Rahul Kulkarni

At The Workshop, nobody said it aloud. But everyone felt it. It wasn’t a policy. It wasn’t a memo. It was a pattern. The founder, Rohit, had a rhythm … a gravitational pull toward certain people. The ones he brainstormed with, called into client meetings, turned to for “quick feedback”. It didn’t look like favoritism. But it didn’t feel like meritocracy either. And that’s where the distortion begins … not in what leaders intend, but in what teams observe. Two months after the grand town hall,...

The real test of leadership isn’t how long you carry people. It’s how well they move when you finally put them down Some leaders don’t burn out from pressure. They burn out from carrying what no one else will name. Rohit didn’t collapse. He just… paused. It was 11:42 PM on a Thursday.The monthly review deck blinked blank. Slack was quiet. And yet, he sat there stuck. Not from indecision. But from invisible weight.   The culture he had built of warm, proud, “like a family” now felt more like a...

You don’t protect loyalty by freezing it in time. You protect it by giving it a future that still matters. The Talent Mismatch: When Loyalty Outgrows Competence Every growing company faces this moment … when gratitude becomes governance. The oldest face in the room “She was here before anyone else,” Rohit said softly. The words sounded like respect, but also like a defense. Across the table, Meera didn’t respond. She knew what that meant. Asha, the company’s first hire, had been the soul of...