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27 years...The nation remembers a Param Vir Chakra.

I remember the ever smiling friend from college days in Chandigarh, my brother-in-arms, my companion through the Indian Military Academy.

Some heroes never leave us. They live on in the stories we continue to tell. 101Regular

Missed always Lav.

Jai Hind. 🇮🇳

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A journey made even more memorable by an unexpected act of kindness. ✈️🇮🇳
Deeply humbled by the warm gesture and handwritten note from the wonderful cabin crew.
Thank you, Anamika, Anisha, Angela, Bharti & Priya G, for your hospitality and for making this flight truly special.
Small gestures leave lasting memories. Grateful. 🙏💙

Preparation creates calm.

Teams rarely rise to the occasion by accident—they perform the way they prepare.

Leadership isn't about having all the answers in the moment; it's about creating conditions where good decisions become more likely.

Reflection prompt: 'What habit has helped your team stay composed under pressure?

He was a year younger than me. As children, Robin taught me how to play football. Years later, without planning it, we both chose to wear the Olive Green.

On 29 June 1999, Captain Vijayant "Robin" Thapar, Vir Chakra (Posthumous), laid down his life during the Battle of Tololing. He was just 22.

To India, he is a Kargil hero. To me, he will always be Robin.

If his story is new to you, take a moment to remember him today. Heroes live on as long as we speak their names.

🇮🇳 Jai Hind

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The best leaders I have worked with share one quality that doesn't appear in any competency framework.

They are more interested in being accurate than in being right.

What is the difference between the two — and which one does your organisation reward?

Share this with a leader who understands the distinction.

Most onboarding programmes optimise for familiarity.

The highest-performing teams optimise for trust.

Familiarity is knowing who your colleagues are.

Trust is knowing whose judgement you can rely on when the stakes are high.

That shift doesn’t happen by accident.

It happens by design.

A useful question for every CEO, CHRO, and leadership team:

If your onboarding had only one KPI, would it be this?

“Can this person trust—and be trusted by—the team under pressure?”

Because organisations don’t rise to the level of their values.

They rise to the level of the relationships and decisions they’ve intentionally built.

Worth discussing in your next leadership meeting—or your next podcast conversation.

Save this for later if you’re rethinking how your organisation develops leaders from day one.

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If pressure reveals character, and your organisation has just come through a difficult quarter — What did you learn about your leadership culture that you did not know before it started?