Nihar Chhaya
Executive coach for CEOs and leaders. HBR, Forbes & Fast Company contributor.
How Leaders Can Break Through To Drive Real Change: Insights From Pfizer’s Sally Susman
How Leaders Can Break Through To Drive Real Change: Insights From Pfizer’s Sally Susman
Leadership is about driving change at scale and requires engaging both hearts and minds. Sally Susman, Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Pfizer, provides insights from her newly released book, Breaking Through, to help leaders based on her expertise and experience.
Riding Through Wonderhell With Laura Gassner Otting
Riding Through Wonderhell With Laura Gassner Otting
In her newly released book, Wonderhell, author and speaker Laura Gassner Otting helps high achievers navigate the ups and downs of success.
Turning Anxiety Into Your Leadership Superpower With Morra Aarons-Mele
Turning Anxiety Into Your Leadership Superpower With Morra Aarons-Mele
4 Habits of Leaders People Want, And Even Yearn, To Follow
4 Habits of Leaders People Want, And Even Yearn, To Follow
Some leaders manage to motivate their teams during good and bad times. These bosses see the art of managing people as something to practice and improve.
How High Achievers Overcome Their Anxiety
How High Achievers Overcome Their Anxiety
HBR-Does it feel like your department has been sidelined?
HBR-Does it feel like your department has been sidelined?
As business needs and relationships at work continuously change, so does the relative influence of certain departments. In this piece, the author offers strategies to follow if you’re getting the sense that your department is being cast aside: 1) Reflect on the root cause of your exclusion; 2) Tie your department’s work to clear business needs; 3) Broaden your perceived value; 4) Keep driving results; 5) Build up those that are coming up after you.
HBR-How to understand the power dynamics when starting a new job
HBR-How to understand the power dynamics when starting a new job
When you join a new organization, it’s important to understand who holds the power because they directly impact how work gets done, but it’s not always perfectly clear. In this piece, the author offers strategies to better identify where the true power exists. “At first glance across your company, it’s natural to assume that those who have ‘chief’ or ‘senior’ in their titles are the ones that dominate the power landscape,” the author writes. “But this isn’t always the case.”
10 quick tips to motivate those underperforming on your team
10 quick tips to motivate those underperforming on your team
Tips from a master executive coach (MCC) on overcoming leadership challenges.
Fast Company - How to quit without pissing off your boss
Fast Company - How to quit without pissing off your boss
A face-to-face conversation to share your decision to resign is best (or a video conference). Just don’t do it by email or text.
LinkedIn Newsletter - March 25 2022
LinkedIn Newsletter - March 25 2022
As you move up in your organization and take on higher leadership positions, your success will depend less on what you know and more on your ability to influence others. Since your responsibilities become more strategic and less tactical in nature, the success metrics in your role will grow exponent
Three Ways to Become a More Inspirational Leader, Starting Today
Three Ways to Become a More Inspirational Leader, Starting Today
Last week, I was coaching a senior executive about managing how his boss and the board perceived him. The company sees him as one of the potential successors to the CEO in the future, and he brings an impressive set of strengths to his current role.
Going through a leader transition? Here are ten articles to keep handy (and stay sane)
Going through a leader transition? Here are ten articles to keep handy (and stay sane)
Tips from a master executive coach (MCC) on overcoming leadership challenges.
Forbes-How This Startup Helps You Not Just Meet Your Favorite Celebrities But Learn From Them Too
Forbes-How This Startup Helps You Not Just Meet Your Favorite Celebrities But Learn From Them Too
HBR-Managing Anger, Frustration and Resentment on Your Team
HBR-Managing Anger, Frustration and Resentment on Your Team
Anger and resentment across your team can make an already stressful leadership job feel worse. But how you respond to your employees’ frustrations is critical to ensuring negative emotions don’t limit your effectiveness. The author offers four recommendations to try: 1) Balance your emotions first before reacting to your team’s frustration. 2) Lean into their anger with an intent to learn. 3) Redesign team goals together. 4) Build deeper trust by owning your part.
