Consistency is the key towards achieving our goals

Humility is key to build authentic relationships, whether with peers or your team.

Change is inevitable.

We cannot resist it.

Better still if we can plan or create it.

"One for all and all for one"

Corona times have been a great reminder to live by the famous lines from the novel The Three Musketeers.

Not everyone is impacted the same way by COVID. Some are lucky to not have contracted it, while others have got COVID but are either asymptomatic or have minor symptoms. Then there are those amongst our friends and colleagues who are severely impacted - either individually or through their families & friends. Some have experienced unparalleled grief.

Our teams are going through a lot. People are either impacted themselves or have their immediate friends and family reeling under the effects of COVID. Needless to mention the panic like situation and fear that's all around.

We need to be sensitive to our colleagues. Everyone is emotionally charged and going through difficult times. It is important to be doubly careful in what we say to our teams and how we say it.

Professionalism has no correlation to a person's title, hierarchy in the organization, or even the size of the organization that one represents. It is a way of life!

We are all fallible, and that’s ok

Often, with the best of intentions and while trying to be careful, we can come up short! We could end up having an emotional outburst, propagate a flawed perspective, have a perspective bias in our way of working, etc. Last week, in a debate with a leadership team member I was convinced how what I was saying was right

Experience doesn't mean we don't feel anxiety or know it all when a tough or unexpected situation comes up. But it does mean we are better prepared, and usually don't overreact like we would have if we were going into it as a greenhorn.

Is choice a mirror to our natural inclinations?

Giving choice to people is the best and easiest way to find out about their natural inclination and character. This is as true in professional life as it in personal life.