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Rethink Imposter Syndrome: Build confidence, beat self-doubt and succeed

Rethink Imposter Syndrome: Build confidence, beat self-doubt and succeed

Embrace feelings of self-doubt, incompetence, and inadequacy to lead with courage and conviction.

2022

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How To Develop Your Strategic Thinking Skills and Stay Ahead

Cross the boundary of your comfort zone to think about an idea to its extreme without mental guardrails to put it down.

May 30, 2023

How To Develop Your Strategic Thinking Skills and Stay Ahead

May 30, 2023

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How to Build Credibility at Work

Building credibility requires more than just competence and knowledge.

Apr 3, 2023

What erodes credibility at work and what builds it? Most employees don’t think about credibility consciously which prevents them from taking the right steps to build it. They think that if they keep their heads down and keep doing the good work, someone will take notice and good opportunities will land their way. But workplaces aren’t designed to lift people with good intentions and good skills.

Apr 3, 2023

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How To Disagree With Someone More Powerful Than You

Disagreements can save time and energy by preventing critical mistakes and course correcting before it’s too late

Sep 18, 2023

What do you do when you disagree with your manager or someone senior to you? Do you voice your opinion or do you choose to keep quiet? Speaking truth to power is a rare skill. Telling someone above you that they’re wrong requires courage and confidence. Holding your tongue and staying silent or nodding your head in agreement even when you disagree definitely feels safe. It doesn’t require fighting your fears or going against your instinct.

Sep 18, 2023

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4 Thinking Traps of Ineffective Leaders

Thinking errors are a common part of being a human. Let’s understand the traps to watch out for and learn how to avoid them

Nov 28, 2022

Leaders are ordinary human beings who make mistakes from time to time. While some mistakes are insignificant or have minor negative consequences, others might be potentially harmful and damaging to the organization and its people. Most of these mistakes are unintentional — they stem from thinking errors, applying shortcuts and not using the right mental models.

Nov 28, 2022

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Want to Communicate Effectively at Work? Eliminate these 5 Cognitive Distortions

Occasional errors in thinking make us form an inaccurate view of reality and stick with it thereby impacting our behaviors and actions

Aug 2, 2022

cognitive distortions. Heaven’s reward fallacy — I must be rewarded for my hard work and sacrifice. curse of knowledge — why can’t others understand such simple ideas? fundamental attribution error — this who they are. fallacy of change — circle of influence, circle of concern that others need to change. bike shedding which has four quadrants trivial, easy, important, and hard. bike shedding is in the easy and trivial quadrant

Aug 2, 2022

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9 Signs You’re Promoting Mediocrity In Your Team

Have you become too accommodating, too hands off and too vague in how you communicate expectations, leaving a gap for complacency and low…

3d ago

9 Signs You’re Promoting Mediocrity In Your Team

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How to Improve Your Team’s Motivation

Motivation isn’t pushed — it’s ignited. When people feel seen, heard and trusted — they don’t just show up, they step up.

Jun 11

How to Improve Your Team’s Motivation

Jun 11

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How to Work With Different People on Your Team

Learning to navigate differences and finding ways to work effectively with different kinds of people isn’t just smart — it’s a practical…

May 28

How to Work With Different People on Your Team

May 28

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How to Get Better at Risk Taking

Risk taking involves courage and confidence. You should be willing to step out of your comfort zone and put a step into the unknown.

May 21

How to Get Better at Risk Taking

May 21

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Leadership Practices That Leave a Mark

True leadership is one that resonates and endures well into the future.

May 14

Leadership Practices That Leave a Mark

May 14

Vinita

Vinita

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Author: Books on Mindset, Imposter Syndrome. Scaling products ￫ Scaling thinking (⊙_⊙) Former AVP Engineering, Swiggy. I write about work, progress and success.

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