by Rajan Singh | Nov 19, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
I became a ‘first-time manager’ on the day 1 of my first job, when I took charge as Assistant Superintendent of Police in Karunagappally, a suburb of Kollam district in Kerala. I had two police inspectors and seven police stations under me. And both my...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 18, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Two days ago, at the breakfast table, my mother told me somewhat gleefully that she had walked for 1 hour and 10 minutes that morning. It was apparently her personal best 🙂 My mother is a bit overweight and not in the best of health. And when she first started...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 17, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
While working with McKinsey, I worked with two types of managers: Type 1: They wanted you to just solve the problem as best as you could. Type 2: They wanted your output (PPT slides) to look exactly like they would have done it. But the problem with the 2nd type was...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 14, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
If you feel you don’t have enough time, ask yourself: If your day had four extra hours, would it be enough? Be honest. I think the answer is pretty obvious. If 24 hours feel insufficient, 28 hours will feel no better. It is not the number of hours that matter...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 13, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
I have had three pretty different careers, but every single time I realised one thing — there is no free lunch. In my first job with the civil services, everything was secure and predictable. The government gave me all the resources, legal authority, firepower,...
