Enlarge. Excel. Evolve.

I have been running a Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam (The World is a Family in Sanskrit ) Interview series on my Blog for past 2 years and have interviewed more than 50 people in the series from all parts of the world. It has given me a wonderful opportunity to interact with thought leaders, pioneers and other great professionals from across the world. These people have either emerged (or fast emerging) as Global Leaders and have Enlarged, Excelled and Evolved into Global Personal Brands too. They are interesting role models for those who want to become global leaders. These interviews will give you interesting insights about global mindsets and how spirituality has guided most of these professionals in deeply passionate journeys with respect for all religions, cultures and nations. Steve Brant-Interview with the Grand Guy of Innovation and CSR Dr Amit Nagpal: I really loved your comfort vs zone of magic image. How can we assist people to come out of the comfort zone and move...

                                  Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam* Interview series (Global Leaders who have Enlarged, Excelled and Evolved into Global Personal Brands) Dr Amit Nagpal: Tell us Larry, how and why did you become a small business coach. Larry Easto : Good question. I trained as a lawyer and practiced law for many years, then did some consulting, wrote some books and just recently realized that everything I did in terms of helping clients was in fact coaching. So decided to start calling myself a coach. Dr Amit : Why did you choose services marketing particularly? Larry : I think it chose me almost every time I did work for clients; the issue of new business arose so we discussed it. A few years ago, I was hired to write a marketing training program for entrepreneurs and this consolidated my marketing focus. Dr Amit : Tell us about your books and which is the most popular on...

Dr. Amit Nagpal: Todd, welcome to the chat. Why did you name your Blog as 'A Slice of leadership'? Todd Nielsen : Thanks Amit. Leadership is a fascinating topic to me and the intricacies of leadership run far and wide.  A blog is a place to explore a topic or topics in small increments, so I felt the analogy of consuming small "slices" to be a good fit for consuming the enormous topic of leadership and self-development. Dr. Amit: Interesting and true! I find western cultures are far better in execution and Indians (and other easterners) are great at conceptualizing but often need to improve on execution. What makes westerners good at execution? Is it experience, exposure or a managerial rather than a creative bent? Todd: That is interesting that you mention that, as execution is the niche that I serve and do workshops and speeches on. Execution is the foundational problem in which almost all other problems in business originate? It could be poor sa...

Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam* Interview Series (Global Leaders who have Enlarged, Excelled and Evolved into Global Personal Brands ) Dr Amit Nagpal: Irene, Tell us something about 3Q edge. Irene Becker : The 3Q Edge refers to three critical areas of strength that I believe are important to life and leadership in the 21st Century.  Areas of strength that can be developed/built using not only our potential but the challenges we face as catalysts for positive growth.  Q1 IQ-Intellectual capacity under stress   Q2 Emotional Intelligence   Q3 Spiritual Quotient -our alignment to our highest power, our greatest values. Dr Amit: How do you assess your client's potential? Irene : I have an intake and assessment process which not only allows me to best understand the client's areas of strength and also challenges that can be transformed into Q strengths, but their goals/objectives.  I also have excellent tests and assessments that I use. Dr Amit: ...

Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam * Interview Series (Global Leaders who have Enlarged, Excelled and Evolved into Global Personal Brands) Dr Ram Dhurjaty is a man of 4 Ps viz Passion, Patents, Pilot(ing) and Physics. He has 14 patents issued in his name and is working for more. He holds an MS from Yale University and a PhD from IIT Bombay. He is currently President,   Dhurjaty   Electronics Consulting, LLC, (Medical Device System Architecture, Analog and Power Electronics ). He is an innovator-thought leader and a Global Personal Brand.  For more visit http://www.dhurjaty.net/ Please explain your concept of 3Cs of leadership. 3 Cs stand for Credibility, Competence and Compassion. Credibility has to do with integrity. Say what you do and do what you say. If your life is an open book, you should not be ashamed of it. Once credibility is established a leader needs to be competent. I will explain. A leader should understand his domain and, more importantly und...

  Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam* Interview Series (Global Leaders who have Enlarged, Excelled and Evolved into  Global Personal Brands) Dr Amit Nagpal-How do you help clients in creating new products?  Lucie Newcomb -Although we do help clients with product development, we are more focused on helping clients find new markets and, then, winning in those markets in both the short- and long-terms. This is why we have a horizontal framework, for pull-through: Global Markets Leadership (international marketing and foreign direct investment) and Global Individual and Team Leadership (change management, cross-cultural training, global leadership). We don’t want to be just a “launch and drop shop”, although we are quite good at this; we want to partner with our clients for embedded brands and revenue streams worldwide. Dr Amit- What specific strategies do you use to help clients implement changes that won’t be liked? Lucie- We conduct stakeholder interviews, generally...

Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam*  Interview Series (Global Thought Leaders who have Enlarged, Excelled and Evolved into Global Personal Brands) Area of Thought Leadership -Integral Coaching Dr Amit Nagpal-Tell us something about Centre for Courageous Authenticity in leadership. Goodnews Cadogan -The Centre for Courageous Authenticity in Leadership was born out of my experience (shared with that of my co-directors, Ms Vuyokazi Menye : CIO at the Mondi Group & Ms Ntombekhaya Dayimani , Supply Director at Sandoz Pharmaceuticals) with many leaders displaying lack of courage to execute their mandate, in the face of resistance. On the other hand, they fail to ‘come-out’ and be who they are, and decide to blend-in with the dominant systems of their organisations, however toxic they may be. Our mission at the CCAL is, through our quarterly advocacy seminars, to raise the level of awareness of the contribution of lack of leadership courage, to the ineffectiveness of leadership in ...