Leadership & Talent

The pandemic has adversely impacted small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, their contribution to India's GDP can be enhanced through focused investments.

What happens when a leader fails to protect their own well-being? Mary Ellen Matsui shares her story of burnout during her time as the CEO of Atma, an accelerator for education nonprofits and social enterprises, and the lessons she learnt from it.

Do leaders need to always have their act together? Manjot Kaur tells us how she learnt about the importance of compassion and listening, after her authoritative leadership style left her team feeling stressed, tired, and unwilling to cooperate with her.

A recent report unpacks the challenges around people management in the development sector, and what can be done about them.

What does good governance look like in nonprofits that are largely founder-driven?

'Culture' is a term that nonprofits are using more and more. But what exactly is organisation culture? And how can it help attract, engage, and retain employees?

To go beyond the differences, leaders must focus on the commonalities between them and the person they are interacting with. To be an includable leader, one must do away with the us-versus-them narrative.

Here are four ways in which it could be.

What happens when a series of professional decisions shatter your sense of identity? Zubin Sharma answers this question by telling us about his experience as founder and CEO of Project Potential, a nonprofit working on sustainable development in the rural district of Kishanganj, Bihar.

What happens when your performance at work becomes the only definition of your self-worth? Shruthi Iyer tells us how, in spite of achieving all the outward markers of success, she failed to take care of her own mental health and well-being.