Management Perspectives

Being open and vulnerable can help leaders and their teams remove their masks and reveal their true selves. It also encourages everyone to become more self-aware of their strengths and areas they could adjust, which in turn can lay the groundwork for new learnings by setting goals—but not just any goals.

The governments—central and states—as well as society, particularly influencers, literary figures and religious leaders must come forward and actively work on closing yawning gaps between ‘haves and have nots’ of the country, indeed worldwide, before we reach a point when the oppressed ones just cannot tolerate the discrimination any longer.

The governments—central and states—as well as society, particularly influencers, literary figures and religious leaders must come forward and actively work on closing yawning gaps between ‘haves and have nots’ of the country, indeed worldwide, before we reach a point when the oppressed ones just cannot tolerate the discrimination any longer.

Our desire to defend our existing beliefs is a telling symptom of confirmation bias. We can avoid this by challenging our current beliefs, being open-minded and willing to consider new information, and evaluating all evidence objectively.