Vijay Vijayasankar

2019 Election Results In India – Quick Thoughts

I woke up this morning and saw that the BJP led NDA has won another five year term . Before my attention turns to the upcoming World Cup Cricket, I thought I will share a few thoughts Picture from https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/india-election-live-results-2019-bjp-claims-victory-congress-accepts-defeat-1.1558527353661 What separated BJP and INC ? Granted it is difficult to dislodge incumbents since theyContinue reading “2019 Election Results In India – Quick Thoughts”

LOVE is the secret ingredient of leading turnarounds

Late on Wednesday night, I got an email that essentially said we moved from #5 to #1 on a certain important metric . This was a big goal for our team, and we were all working hard for it. So I shared the news with my leadership team right away . Thursday morning, one ofContinue reading “LOVE is the secret ingredient of leading turnarounds”

Reality check on promotions

Promotions are hard for the employee and the employer. Unless its the first couple of levels in the organizational ladder, there is always a lot of subjectivity that goes into the process from both sides. Even when a company says it is all data driven – it is often the case that subjective decisions (Continue reading “Reality check on promotions”