Be The Change

1 Introduction
Section 1 Self Leadership
2 Confessions of a Successful Entrepreneur
3 Five Denials of the Human Brain
4 Good Leadership
5 Mind the Mind to Lead
6 The Arrogance of Growth
7 To Continue Growing Quit the Big Job
8 Are You a Boss or a Leader?
9 Is Feedback Overrated?
10 There is no Such Thing as Bad Leadership
11 The Blind Spot
12 Advice to the Woman Leader Aiming to Enter the C-Suite
Section 2 Team Leadership
13 Subordinates or Co-Leaders
14 Trust
15 Feedback or Feel Bad
16 Are You Using Your Talent?
17 Are Your Star Talents Making a Difference?
18 The New Manager: Zero to Hero
19 Shifting Gears
20 The Key to Motivating Subordinates: Stop Trying
21 Invisible Women
Section 3 Organisational Leadership
22 The Three Most Important Questions to Profitable Growth
23 Be a Sponsor; Be a Leader
24 In Asia Power Gets in the Way
25 Talent is Like a Knife in a Sack
26 Succession Planning: Let the Cream Naturally Rise to the Top
27 The Story of Jo
28 Fighting and Winning the War on Talent
29 Is Ethnicity a Barrier to Growth in Asia
30 Rushed Leadership
31 Soft Leadership Creates Strong Companies
32 Creating a Winning Culture
33 Leadership Lessons from the Indian Summer
34 Leading Across Borders? Don’t Change a Thing
35 The Great Training Robbery
36 To Maximise Growth, You Need Brave New HR
Section 4 Corporate Governance
37 The Other Duty of Corporate Governance
38 The Benefits of More Gender-Diversified Boardrooms
39 Congratulations! You've been Elected to the Board. Now what?
40 Truth, Justice, and the Corporate Way
41 Stop Giving NEDs Share Incentives
42 Looking Good Versus Doing Well
43 Why so Serious? Corporate Governance Lessons from the Dark Knight
44 Compensation Trends in Financial Services
45 Iclif Faculty
46 Iclif Adjunct Faculty

In a world where information, capital, talent, and other resources are freely portable, the only x-factor for sustainable business success is leadership.
There are many misconceptions regarding leadership. Contrary to what many think, it is not at all based on one's position of power. It deals more about how and what one creates while getting others to go beyond themselves and excel at things they never thought possible. Leadership comes after much self-discovery and cannot be taught. It is not something one is born with but is something that must be aspired for.
Be the Change goes deep into what a leader is and what you and your organisation need to look into to foster genuine leadership. It takes a look at the individual, the team, and then the organisation for a progressive treatment on the various theatres where leadership can and does make a difference.
Leadership often deals with very hard questions and these are not issues that should cause fear. The book thus deals with the various aspects and issues of corporate governance, an integral part of the leadership journey.
These essays draw from the actual experiences of Iclif's faculty as well as the input and challenges faced by those who have already benefitted from Iclif's leadership programmes. Some of the most pressing leadership-related issues affecting not only productivity but also performance are dealt with in these pages.
A compilation of short essays written in a free-flowing and conversational style, Be the Change will inspire you to drive your organisation to new achievements and milestones you never thought possible.