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Power and Influence: Beyond Formal Authority

Apr 29, 2026

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6 min read

Power and Influence: Beyond Formal Authority

By John P. Kotter - The real power in an organisation is rarely where the org chart says it is.

Marut Bhardwaj

Power: Why Some People Have It and Others Don't

Apr 28, 2026

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6 min read

Power: Why Some People Have It and Others Don't

By Jeffrey Pfeffer - Performance is the price of admission. Politics is the game being played inside.

Marut Bhardwaj

Apr 22, 2026

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8 min read

Rebuilding Trust Once It Is Fractured

Trust is not restored through announcements. It is rebuilt through behaviour, repeated over time, in the moments that cost something.

Marut Bhardwaj

Unleashed - The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You

Apr 21, 2026

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8 min read

Unleashed - The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You

By Frances Frei and Anne Morriss - Trust is built on three things: authenticity, logic, and empathy. When trust breaks down, it is almost always because one of these three drivers has wobbled. The key is knowing which one.

Marut Bhardwaj

Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace - Building Effective Relationships in Your Organization

Apr 21, 2026

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8 min read

Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace - Building Effective Relationships in Your Organization

By Dennis Reina and Michelle Reina - Trust is not a single thing. It is a system of behaviours, each of which must be tended to separately if the whole is to hold.

Marut Bhardwaj

The Advantage - Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business

Apr 21, 2026

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8 min read

The Advantage - Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business

By Patrick Lencioni - The single greatest advantage any company can achieve is organisational health. Yet it is ignored by most leaders in favour of what I call the smart side of the equation.

Marut Bhardwaj

What Psychological Safety Actually Looks Like

Apr 15, 2026

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14 min read

What Psychological Safety Actually Looks Like

Psychological safety is not about making people comfortable. It is about making honesty possible.

Marut Bhardwaj

Happiness Habits - The Urban Professional's Guide to Good Living

Apr 15, 2026

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18 min read

Happiness Habits - The Urban Professional's Guide to Good Living

By Sriram Sadras - Happiness isn't a grand shift that happens overnight. It's a state you achieve after making small adjustments and creating new habits over time.

Marut Bhardwaj

The Culture Code - The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

Apr 15, 2026

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13 min read

The Culture Code - The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

By Daniel Coyle - Culture is not something you are. It is something you do. The most successful groups in the world are not the ones with the most talent. They are the ones who have learned to send the right signals.

Marut Bhardwaj

Radical Candor - Be a Kick-ass Boss without Losing Your Humanity

Apr 15, 2026

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13 min read

Radical Candor - Be a Kick-ass Boss without Losing Your Humanity

By Kim Scott - Caring personally and challenging directly are not in tension. They are the two dimensions that, together, make it possible to say the hard thing in a way that is genuinely heard.

Marut Bhardwaj

Archive

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

Power and Influence: Beyond Formal Authority

Power: Why Some People Have It and Others Don't

Rebuilding Trust Once It Is Fractured

Unleashed - The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You

Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace - Building Effective Relationships in Your Organization

The Advantage - Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business

What Psychological Safety Actually Looks Like

Happiness Habits - The Urban Professional's Guide to Good Living

The Culture Code - The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

Radical Candor - Be a Kick-ass Boss without Losing Your Humanity

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