Rakesh Balachandran, Author at FocusU - Page 3 of 5

Rakesh Balachandran

Rakesh Balachandran, Author at FocusU - Page 3 of 5

August 27, 2013

5 Steps to More Effective Team Meetings

One of the laments we get to hear from leaders and team members alike is about the number of unproductive meetings that they have to suffer through. Some of the concerns we […]
August 12, 2013

Top 25 Inspirational Videos For Teams

Inspiration can be found anywhere. In a world that’s losing its attention span by the second, there’s no better way to make a lasting impact than meaningful and engaging videos. And so, […]
July 14, 2013

Stories of great teams: Part 4: Pixar

Most of us know Pixar Animation as the world leader in producing animation movies, but lesser known are the stories of exemplary leadership and team work that brought about the success of […]
December 30, 2012

Stories of Great Teams – Part 3: The US Navy Blue Angels

One of the things I love about our work is getting to hear amazing stories from the different teams that we work with. The below post originated from one such story…We were […]
November 12, 2012

Stories of Great Teams: Part 2: “Muckers”

During a recent team intervention which we were facilitating, one of the participants was sharing his views on teams and individual contributors , his point of view being that history remembers only […]
May 5, 2012

Stories of Great Teams: Part 1: “Skunk Works”!

In numerous interventions that we facilitate for team building and leadership, one of the common queries that we hear is about the lack of inspiring stories of great teams in domains other […]
January 18, 2012

How Shared Values Can Empower A Team?

Thank you for the feedback on the previous post on values, quite a few of you had come back with questions on the impact of values on organizational performance. One of the […]
November 20, 2011

The Power Of Having A Set Of Values

Recently while working with clients to design interventions based on their core values, I have had the opportunity to study the value systems in different organizations across sectors.  Seeing the importance some […]
June 9, 2011

6 Common Misconceptions About Teamwork

A good article from Richard Hackman on some common misperceptions about team work published in HBR Blogs. Excerpt below… “Teamwork and collaboration are critical to mission achievement in any organization that has […]
June 6, 2011

Why Success Builds Teams?

Some say crisis brings people together like nothing else can, I tend to disagree. I believe success bonds people better than any crisis (real or simulated) that the team goes through. It […]