Can Leaders learn from Teabags!

A real tea quality comes only when the teabag is dipped in hot water! Similarly a true quality of a leader can be seen in a challenging situation like hot water.

Whether the tea bag is in the top, middle or bottom, quality does not differ. True leaders perform well no matter where they are in the organisation layer.

Tea quality degrades if the Tea bag stays in the cup beyond the needs. Great leaders do not hold on and know when to leave a legacy for the next generation to perform.

This is from a book “The secret of leadership” by Prakash Iyer. Prakash comes from the corporate world and this his second book after the successful first book "Habit of winning ". 
Prakash has the ability to connect stories from cricket to olympics, giraffe to tea bag and make it interesting to change mindset, attitude, habits.

Some of the memorable insights from the book are:

• Good is the enemy of Great.
• Bronze medalist are happier than Silver medalist in their achievement!
• FEAR is False Expectations Appearing Real!

if you want to connect with yourself and team through inspiring stories then this book can help you.

Coaching for Performance

I was researching on How Sports Excellence can be applied to Corporate Excellence? In the process, found two experts in the field Timothy Gallwey and John Whitmore.

Seven takeaways from reading their works:

1. Performance = Potential - Interference (How to minimize the interference to realize the potential?)
2. Focus on future possibilities and not past mistakes
3. Awareness leads to Responsibility (Can Control: What we are aware? and Controlled by: What we are unaware)
4. Learning - Enjoyment - Performance are Integral (Performance does not  happen without learning and enjoyment)
5. Knowledge - Experience - Attitude of mind are the key ingredients for performance
6. Performance Goal(fully under control), End Goal and Dream goal. Three levels of goal can make the performance experience a realistic journey.
7. GROW model for execution - Goal, Reality, Options/Obstacles,Way forward/Will