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Management Lessons from Bedtime Stories
by Ruchira Garg
This podcast shares the lessons and analogies one can draw from fairy tales and folklore across the world and apply to the workplace of today.
Episodes
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The Wicked Prince
Through this story of "The Wicked Prince" we delve into vital qualities of humility, empathy, adaptability, and accountability required for effective leadership. Through nurturing a positive and inclusive workplace culture, managers pave the way for a thriving team.
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The Priest With The Envious Eyes
This captivating Russian folktale of the Priest with the Envious Eyes holds valuable lessons that resonate deeply with the challenges encountered in modern organizational settings. Within the priest's journey lies a reflection of the obstacles many encounter in today's workplaces. Envy…
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The Loyal Mongoose
This episode explores the story of the loyal mongoose from the Indian folklore of the Panchatantra and derives lessons on the need for creating a balance and a collaborative environment between internally grown and externally hired talent in growing organizations.
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The Camel's Offer
This episode relates the rules of the jungle to the corporate environment and the need for organizations to do what is right to sustain the business. It also highlights the need to apply judgment in relationships at work and not get carried away.
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The Emperor and The Nightingale
Through this famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson, this episode highlights the importance of staying relevant by evolving skills as well as playing to the strengths that make one successful in the role. It also highlights the key aspect of recharging and relaxing to prevent burnout.
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The Monkey and the King's Sword
This episode highlights the importance of putting the right person in the right job by making judicious choices during selection and honing their skills with the right guidance, training, and support.
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The Jackal - King of The Jungle
In this episode, I have highlighted the importance of succession planning and selecting the right successor. The lessons also emphasize on the criticality of the right leadership competencies and expectations to be leveraged for selecting leaders.
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The Airliner and the Fighter Plane
In this story, I have drawn an analogy related to the purpose and working of well established large organizations vs start ups from the story of the airliner and the fighter plane. Both kinds of organizations have very different environments and drivers and employees often end up comparing and...
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The Oil Tanker And The Iceberg - Part 2
This is the second part of the story in which I discuss the impact of acquisitions on organizations when not thought through well as well as the tendency of leaders to not call out risks and involve the right parties in time which impacts overall organization cost and productivity.
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The Oil Tanker And The Iceberg - Part 1
This episode is the first part of the story the Oil Tanker and the Iceberg where I draw out lessons on trust, enablement and quick decision making in times of crisis.
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Take Over Bos'n
This story highlights the responsibility of leaders not just for themselves but for others too. It shows how when one is in command and responsible for others, one tends to see things differently. This is why it is important to trust and empower employees with opportunities for decision making…
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The Emperor's New Clothes
This story highlights lessons for leaders on not getting carried away by multitude of new initiatives and the need to always appear ahead of others. Good leaders hire smart teams who can question and challenge to help them make informed decisions.
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The Story of Prince Samba
This episode relates the story of Prince Samba from Africa who transformed from a cowardly boy to a brave ruler. It draws lessons on importance of skill and will match with the role as well as performance management at the right time.
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The Elves and the Shoemaker
In this episode, I have shared the perspectives on leadership and team development in organizations leveraging the famous German fairy tale of the Elves and the Shoemaker.
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Trailer- Management Lessons from Bedtime Stories
Welcome to my new show- Management Lessons from Bedtime stories. In each episode of this show, I will share a tale from different parts of the world and the lessons that can be learnt from it to make organizational management better.
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The Pond of Milk
This episode draws analogies and shares key insights on the importance of organizational purpose, goal setting and driving accountability from the English tale of the King who wanted to build a pond of milk.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This podcast shares the lessons and analogies one can draw from fairy tales and folklore across the world and apply to the workplace of today.
HOSTED BY
Ruchira Garg
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How many episodes does Management Lessons from Bedtime Stories have?
Management Lessons from Bedtime Stories currently has 16 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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This podcast shares the lessons and analogies one can draw from fairy tales and folklore across the world and apply to the workplace of today.
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Management Lessons from Bedtime Stories has 16 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
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Management Lessons from Bedtime Stories is created and hosted by Ruchira Garg.
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