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Two senior leaders. Two large P&L portfolios. Two high-performing businesses. Two global teams working across time zones. Both had delivered strong numbers year after year. Revenue was healthy. EBITDA was where it needed to be. Their businesses were important contributors to the organisation. Then came a crisis. Not an unusual one for a senior leader: a critical business disruption, unexpected changes, competing priorities and pressure from multiple stakeholders. The kind of

This article first appeared in the April 2026 edition of VOICE, the newsletter of The Mumbai Charter Chapter of ICF. It sparked conversations on decoding Gen Z leadership and defining the future of alignment. Sharing the article below Have you ever sat in a meeting and felt like everyone was speaking a different language? You hear a senior leader say, "In my day, we didn't need a 'check-in' every week to do our jobs," while a Gen Z associate is quietly thinking, "If I don’t g

An International Women’s Day reflection Women leaders today are not just leading teams or organizations. They are navigating EXPECTATIONS - spoken and unspoken, about how much they should give, how available they should be, and how effortlessly they should balance it all. To lead, deliver, nurture, support, and still keep growing. All at once. In such a world, focus becomes a quiet rebellion. Because focus requires something deeper than time management. It requires COURAGE