When Work Becomes a Joyful Journey: Lessons from a Manufacturing Transformation
By Ramkumar Seshu, Author of Born to Win โ Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita What if your workplace could feel like a place of purposeโnot just pressure? For over four decades, Iโve walked through the gates of manufacturing plants, corporate offices, and bustling service centres across India. The patterns are familiarโmachines hum, people move […]
Storytelling as a Source of Joy: Let the Team Voice the Culture
Story’s Sell, Facts Tell. ๐๐บ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ, ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ข Every time I walk into a new organization, I donโt begin with charts or strategies. I begin with listening. Why? Because behind every role, every goal, every great teamโthereโs a deeper story. And in those stories […]
The CEO’s Success Toolkit: Analytical Thinking- The CEOS’s Most Underrated Superpower – the Secret Weapon for breaking Growth Barriers
“๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ.” By Ramkumar Seshu, Author of Born to Win and Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU. CLICK THIS LINK ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐จ๐ป๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ But here’s what […]
The CEOโs Biggest Red Flag – Culture Erosion – When Lack of Focus Kills What Made You Special How to Scale Your Business Without Losing Yor Soul
By Ramkumar Seshu, Author of Born to Win and Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU. CLICK THIS LINK “๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.” Last month, a successful Mumbai fintech CEO told me something heartbreaking: “๐๐ฆ’๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐งโ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ’๐ท๐ฆ […]
The CEO’s Agility Imperative – When Speed Becomes Your CEOโs Competitive Advantage
By Ramkumar Seshu,ย , Author of Born to Win and Antar Prerana โ Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU. CLICK THIS LINK ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ด๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป-๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต “๐๐ฃ 2025, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ-๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ.” I recently watched a promising Bangalore […]
The CHRO’s Transformation Imperative: Leading Through Uncertainty Navigating AI Disruption and Market Volatality
By Ramkumar Seshu, , Author of Born to Win and Antar Prerana โ Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU. CLICK THIS LINK “๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐บ, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ดโ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.” As we navigate 2025, CHROs find themselves at the epicenter of unprecedented transformation. […]
The Leadership Paradox: When Success Becomes the Problem How Can the CHRO Ensure that their CEO will Evolve with Changing Times
By Ramkumar Seshu, , Author of Born to Win and Antar Prerana โ Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU. CLICK THIS LINK “๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ” – this isn’t just a motivational quote, it’s the harsh reality facing every scaling CEO. You […]
Sustaining the โAHAโ Moment โ How CSR Heads can Foster Contagious Enthusiasm for the Cause the Company is Passionate about.
By Ramkumar Seshu, Author of Born to Win and Antar Prerana โ Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU. CLICK THIS LINK Concluding my Conversation with the CSR Head of a Company, I told him “๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข […]
Enlisting Support โ The Digital Strategy that CSR Heads can use to foster involvement of their colleagues
By Ramkumar Seshu, Author of Born to Win and Antar Prerana โ Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU. CLICK THIS LINK Continuing my Conversation with the CSR Head of a Company on using a digital strategy I had remarked “In a connected world, we need to use technology […]
The Art of Invitation โ How CSR Heads Can Create Irresistible Opportunities for their Colleagues to Participate in the CSR Cause
By Ramkumar Seshu, Author of Born to Win and Antar Prerana โ Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU. CLICK THIS LINK Continuing my Conversation with the CSR Head of a Company on the way to get people to overcome their starting blues I mentioned that “๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ […]