13 episodes
Management Lessons from Bedtime Stories Ruchira Garg
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- Business
This podcast shares the lessons and analogies one can draw from fairy tales and folklore across the world and apply to the workplace of today.
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The Camel's Offer
This episode relates the rules of the jungle to the corporate environment and the need for organizations to do what is right to sustain the business. It also highlights the need to apply judgment in relationships at work and not get carried away.
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The Emperor and The Nightingale
Through this famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson, this episode highlights the importance of staying relevant by evolving skills as well as playing to the strengths that make one successful in the role. It also highlights the key aspect of recharging and relaxing to prevent burnout.
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The Monkey and the King's Sword
This episode highlights the importance of putting the right person in the right job by making judicious choices during selection and honing their skills with the right guidance, training, and support.
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The Jackal - King of The Jungle
In this episode, I have highlighted the importance of succession planning and selecting the right successor. The lessons also emphasize on the criticality of the right leadership competencies and expectations to be leveraged for selecting leaders.
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The Airliner and the Fighter Plane
In this story, I have drawn an analogy related to the purpose and working of well established large organizations vs start ups from the story of the airliner and the fighter plane. Both kinds of organizations have very different environments and drivers and employees often end up comparing and competing between the two which might be futile.
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The Oil Tanker And The Iceberg - Part 2
This is the second part of the story in which I discuss the impact of acquisitions on organizations when not thought through well as well as the tendency of leaders to not call out risks and involve the right parties in time which impacts overall organization cost and productivity.
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