In this issue

The cover theme of the February 19 issue is ‘team building’. Experts Muniinder K Anand, Managing Director India & South Asia, Center for Creative Leadership; David Silverman, Chief Executive Officer, CrossLead, Inc.; Asif Upadhye, Director and Chief Fun Officer, Never Grow Up; Pallavi Jha, Chairperson and Managing Director, Dale Carnegie of India; and Professor John Colley, Associate Dean, Warwick Business School advise on what to do and what not to while building your team. They also present the various factors that lead to a success or failure of a great team.

Why Not To Choose A Team With All Star Performers?

‘Star’ constellations may eclipse bright chances of success.

5 mins

Assembling A Constellation

An all-star team with poor dynamics may not necessarily succeed.

7 mins

Widen Horizons

Strong and productive teams rest on the strength of convergence—of diverse people, different experiences, and divergent views.

5 mins

Equal Balance

An overdose of high-fliers could be weakening and may lead to ‘great people-poor performance’.

4 mins

Cut From A Different Cloth

Not all experts can be effective team leaders.

5 mins

Leading Into The Future

What does it take to be a leader in the new economy?

4 mins

An All Encompassing Leadership Model

To make your leadership more effective, first try to understand why people respond to it.

2 mins

A Poor ‘Reflection'

Performance appraisal is a regular exercise at most companies, and is supposedly meant to keep subjectivity at bay. But many a time, bias creeps in, affecting the morale of employees and leaving them perplexed about the ethicality of the exercise. Here, poor rating by his senior leaves a telecom firm employee perplexed.

4 mins

Learning The Ropes

Front line leaders, often the largest leader population, play an incredibly important role in the organisation—impacting areas such as team productivity, employee engagement, and customer satisfaction.

4 mins

Not An Easy Ride

Diligent decision-making is always a long journey, one that demands widening our horizons.

5 mins

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Indian Management strives to be a monthly management journal of high Quality targeted at middle and senior managers. It aims to be a credible source of insight, information and inspiration for management professionals. Through in-depth features, articles, live cases and caselets, research analysis, reports, reviews etc., based mainly on Indian experiences, Indian Management endeavors to consistently deliver to its readers a Journal that explores and imbibes the available knowledge and best practices pertaining to all aspects of management.