Arun Rao, Author at FocusU - Page 5 of 7

Arun Rao

Arun Rao, Author at FocusU - Page 5 of 7

June 30, 2013

3 Attitudes for a Facilitator

My visiting card says that I am a Facilitator. It often gets people screwing their eyes, looking at my card quite intensely – running a hand around their chin in contemplation, and […]
June 10, 2013

Book Review : Big Bets, Big Rewards

Circa 1999. A man, a dream. And not much else ……… These were the intriguing lines that nudged me to pick up the small book that unveiled the lessons learnt during the […]
December 24, 2012

100 Inspiring Quotations on Team Work

Quotations inspire – they show the way – they are distilled wisdom. Here is a collection of 100 quotations on Team work (arranged in no particular order), all collected from different sources […]
November 5, 2012

Why PLAY Works !

A close friend called me up after reading my post on “The Power of Play”. He had a valid question: “Great article on PLAY” he said. “It does give a different perspective”. […]
September 5, 2012

The Power of PLAY

The below article has also been published by THE HINDU, Business Line on Aug 31st, 2012. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/newmanager/article3836405.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a […]
August 17, 2012

Can A Leopard Change Its Spots?

The below article was also published by People Matters on their website: http://peoplematters.in/articles/focus-areas/can-a-leopard-change-its-spots Our work with different teams, cutting across different industries, puts us in an interesting situation. Often times, we get […]
February 28, 2012

Constructing a TEAM IDENTITY

We recently worked with a senior team which had a new leader. The fact that the leaders working style was very different from the previous leader and the added fact that nearly […]
December 22, 2011

4 Common Leadership Mistakes

One of the most satisfying elements of our work is being able to watch at very close quarters how different leaders work with their teams. And, we have been fortunate to see […]
November 24, 2011

Why Invest In Team Building Activities?

Last week, I had a rather interesting conversation with a friend, whose company had taken him for an annual offsite at Goa. The purported objective of the offsite was team motivation and […]
October 3, 2011

10 ways to inspire your team

Think about it for a minute – who inspired you the most? A great sports star often inspires others to take to the sport. A colossus like Mahatma Gandhi inspired a whole […]