Coach-Ram

What’s weird about you? That could be your superpower! We often try to hide the eccentric, exceptional, unusual and weird traits that we have. Pooja always had difficulty gaining clarity on any decision without using a decision diagram. She has used them since she was first introduced to them in school, and she used them for just about everything. Her friends thought this was quite weird so she learned to keep it to herself. Her friends however secretly envied her for the precise nature of her decision-making If Pooja’s friends had been curious or Pooja had felt exceptionally confident in her approach, she could have taught them this amazing tool and helped them gain confidence in their own decisions. But the friends’ judgement and Pooja’s fear meant that that opportunity was lost. We often ignore the traits that make us special, unique, interesting and even gifted, because they identify us as ' being weird' and not normal.  Do you have some traits which makes people laugh at...

Have you ever thought of yourself as an unfair or a biased leader?  Most people would have answered “no”.  A lot of people actually consider themselves as fair and reasonable leaders. Yet, we all have to admit that it is hard to see things objectively, especially when our beliefs and perspectives are so deeply ingrained. Whether we accept it or not, we all have our biases –  even the best leaders. These biases are essentially attitudes or stereotypes accumulated throughout your life that can influence the way you make decisions, the way you deal with conflict, interact with people, and so on.  These biases often lead to unfair assessments based on faulty rationale.  As humans, we are programmed to respond positively to those whom we perceive to be similar to us and negatively (consciously or unconsciously) to those whom we perceive to be too different to “fit in” with our group. Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel Prize-winning psychologist, discovered that the majority of...