I have noticed something very strange about senior level leaders. The higher they rise in office, the lower their willingness to learn becomes. A young trainee attends every seminar eagerly with notebook in hand. A middle manager attends because attendance is compulsory. A senior executive attends only if there is…


Robert Clements is a newspaper columnist and writes a daily column, which has graced the pages of over 60 newspapers and magazines, from a daily column in the Khaleej Times, Dubai, the Morning Star, London, and in nearly every state in India, from The Statesman in Kolkata, to the Kashmir Times in Kashmir to the Trinity Mirror in Chennai.