Vinita Bansal
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Here’s a 4 Step Approach to Giving Difficult Feedback
Giving difficult feedback is the most difficult thing you may have to do at work, but building this skill is like building muscle. → Read More
Passion is the Answer to Loving Your Work
What’s the difference between people who end up loving what they do and those who are on an endless pursuit looking for the one thing that will fulfill them only to be left disheartened, dissatisfied, and unhappy? I thought passion was the answer. If you are passionate about something, you will enjoy the work you do, which will enable you to produce great work, which will further excite you to… → Read More
How Do I Handle Ambiguity as a Leader?
Organizations that thrive are run by leaders who see opportunity in uncertainty, who cut through ambiguity, and who lead with the mindset to gain clarity. → Read More
7 Steps to Keep Commitments at Work and Induce Growth
There are two types of people at work - those who like to make commitments and others who like to keep them. People who like to make commitments feel good about saying “yes” to many things without paying much attention to how those things fit into their schedule, the value they add, or the time and energy they need to actually fulfill their commitments. They hardly realize that their casual… → Read More
How to Reclaim Your Freedom and Take Back Control of Your Life
A sense of control in our life not only rids us of anxiety, it’s the single most critical factor in helping us stay productive at work. → Read More
How You May be Avoiding Unpleasant Information With the Ostrich Effect
Ostriches bury their heads in the sand when they sense danger, assuming that the danger will pass if they just avoid it long enough. → Read More
6 Ways To Deal With Toxic People
Negative people are everywhere and learning how to deal with them will go a long way into helping you improve your life and remove stress in the process. → Read More
20 Principles for Managers to Learn and Lead
Being a manager isn’t easy, and anyone who tells you otherwise ain’t doing their job. → Read More
Are You Getting The Right Feedback ?
Getting plenty of feedback that isn’t actionable is as bad as getting no feedback. → Read More
Delivering Bad News to Your Boss? Here's 7 Strategies to Build Your Credibility and Still Look Good
Work won’t be fun if it’s just a straight line to where we need to go. → Read More
How to Stop the Meeting Madness When You Have Too Many Work Meetings
Work meetings are an obvious necessity for many reasons. However, these meetings can become overly frequent and pointless. How then can they be optimized? → Read More
Working With a Dominant Personality: I Didn’t Quit and You Shouldn’t Too
It was a Friday morning, and I was quite enthusiastic about the opportunity to present my ideas in front of a large group of people. → Read More
Coping With Failure and the Key to Success
Many articles, books, podcasts, and videos these days convey the importance of failure in shaping our future. → Read More
Driving Action Through the Power of 'Yet'
Saying “I can’t do” triggers a belief that she can never do it, it’s not within her reach. That makes her give up without trying hard enough. → Read More
Thinking Strategically Will Help You Get Ahead and Stay Ahead
Strategic thinking is a critical skill in life. → Read More
I Was Wrong About Burnout and You are Probably Too
I vividly remember the day I read about Arianna Huffington, the founder and CEO of Thrive Global. She had collapsed from sleep deprivation and exhaustion, hit her head on the corner of her desk, broke her cheekbone and woke up in a pool of blood. I read the story many years later after it happened while working for a fast-growth startup feeling tired and exhausted from the daily demands and… → Read More
The Fail Fast Mindset: How to Help Your Team Fail and Be Resilient at Work
No strategy can help an organization thrive if the people in the organization aren’t resilient to change and chaos. Setbacks and challenging situations - a missed deadline, a lost deal, a failed project, a bad strategy - are everyday affairs at work, and only those who learn to get past them can grow professionally and personally. → Read More
Leading When You're Feeling Leadership Anxiety
All leaders throughout their leadership journey feel intense emotion. While some big decisions like organization restructure, negotiations, acquisitions and mergers can be a source of anxiety, oftentimes it’s the small day-to-day things like a looming deadline, presentation, or a decision meeting that can be a source of stress and anxiety. → Read More
What to Do When Your Employees are Fighting in the Workplace
I have always enjoyed healthy disagreements about my own ideas and opinions at home and at work. They give me a peek into so many unique perspectives and help me see how different the world is around us. I do not agree with everything people say, but I am definitely open to hearing them around. → Read More
Saying No to Your Boss is Never Easy, But Sometimes it's Necessary
It was a Friday morning and I was waiting in the conference room for my manager. We had just achieved a great milestone as a team and delivered a highly critical time sensitive project. It wasn’t an ordinary success as the entire organization was counting on this platform for a mega event. → Read More