Amit Bansal, CEO and co-founder of PurpleLeap, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on how to plan a career in management.
Q. They say Management is 90 percent leadership and 10 percent technical skills. can leadership be acquired? Asked by: sundar1950in
A. It is true that most of the management is beyond the use of tools (technical skills). However, there is quite a misconception on the concept of leadership. When most of the people talk about leadership, they think about a great orator making a 'friends romans and countrymen' kind of speech. However, leadership involves implementing the organizational vision/mission with the help of given resources of people, money and other assets. It invloves solving problems, translating the task to people in simple terms, having an understanding of the domain and environment etc. Leadership goes beyond just giving motivational speeches....
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06:52 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Robert Lewandowski has been the talk of the town after a stunning season with Borussia Dortmund. Almost all of Europe's finest clubs are giving it their all in order to sign the 24-year-old striker. According to a report in The Sun, the Polish striker has apparently decided to brush off any interest in giants Manchester United and Chelsea. Lewandowski, who is supposed to marry this week has told Dortmund that...
09:10 AM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will visit Srinagar on Saturday to inaugurate 'Umeed', a Rs 900 crore programme dedicated to skill development for women. The Congress leader will be accompanied by Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh. Rahul will also travel to Doda, Kishtwar and Bhaderwah along with Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to meet the recent earthquake victims. ...
01:42 PM, Jun 15, 2013
IBNLive Sports gives you Friday's round-up of all the latest transfer news and gossip from the leading clubs and top players around the world. Manchester City hire Manuel Pellegrini as new manager Manchester City have hired Manuel Pellegrini as the club's new manager to replace the fired Roberto Mancini. The 59-year-old Chilean has been courted for months by City following impressive spells in Spain with Villarreal and Malaga. Read more...
05:50 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Borussia Dortmund's star striker Robert Lewandowski has found himself in a very a strange predicament in the recent weeks and on Friday Dortmund's chief executive Aki Watzke denied reports of a possible transfer talk of the Poland star to Real Madrid. Talking to Sport1, Watzke said, ""I can only say that we don't know anything about an alleged Madrid offer for Lewandowski." "At the moment, there has not been any...
05:24 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Mumbai's best-kept secret, for over three decades, is cosmetologist Dr Dinyar Workingboxwalla. His client base includes well-known models and actors, including Lara Dutta, Jacqueline Fernandez, Kim Sharma and Mehr Jessia. Now, in this immensely useful book, he offers readers the same advice that he has given these glamorous ladies to acquire the best skin and hair in the business. Beauty Unleashed includes comprehensive information about what to look for in...
06:02 PM, Jun 12, 2013
According to reports in media, Manchester United have boosted their chances to sign the Polish striker, after Borussia Dortmund chief said in a statement that Lewandowski won't be going to Bayern Munich this year. However, Dortmund chief executive officer Hans-Joachim Watzke didn't rule out selling Robert Lewandowski this summer. Watzke insisted he won't be sold to Bayern Munich, so leaving the door open to Manchester United. "I am not saying...
11:36 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Berlin: Borussia Dortmund's prized striker Robert Lewandowski will not be making his anticipated move to Champions League winners and Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich in this transfer window, the club's CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said on Monday. Bayern, who completed a treble-winning season earlier this month, were fully expected to poach Lewandowski from the Champions League runners-up after they already persuaded talented Dortmund midfielder Mario Goetze to join them for next season....
12:42 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: With an eye on upcoming polls, the youth wing of BJP has planed to target the rural and unskilled youth who are most affected by unemployment and inflation. The decision was taken at the first National Executive meeting of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha which concluded in Delhi. The meeting also resolved to reach out to youths between the age group of 18 to 25 years across the country....
02:50 AM, Jun 03, 2013
Patna: The Bihar government on Saturday set a target for skill development of one crore people in the state by 2016-17. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of Human Resources Development Mission presided over by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Chief Secretary AK Sinha said that the meeting took stock of human resources development index in the state and what it should be after five years. A...
