After university studies, during my journey of more than two and half decades in working field, have met with many people of various aspects. What I have observed, except few large groups of people are spending inadequate time and effort on self-development. During an interaction with a manager, as he believes, development of people is the responsibility of the organisation, not the individual person. Similarly, some of Senior Managers feel that it is not so important, as they are already in a senior management position because of enough knowledge & skill they already have.

So largely, it is found that irrespective of management levels, from Executive to Senior Management, in a true sense, people have stopped self-learning after completion of college or university.

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” ― John F. Kennedy, 35th US President

In the actual scenario, as and when people are promoted and uplifted to the upper position of the hierarchical management system, it is required to lead a larger team & multiple levels of people. As and when people climb up higher levels, requirements of soft skills become much more important than technical skills. Because of limited focus, there is a deficiency of soft skills observed among people in large degree. Read More