The moment the first senior leader interrupts you, the meeting is already going in a direction you didn’t plan for. Not because your idea is weak. Not because you’re wrong. But because the room is no longer listening to what you’re saying. They’re tr...
Why Boardroom Presentations Often Go Nowhere Boardroom meetings are full of intelligent people and strong opinions. Yet decisions get delayed. Discussions expand without direction. This happens not because ideas are weak, but because the why (objecti...
The Interview Gap No One Talks About Most candidates walk out of interviews believing they did well. They answered every question. They spoke honestly. They shared their experience. And yet, the rejection comes. On the other side of the table, recrui...
The boardroom is not a place to impress. It’s a place to inform, align, and influence decisions. Unfortunately, most professionals do the opposite: They over-explain. They bring 40 slides. They share every detail. They talk endlessly about process. T...
People think job search is about “sending resumes.” It isn’t. It’s about presenting yourself — across every single touchpoint, long before the interview happens. Your resume, your LinkedIn, your email, your networking calls… these aren’t documents or...
Most sales presentations are built backwards. They start with: By the time the presenter reaches the part that matters, the client is already gone mentally. A sales presentation is not a storytelling session about your brand. It’s a business conversa...
Most candidates walk into interviews and do the one thing that immediately makes them forgettable: They repeat their resume. Line by line. Role by role. Responsibility by responsibility. And interviewers sit there thinking, “I already read this. Tell...
For years, I’ve seen jobseekers introduce themselves through their college names.“I’m from IIT Delhi.” “I’m an IIM graduate.” And I’ve seen the other side too, people who almost apologize for not being from a “top” college. They lower their tone a bi...
I’ve had countless conversations with professionals in their late 30s and 40s who say the same thing, “I don’t hate my work, but I don’t love it anymore either.” It’s a quiet restlessness that grows over the years. They’re not in crisis, but somethin...
When someone tells me they’re planning to “return to work,” my first question is always, return to what? Because if you come back to the same pace, pressure, and mindset that burnt you out in the first place, you’re not really returning, you’re repea...