether you take up your first team lead role, moving into a CEO role, or evertything in between… there is a need to upgrade the leader


Destination, Journey, Company – What is important for a leader?
Ultimately, it is the depth of the company that we keep that matters… – We are not working on democratizing #coaching. We would rather democratize leadership. Coach & Mentor leaders to help them further coach their team. Whether in the field of Corporate, politics, or non-profit. – We do not need high-profile recruitment, including a Prince as all members are Kings and Queens. – We work off the radar mostly, in the true spirit of coaching (ICF) & mentoring EMCC) RegalCoaches:


11 Benefits of Executive Coaching
The idea of taking time from a busy work schedule for executive coaching sessions seems to be an extravagance and only the recipe for a nightmare of backlogged tasks to get done. Also, you often have the feeling that it is superfluous as you have the expertise for the job. After all, consecutive positions in a successful career have led you to the position, and you have gathered the competence needed as you progressed in your job. However, in the days of ever-changing global


Learning style – Reading Habit
To learn & grow is a deep need within. #Reading habit comes up during our coaching and mentoring sessions. For various reasons, most of us have left behind our love for books. While all of us would like to continue learning, we have also adopted different learning styles over the years. Sometimes we tend to romanticize the diversity too! Sometimes it becomes a belief. For example, ‘I can no longer read books like before’! And s/he is on a coaching or coach training program,


Learning Style – Leadership
What is your learning style? Which of these, or a combination of these? Coaching is about adult learning styles. No specific style is thrust on the coachee/client. In our coaching, we just go with what the coachee prefers, what works for him/her. In our ICF Coach training session last evening, one of the learner-coaches mentioned how he has started reading books again. His learning style had become through audio/video. He is a techie too. Then in a coaching demo with the same


Listen. It is telling you something – Madhu Kanna, Executive Coach PCC, ICF
I was heading the international business of a growing organization, traveling more than 200 days a year, opening new markets, and new businesses. I was on a high. Making good money and achieving more than what I or the management desired. Early March 2018, I was drawing up the business plan for the next financial year, I was feeling a bit drained. As you know, for every business in India, the first of April everything is reset to Zero. All achievements & accomplishments are n


Why leadership is about IQ, EQ and SQ? #IQ2EQ2SQ
Is #IQ2EQ2SQ the journey of a leader? A leader in the corporate, business, professional, NGO, even politics. A leader at all levels, a team-lead, or first-time manager to the CEO. Facing a challenge of not only the lifetime, but perhaps of the century, arising out of #covid19, #lockdown. We have moved beyond the cliched #VUCA now! Every leader is surely facing the challenge of a lifetime within himself/herself. And how s/he manages this crisis will determine the legacy . Not


Your Checklist Before Hiring an Executive Coach
While there is no absolute way to find the right executive coach, here are some essential dos and don’ts. From executive coaching to leadership coaching to business coaching, these guidelines will serve you well in your search for the perfect coach. So here are five things to remember when you go ‘coach shopping.’ Checklist to choose the suitable Executive Coach 1) Understand your needs Before you begin your search, spend some time getting to know what you need help with and

