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When do we move from being good to becoming great? When does an organisation  or individual achieve greatness? When do we know that something that we have built will last for generations? Is it the CEO or the leader that makes the difference? Or is it their flagship program? Is it their track record, their rapid growth and amazing results that makes them great?   Looking at people, organisations, movements, companies around the world, there are very few things that they have in common, things they have done differently that moved them from merely being good to achieving greatness and lasting for a long time. It is not very difficult to spot but it is not easy to replicate as it needs commitment and tenacity to pursue what they did differently or to do very ordinary things consistently that brought them cult status. Here are a few principles or values that are indispensable if one wants to move from being just good to great and enduring on long after we are gone. Cla...

One word that has defined India in the recent times is "corruption". The terms that has been popping out from our print and electronic media has been scams, scandals, black money, bribe etc. Indian society as usual has fatalistically responded to this evil that is slowly gnawing into the very moral fabric of the nation. Corruption is not new to us, but the way it has permeated every level of political, bureaucratic and corporate spheres of our society is alarming. When the so called leaders of the nation who have the onerous responsibility of building the country’s moral and ethical fabric are themselves the culprits then the light that was supposed to lead the way has itself been darkened. As the saying goes it is the fence that is eating the crops, and a tragedy of enormous magnitude is being played out which if not corrected will lead to disastrous consequences. Is there a reason for this sudden spurt of corruption? Yes the reason is directly related to India’s emergenc...