Vivek Singh Blogs

The goals and targets are an age-old systems for promoting high performance. You would have come across dozens of tools from various coaches and institutions. Among them, SMART goals system is commonly used. Over the years I coached hundred of boardroom executives...

You are harsher to yourself than you think. People would often tell you if you are unfair or harsh to them. But, we rarely take time to ponder how we treat ourselves. Throughout the day, we keep playing the recorder into our minds which is demoralizing and...

Have you met someone who pretends to be humble, but in fact, is giving you signals to be accepted as superior? I notice this very often when I meet leaders in executive positions during coaching sessions and there is no dearth of instances in routine life either....

Did it ever occur that you want something desperately, you have worked hard for months, and you can see the goalpost around the corner? Out of nowhere, you experience a sinking feeling. You doubt yourself and tell one of these: 'I don't deserve it.' 'It's not really...

A few years back, I went to a leading car dealer to sell my Skoda. After the road test and document verification, they offered me 11.2 lakh (hundred thousand) rupees. Their sales team was very well trained to influence. They gave me all the reasons why Skoda has poor...

I had an unusual coaching conversation last week. The executive started complaining as soon as I picked up the phone, 'I was expecting an email before we connected. I have been completely clueless about what would happen here and had nobody to contact.' I felt as if...

One quality that I have observed in massively successful executives is authenticity. Without authenticity, it is virtually impossible to display effective leadership. When you pretend, sooner or later, people recognize it and you are exposed and that further impacts...

How do you know whether a smile is fake or real? When you see someone smiling, you get it but if I ask you to tell me the reason you would struggle. When you display a social smile, the muscles on the side of your mouth move upwards. But, when you smile genuinely, two...

I frequently meet people who complain that their conversation is not engaging. They start talking and in a few moments, they would notice the listener swiping the mobile phone or getting lost in her thought or they abruptly come up with an excuse to end the dialogue....

Have you ever experienced that you gave feedback to your team member and he/she is not willing to accept it? All that you hear is defense and you feel helpless and frustrated. Many people come up with a variety of reasons to defend themselves: co-workers to point the...