![Leadership Is Simply Influence](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TomMussak-Unsplash750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
‘Leadership is influence’, that’s the theme of our discussion today. There are many definitions of leadership. The one I like is by Warren Bennis. He…
![The Negentropy When You Enter Seventy](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Annette-Fischer-on-Unsplash.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
“Eleven years, right?” Lulu, my parrot, asked me. “Yes, eleven years since I retired from the ‘corporate career’. Oh, how time flies!” I picked up…
![Becoming Expert and Leader: An Open Letter to HR Manager](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSCN2087.png?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
Dear HR Manager, Congratulations on being appointed as Head HR. As promised, here are some thoughts for doing an expert job in HR. Let me…
![Groping in the Dark](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Lulu2BParrot2B06-1.jpg?resize=320%2C140&ssl=1)
“Wow! You had a very long meeting with that young man. I do not wish to sound very inquisitive, but I am very curious….” Lulu,…
![Campus Placement Conversations](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/habitat.jpg?resize=259%2C140&ssl=1)
[These are my conversations with students who are graduating this year]. I have always laughed when people said what you also mentioned, “Most people who…