Choosing Hard Now or Harder Later: A Leadership Reflection In one of my coaching sessions, a senior leader sighed and said, “This is hard. Change is hard. Maybe we should wait till things stabilize.” I smiled and asked, “Are you choosing between hard and easy or are choosing between hard now and har...
Why Brilliance Feels Threatening and How to Handle It I am on my third read of Devdutt Pattanaik’s Business Sutra and each time, it feels like a different book. Maybe I am reading with a new pair of eyes. This time, it was the story of Ashtavakra that really caught my attention. It is a story of ego...
Finding Satisfaction and Happiness: A Coaching Conversation Long post ...but to justify what happened in the conversation, I has to be this way :) Recently, I sat down with a client, let’s call him Peter, who was wrestling with some big questions about life and work. Our conversation reminded me jus...
Safe Enough to Disagree: The Emotional Maturity Behind Healthy Conflict Picture this: You are planning a weekend getaway with your partner. They are rattling off plans out of excitement; sunrise hike, local market visit, museum tour, dinner reservations, evening concert... Your stomach tightens. It ...
Grow with Satori : A Journey of Thoughtful Becoming Three years ago, the idea of a company offering life and leadership training and coaching services was birthed by Shanti Sharma, strongly supported by Pawan Sharma. A few brainstorming sessions later, this idea was given a name: Satori, chosen for ...