02:12 AM, Jun 02, 2013
Amstelveen : South Africa beat Netherlands by 84 runs with JP Duminy scoring an unbeaten 150 and taking a wicket as he returned to international fold after a long injury lay-off. Jean Paul Duminy celebrated his return to international cricket after a lengthy injury lay-off, scoring an unbeaten 119-ball 150 as South Africa pummelled Netherlands by 84 runs in one-off one-day international in Amstelveen on Friday. Duminy, who sustained an...
09:24 AM, Jun 01, 2013
Florida: Lukas Podolski scored after only 10 seconds to help Germany to a 4-2 victory over Ecuador in a friendly on Wednesday. Podolski and Lars Bender scored two goals each inside the opening 24 minutes as Germany quickly overwhelmed the Ecuador defense in the match at FAU Stadium. Ecuador pulled a goal back through Luis Valencia in first-half stoppage time and Walter Ayovi scored his team's second goal in the...
12:52 PM, May 30, 2013
The Skinning Tree by Srikumar Sen is in part a school story, reminiscent of school novels like Tom Brown's School Days; of a boy who is sent away from a pampered existence with an elite and affluent family his family to a boarding school which is not exactly an abode of kindness; where peers and punishments shape characters. It's also a school story that stretches beyond this dimension, into etching...
12:28 PM, May 30, 2013
Warsaw: Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski is likely to join German rivals and newly-crowned Champions League winners Bayern Munich, the Pole's agent said on Monday. However, Cezary Kucharski told Polish local news channel TVN24 that Bayern had yet to agree terms for Dortmund's top-scorer. "For us it is clear, but we have not signed anything," Kucharski said. "The clubs need to reach an agreement." Kucharski gave no further details, but...
03:27 PM, May 27, 2013
London: Borussia Dortmund's pain of losing the Champions League final 2-1 to bitter rivals Bayern Munich is acerbated by the knowledge they may never have a better chance to win the trophy again. Arjen Robben's 89th-minute winner limited Dortmund's opportunities to respond, but there is a sense Dortmund's opportunities of playing another final is limited, too, as the team faces the prospect of losing its best players. Mario Goetze has...
10:23 AM, May 26, 2013
London: Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski could soon join German rivals and newly-crowned Champions League winners Bayern Munich, Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes hinted on Saturday. Dortmund top-scorer Lewandowski, who notched 12 goals in the Champions League this season, has already said he will not extend his contract that runs to 2014 with reports linking him with a move to Bayern. "We all know that [Mario] Goetze has already been signed...
09:59 AM, May 26, 2013
Dr Shikha Sharma joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on what to eat and drink and what to avoid to beat the blistering summer heat. Q. Is it true that in summer your food requirement comes down and gets more in winter? Asked by: sundar1950in A. Not specifically. It depends from person to person and one's body type. Q. Will plain eight glass of water do to beat the heat?...
05:46 PM, May 24, 2013
London: American short story writer Lydia Davis won the fifth Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Wednesday for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published. Davis, a professor of creative writing at the University of Albany, is best known for work that Observer critic William Skidelsky once said "redefines the meaning of brevity". She is also an accomplished translator whose English versions of...
05:35 AM, May 23, 2013
Rome: Novak Djokovic reached the third round of the Italian Open, beating Spanish qualifier Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-3 Tuesday and appearing to have no problems with his injured ankle. Djokovic has reached the final in four of the five past years at the Foro Italico, winning the title in 2008 and 2011. He dropped serve to trail 2-1 in the opening set but broke back immediately and took control from...
10:57 PM, May 14, 2013
Get your priorities right, seems to be the message from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to the media. The Asian Development Bank's 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Delhi NCR that started from May 2 and is scheduled to continue till May 5 has been in the news not for its mandate or the agenda set for the meet. It has rather grabbed headlines with respect to...
03:16 PM, May 03, 2013