January 27 Newsletter: Don’t let working virtually limit your influence in your company
January 27 Newsletter: Don’t let working virtually limit your influence in your company
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Jan 19 Newsletter: Six Must-Read New Releases to Energize Your Leadership in 2022
Jan 19 Newsletter: Six Must-Read New Releases to Energize Your Leadership in 2022
Tips from a master executive coach (MCC) on overcoming leadership challenges.
Jan 12 Newsletter: Are you evolving to be ready for the next chapter of your career?
Jan 12 Newsletter: Are you evolving to be ready for the next chapter of your career?
Last week I watched The Tender Bar starring Ben Affleck and directed by George Clooney, based on the memoir by author JR Moehringer. As an executive coach, I observe the choices people make in their work because there is so much to learn about personal development and business success from the examp
Harvard Business Review-Setting Career Priorities When Everything Is Uncertain
Harvard Business Review-Setting Career Priorities When Everything Is Uncertain
Elevate your leadership by allying with an adversary - Nihar Chhaya Newsletter December 16, 2021
Elevate your leadership by allying with an adversary - Nihar Chhaya Newsletter December 16, 2021
Spoilers ahead for "All the Bells Say," the season-three finale of HBO drama Succession. As longtime fans of the HBO show Succession, my wife and I watched the season three finale on Sunday with great interest.
Rewriting the Stories that Afflict You-Nihar Chhaya LinkedIn Newsletter December 9, 2021
Rewriting the Stories that Afflict You-Nihar Chhaya LinkedIn Newsletter December 9, 2021
Forbes-Interview with Cameo’s Chief People Officer, Mel Steinbach
Forbes-Interview with Cameo’s Chief People Officer, Mel Steinbach
Unlocking the Keys to Business Success with Nihar Chhaya on The Virtual Campfire Podcast
Unlocking the Keys to Business Success with Nihar Chhaya on The Virtual Campfire Podcast
Forbes-How Two Business Professors Are Preparing Future Leaders By Honoring Unsung Heroes Of The Past
Forbes-How Two Business Professors Are Preparing Future Leaders By Honoring Unsung Heroes Of The Past
How to Win Even When You Lose - The Nihar Chhaya LinkedIn Newsletter
How to Win Even When You Lose - The Nihar Chhaya LinkedIn Newsletter
The Nihar Chhaya LinkedIn Newsletter-Make Time for Meaning
The Nihar Chhaya LinkedIn Newsletter-Make Time for Meaning
Forbes-Deconstructing “Will”: Five of My Favorite Stories From Will Smith’s Memoir and How To Apply Their Lessons To Your Journey
Forbes-Deconstructing “Will”: Five of My Favorite Stories From Will Smith’s Memoir and How To Apply Their Lessons To Your Journey
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Forbes - Five Lessons for Founders and CEOs from Jay-Z’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speech
Forbes - Five Lessons for Founders and CEOs from Jay-Z’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speech
Forbes - What This Scene In the Season 5 Premiere of Issa Rae’s Insecure Can Teach Founders and CEOs
Forbes - What This Scene In the Season 5 Premiere of Issa Rae’s Insecure Can Teach Founders and CEOs
Harvard Business Review-You Can Stop Being a Manager Without Sinking Your Career
Harvard Business Review-You Can Stop Being a Manager Without Sinking Your Career
Forbes-The Power of Strategic Patience with Top Business Thinker Dorie Clark
Forbes-The Power of Strategic Patience with Top Business Thinker Dorie Clark
Harvard Business Review - “When Everyone Else is Quitting….Except You”
Harvard Business Review - “When Everyone Else is Quitting….Except You”
Nihar Chhaya on Anxiety at Work Podcast with Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick
Nihar Chhaya on Anxiety at Work Podcast with Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick
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Nihar Chhaya and Marshall Goldsmith Live: “Cultivating a Life of Outer Success and Inner Meaning
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