Rainmakers

have not really come across anything more profound than this dialogue by Ravan from the book "Asura" by Anand Neelakantan where he accepts his every emotion with elan.

The book mentions that the traditional Indian wisdom places importance on controlling emotions and projecting intellect alone. Ravan is advised to shun the nine base emotions ( or his nine heads) of anger, pride, jealousy, happiness, sadness, fear, selfishness, passion and ambition but in his response Ravan justifies the possession of all the ten faces as they make him a "complete man" ( read the excerpt for better understanding)

As a emotional intelligence practioner, umpteen times I have heard people say "I want to become emotionally intelligent so that I can control my emotions"🤐

I have often wondered why are we so scared of emotions?? Our emotions are just data trying to covey something to us...if only we would stop by and listen 🎶

It is just human to feel happy, sad, excited, angry, without these emotions we would be bots. So rather than controlling them..go ahead acknowledge them and choose your response 😊

If this interests you..read the book. definitely worth a read 📚 and if
lnterested in exploring your EI quotient..ping me...let's talk

of creating a Learning Journey for Leadership team in a MNC

"Creating a culture of learning is an investment in the future of your organization, where knowledge becomes a catalyst for progress" any organization which believes in growth and progress also believes in promoting , and
for it's employees.

On that note we had the pleasure of designing a 6month long for a Multinational.

The objective was very clear..
Since the organization had gone through a massive transition not just in form of dealing with pandemic, introducing hybrid model of working but also influx of new leaders therefore it was essential to equip them with the right needed to handle new age workforce.
They wanted the new leaders to handle their teams with and and also to realise the strength of working with .

We have designed 6workshops which will roll out over the next 6 months with constant Handholding in the form of creating concrete action plans, reflections and interactions.

The first workshop on "Becoming Inspirational Leaders" kicked off in the month of May.

The objectives
- Understanding qualities of an Inspirational Leader
- Develop strategies to motivate & inspire team
- Effective communication a strong Leadership skill
- Techniques to build strong Interpersonal relations n collaborations
- Identify various methods to lead and create a positive work culture
- Handling disruptions & showing resilience
- Creating a personal action plan for becoming an Inspirational leader

The session was run through case Studies, brainstorming on leadership qualities, sharing of personal stories of leadership, Leadership Reflection circle and Creating a personal action plan.

Key Learnings
- When you take inputs from the participants you have their skin in the game...engagement is high and it's much easy to drive the outcomes
- keep sufficient time for debrief - Space the various modules, activities in such a way that there is ample time to reflect and discuss.
- Group wisdom harvesting gives you the AhA moments - Senior Professionals come with a lot of on ground experience. The sessions became extremely enriched by the experiential sharing from the participants.



A big thanks to Deepak Mundada for the opportunity.