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Human-centered leadership talk at Wharton

I was honored to have been asked to give a guest lecture at The Wharton School again this semester. I had a blast conversing with students about what motivates them, identifying their strengths, and how to keep team members engaged.

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Culture, Leadership, Attracting & Selecting Talent, Coaching for Coaches, Managing OthersBijal ChoksiJanuary 26, 20221/26/22

Schemas: helpful and hurtful

Schemas can be helpful in that they save our brains the time and energy of recreating a template each time. However, they can also be hurtful, especially because they operate unconsciously and move us to interpret the world in a biased way, such as with gender, race, or skin color.

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Coaching for Coaches, Personal Growth, Learning & Development, Healthy Habits, Culture, Conflict ManagementBijal ChoksiDecember 7, 2021Blog 12/8/21

#TeamCulture

The main theme for a leadership team workshop I recently facilitated was RECONNECTING with each other, but the team also wanted to RESET how they work together. To accomplish this, we leveraged Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle concept, with the team “WHY” in the middle, followed by the “WHAT” and the “HOW”.

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Coaching for Coaches, Personal Growth, Culture, Engagement, LeadershipBijal ChoksiNovember 10, 2021Blog 11/10/21

Don’t let power corrupt you

What is the POWER PARADOX? It is the irony that most people gain power by advancing the interests of people within an organization or a social network, but then get sidetracked by their own DESIRES and SELF INTERESTS.

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Coaching for Coaches, Personal Growth, Culture, Leadership, Managing OthersBijal ChoksiOctober 26, 2021Blog 10/27/21

Emotional Valence

The emotional charge of being drawn to or away from something is known in psychology as EMOTIONAL VALENCE. It’s referring to the intrinsic attractiveness (Positive Valence) or aversiveness (Negative Valence) of events, people, things, or situations.

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Coaching for Coaches, Personal Growth, Conflict Management, Engagement, Healthy Habits, Learning & DevelopmentBijal ChoksiSeptember 14, 2021Blog 9/15/21

The importance of a personal Board of Advisors

Companies engage Boards to help them make the right decisions, so why don’t we as individuals? A Board of Advisors for an individual is a group of respected individuals who will help you thrive.

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Coaching for Coaches, Personal Growth, Career Development, Engagement, Leadership, Learning & Development, Mentoring, Work-Life IntegrationBijal ChoksiAugust 19, 2021Blog 8/19/21

How to channel a higher cause at work

Looking for a motivation reboot at work or ideas on how to be an inspirational leader? Any leader who wants to adopt this infinite mindset of running a business or team must follow five essential practices.

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Coaching for Coaches, Personal Growth, Career Development, Culture, Engagement, Healthy Habits, Leadership, Work-Life IntegrationBijal ChoksiJuly 28, 20217/28/21

When less is more

While adding more can be a good thing, when facing decision points, I’m starting to consider removing something as an alternative instead.

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Coaching for Coaches, Personal Growth, Career Development, Healthy Habits, Learning & Development, Time Management, Work-Life IntegrationBijal ChoksiMay 13, 2021Blog 5/13/21

Using LOVE to connect

One tenet of being more human involves an emotion people don’t always associate with work: LOVE. I’m referring to the underlying motivation and sense of connection with other human-beings at work.

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Personal Growth, Coaching for Coaches, Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Learning & DevelopmentBijal ChoksiApril 21, 2021Blog 4/21/21