Nick Vaidya

I’m Nick Vaidya — columnist for Forbes India and The CEO Magazine. I’ve served as CEO/CXO across startups, SMBs, a unicorn, and led strategy and pricing for an $8B product line at a Fortune 10 company. Currently, I help SMB CEOs manage and grow their firms.

Why Everybody Needs a Mentor with Vindi Banga Former President of Unilver

Interviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmUrY40F4Pc&t=1s Summary The video transcript provides an insightful look into the management training culture at Unilever (formerly Hindustan Lever) during the speaker’s tenure. The organization had a well-structured and comprehensive management training scheme that spanned 18 months, designed to expose trainees to multiple facets of the business. Trainees rotated through various departments, including sales, factory […]

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Beliefs Are Sticky And They’re Costing You the Next Big Breakthrough

Self Governance

Many widely popular ideas initially were so incredibly unpalatable that they were rejected outright. George Bernard Shaw once said something to this effect: new ideas find resistance in our psyche because they go against intuition. It’s natural. If someone told you to drink blood soup, you’d recoil. It sounds abhorrent. That’s how the human mind

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Blindspots That Destroy The Best Of Us

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOw2Hj_bijc&list=PLl8w4K6sFBpKZjx1OR288mh1ouPWqyHhd&index=3 Summary   The video explores the intriguing concept of “blind spots” in human perception and decision-making, illustrated through compelling stories of well-known historical figures and events. Blind spots are cognitive or perceptual gaps where individuals fail to see critical information or realities, sometimes leading to catastrophic outcomes or missed opportunities. The speaker introduces this

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Why Meetings Have The Power To Transform

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2jGwwgkyC4&list=PLl8w4K6sFBpKZjx1OR288mh1ouPWqyHhd&index=2 Summary   The video explores the transformative power of meetings in a business context, arguing that improving how meetings are conducted can fundamentally enhance a company’s health, profitability, and growth. It begins with an analogy drawn from the natural world: the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995. This single intervention restored

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Strategy

Nick Vaidya, MS, MBA, PhD (c) Email:https://the-ceo-magazine.com/Nick-Vaidya/LinkedIn:linkedin.com/in/nickvaidyaYouTube:youtube.com/channel/UC9OPMJeujF-ImmsFV1OfrHg Nick Vaidya is a Wiley Best-Selling author and a regular columnist for Forbes India and The CEO Magazine. He has worn many hats — from University Faculty to CEO/CXO roles across startups, SMBs, and a unicorn — and has also led Strategy and Pricing teams for $8B product

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Transform Your Weekly Leadership Meetings With This Simple Spreadsheet

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz04qOJPfPc&list=PLl8w4K6sFBpKZjx1OR288mh1ouPWqyHhd&index=1 Summary   The video presents a powerful yet simple tool—a specialized spreadsheet—that can dramatically enhance company and team performance by embedding six transformative business principles into a single cohesive system. Unlike ordinary spreadsheets, this one acts as a dynamic framework connecting strategic priorities directly to execution. Developed from the speaker’s experience working with top-tier

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The Crux of Negotiation A Conversation with Professor Deepak Malhotra

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ae54F3uDKg Summary In this insightful interview, Dr. Deepak Malhotra, a renowned Harvard Business School professor and expert on negotiation and deal-making, shares profound lessons on how to navigate difficult negotiations, manage adversarial dynamics, and achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. Drawing from his extensive experience advising business and political leaders worldwide, Dr. Malhotra emphasizes the importance of

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Are You Hijacking Your Negotiation? Lessons from William Ury, Co-Author of Getting to Yes

Interviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kdAWOlIwgQ Summary Of The Conversation   William Ury, co-founder of the Harvard Negotiation Project and author of the bestselling book Getting to Yes, is a world-renowned expert on negotiation and conflict resolution. With over three decades of experience advising in diverse conflicts—from boardrooms and ethnic wars to government crises—Ury emphasizes that the biggest obstacle in

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Outperforming Competition with Nitin Rakesh, CEO, Syntel, Inc.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUVXA8F0Q9c Summary   This insightful conversation with Nitin Rakesh, CEO of Syntel Inc., explores the nuanced journey of growing a technology services company from a mid-sized firm to a near-billion-dollar global enterprise. Nitin splits his time between Mumbai and New York, yet maintains a clear strategic vision rooted in both U.S. and Indian markets, emphasizing

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