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Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.

May 27, 2026

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4 min read

Staying Clean Is Only the Beginning

Here is what five weeks of looking directly at power and politics in leadership has taught me.

Marut Bhardwaj

May 26, 2026

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11 min read

Power and Politics in the Workplace

A synthesis of four weeks of leadership intelligence on what power is, how it moves, who it harms, and how to hold your integrity inside a system that won't always reward it.

Marut Bhardwaj

Power, Politics & the Leader Who Stays Clean

You Can Hold Your Values and Still Survive a Political System

May 20, 2026

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6 min read

You Can Hold Your Values and Still Survive a Political System

The leader who survives a political system without losing themselves has not found a way to avoid the game. They have found a way to play it with integrity. That is a harder skill than either naivety or cynicism will give you.

Marut Bhardwaj

Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time

May 20, 2026

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7 min read

Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time

By Jeffrey Pfeffer (Stanford University) - The leadership industry has been running at full capacity for 40 years. The workplaces it claims to improve have not changed. That is not a coincidence.

Marut Bhardwaj

The Anatomy of Peace: How to Resolve the Heart of Conflict

May 20, 2026

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8 min read

The Anatomy of Peace: How to Resolve the Heart of Conflict

By The Arbinger Institute - Conflict does not begin with a disagreement. It begins with the way you see the person you are disagreeing with.

Marut Bhardwaj

The Black Belt in Leadership: 20 Tested Lessons from the Dojo to the Boardroom

May 19, 2026

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10 min read

The Black Belt in Leadership: 20 Tested Lessons from the Dojo to the Boardroom

By Aslak de Silva - Former CEO, Nordic Business Forum and Selfly Store. World Champion, Hoi Jeon Moo Sool (Michigan, 2000). Coach across four Nordic countries. Co-author, Winner’s Mindset.

Marut Bhardwaj

Power, Politics & the Leader Who Stays Clean

The Best People in Your Organisation Are the Most Vulnerable.

May 13, 2026

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5 min read

The Best People in Your Organisation Are the Most Vulnerable.

The ones who make it work, who delivers without complaint, who does not play games. Those people are usually the first to leave.

Marut Bhardwaj

The Allure of Toxic Leaders: Why We Follow Destructive Bosses and Corrupt Politicians - and How We Can Survive Them

May 12, 2026

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6 min read

The Allure of Toxic Leaders: Why We Follow Destructive Bosses and Corrupt Politicians - and How We Can Survive Them

By Jean Lipman-Blumen (Claremont Graduate University) - The question is not what makes toxic leaders tick. The question is what makes followers keep following them.

Marut Bhardwaj

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilised Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

May 12, 2026

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6 min read

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilised Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

By Robert Sutton (Stanford University) - The question is not whether you can afford to remove a toxic high-performer. The question is whether you can afford not to.

Marut Bhardwaj

Power, Politics & the Leader Who Stays Clean

May 6, 2026

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6 min read

The Real Org Chart Has Never Been Drawn

The meeting is not where the decision is made. It is where the decision is announced.

Marut Bhardwaj

Archive

Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.

Staying Clean Is Only the Beginning

Power and Politics in the Workplace

You Can Hold Your Values and Still Survive a Political System

Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time

The Anatomy of Peace: How to Resolve the Heart of Conflict

The Black Belt in Leadership: 20 Tested Lessons from the Dojo to the Boardroom

The Best People in Your Organisation Are the Most Vulnerable.

The Allure of Toxic Leaders: Why We Follow Destructive Bosses and Corrupt Politicians - and How We Can Survive Them

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilised Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

The Real Org Chart Has Never Been Drawn

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