The Human Side of Hitting Targets
Everyone is happy and fulfilled. Then we deliver the targets . It sounds almost too good to be true. For a long time, this was the kind of workplace I wanted to build: a team where people could do meaningful work, feel trusted, grow, enjoy what they do, and still deliver results. I didn't learn leadership and management from textbooks alone. I learned them through community development, navigating crises, working across cultures, building teams, and making decisions that affected people's lives. Few years back, one of my business mentor helped me look at leadership and management through a 360-degree lens. Suddenly, so many lessons from my years of working across seven countries began to connect. And the best part? My company had become my laboratory. I was putting lessons into practice, making mistakes, asking better questions, and learning what helps people and organizations thrive. The Learner in me was thrilled. Looking back, those experiences had prepared me for my ret...