Narayan Kamath

Friday Features

Friday Features - a weekly selection of informative & inspirational content from top blogs & authors aimed at helping you Unleash Your Leadership

In this edition...

  • An inspiring quote by Dale Carnegie
  • Strategic Decisions Without Biases and Errors
  • Personalizing Professional Development
  • Busting Silos
  • Transactional or Transformational?

More...


A Quote I'm Resonating With


By Daniel Kahneman via MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW

Strategic decisions are evaluative judgments, and are therefore susceptible to errors arising from our cognitive biases or random noise. This article by Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman and his associates, suggests a practical, broadly applicable approach to reducing errors in strategic decision-making...

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By Sydney Finkelstein via HBR.org

You are responsible for giving your people what they need to excel and helping them to fulfil or even surpass their potential. If you want to build an exceptional, high-performing team, you have to make the time. Exceptional leaders don’t leave it to HR or rely on cookie-cutter career progression plans for their team members.

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​​​​By Ruben Schaubroeck via MCKINSEY QUARTERLY

Anyone who has ever worked in a large organization has undoubteedly encountered silo thinking. Fast-changing global markets put a premium on speed of response, and this requires simplifying processes radically and breaking through silos. Leaders can overcome silo mentality by establishing the right kind of targets, establishing end-to-end accountability, standardizing processes, and fostering a execution-oriented, collaborative culture

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 via TRAIN IN A DAY

What is your leadership style? Are you a Transactional Leader or a Transformational one? If these terms are familiar, but you are not sure what they mean, this short video might help...


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Narayan Kamath

Narayan Kamath


I'm an Executive Coach, Leadership Mentor and Career Success Strategist to mid-career professionals. I believe Leadership is about creating Impact. I help leaders multiply their impact by working more effectively with and through others.

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