Radhanath Swami | Leadership and Spirituality
A website based on Radhanath Swami's Leadership Lessons
“Communication – the human connection – is the key to personal and career success.” – Paul J. Meyer After much deliberation, in June of 2012, I finally entered the online social networking scene. The fear of rejection had held me back for so long. My acquaintances from graduate school – now top leaders in the …
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“If our mind is in conflict, not balanced with our body and with the needs of the soul, then there is a fundamental disunity in our life. Only if we have unity within ourselves, we can create unity in the world around us. You can’t give something you don’t have, even if you have all good …
“What is most personal is most general”—Carl Rogers. If we dig deep, beneath the superficialities, we will find that others have the same basic needs, interests and concerns—whether physical, emotional or spiritual—as we do. Understanding and realizing this aspect of human psychology is fundamental to great leadership. Once when Mahatma Gandhi was boarding a train, …
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. ~ Lao Tzu A physician gave some rather whimsical advice to a patient who was an aggressive, go-getter type of businessman. Excusing himself, the businessman told the doctor what an enormous amount of work he had to do and that he …
Mr. Hrishikesh Mafatlal is the Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of the multi-million dollar Arvind Mafatlal Group of Companies (AMG). AMG has major interests in Textiles (Mafatlal Industries Ltd.), Denims (Mafatlal Denim Ltd.), Rubber Chemicals (NOCIL Ltd.) and Fluorochemicals (Navin Fluorine International Ltd.). With his AMD from the Harvard Business School, USA, Mr Mafatalal has, in …
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“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” (Benjamin Franklin) What is the common factor amongst Apple CEO Tim Cook, Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior, Starbucks president Michelle Gass, Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin? Apart from being successful, they all attribute the most crucial factor for their …
‘Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really! Double your rate of failure… You’re thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all… You can be discouraged by failure–or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. …
“I already know how to listen!” told the executive to an invitation on ‘Active Listening Skill.’ ‘NO ONE LISTENS!’–was the contrasting echo heard in his workgroup. Listening is the most important of all leadership skills. However, the unfortunate truth is that most of us pay little attention to the quality of our listening, leaving a …
