Effective leadership is all about goal setting: Pratap Nambiar

Real transformation requires a shift in the inner self, according to Pratap Nambiar, Chairman of Thought Perfect Pte Ltd, a Singapore based firm providing coaching and mentoring services to CEOs.

In a free wheeling talk with Winning Ways, Pratap Nambiar speaks about the challenges that leaders face today. He goes on to say that leaders are unable to set the right goals in the first place. Beyond the basics of goal setting is also the challenge of being able to identify short-term versus long-term goals and prepare to walk that road.

Pratap is also the Director of The Leadership Circle – the world’s leading process of evaluating leadership effectiveness. Prior to his executive coaching days, Pratap was a US Partner with KPMG, based in Singapore as Head of Global Markets for Asia Pacific. He also sat on the oversight Board of KPMG India. His main focus was to grow his firm’s business along with the client’s business through strategic CEO conversations that led to the development of market entry strategies, joint ventures/strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions.

Talking on the present startup scenario, Pratap mentioned that it is probably the best time to be a startup. “There is too much money chasing too little ideas,” he said. He points out that while there are some good startups, most of them are trying to create a business for the sake of availing funding.

“It is a challenge for the investors to find the real gems among the new startups. From a serious investor’s perspective it not just about the business model, but about the people involved,” he said.

Watch the complete interview on WinningWays