S02E12 Stories at Work - Nitin Paranjpe - Inevitable Pyramid

“It’s meritocracy as long as I get promoted. The minute I am not, the system is biased.”

Sounds familiar?

We have all seen individuals who have succeed in everything till the narrow top of the organisational pyramid takes its toll. Many become cynical and make the experience bitter for themselves and for the people around them.

Nitin Paranjpe, COO, Unilever shares a surprising approach to handle this inevitability. Listen on...

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[venkatramanck]

Absolutely agree. Becoming a cynic not only spoils our own health but also degrades our performance and, loses the respect others have for us !!

[baijumehta]

So true. This also goes for every aspects of your life not only professionally. You will have to make way for someone.

[sniggdhajauhari]

Great learning.
On a still larger level :: if things go well in life, then One says "it happened because I made good decisions.
If things go badly, then One says, " Why is this happening to me"?

[LNMishraAdaptive]

Indraneel - I have been following your channel and found them truly amazing. Congratulations on a fabulous job. May be you should do couple of recordings standing up - that may be better than sit-down episodes. Stand-ups allow us to use our hand movements better.