What participants, employers, institutions and educators say about FLY. FLY Alumni as of Dec 2025 Rate FLY "Excellent" or "Good" Expect to e personally more effective after FLY training Source: CMI Annual Update 2025 Key Testimonials Institution Leaders How can India be globally competitive and reach a 10% growth target it is capable of reaching? CMI's Finding the Leader in You (FLY) program sharpens key competitiveness mindset non-cognitive skills such as Conscientiousness,

Initiative and leadership go hand in hand. Wherever you go, it's your initiative that is going to make an impact. Suppose it's your first day of the college or the first day of your job; every other student or person is equal to you. But what creates the difference over the subsequent years is your "initiative". When you start someplace new, a job, or a college, there are already platforms that can empower you. What remains is to make use of them. And that happens when you ta

Have you ever wondered why only less than 1% of people in the world lead a highly successful life? Is it because they are talented? Or is it that they just came across the right opportunities in their life? Or was it their destiny? What is it that makes these few people so successful? It is true that they are talented, and they probably did come across the right opportunities. But one major contributor to their success can arguably be circled down to perseverance. We, humans,

Leadership is often thought of as the skill of being able to manage other people and resources optimally. Though it is not entirely wrong, but there is another crucial aspect of good leadership which is often not discussed. A good leader is the one who also carries himself properly, lives up to his own standards and has a strong moral compass. On the way of becoming a good leader, experiencing success and failures, ups and downs, praise and criticism are inevitable. How one d

‘Ikigai’ is a Japanese concept which literally means “a reason for being”. The origin of this idea can be traced back to the Heian period (794 to 1185 AD). This concept is highly pervasive on the island of Okinawa, which has been holding the record of having the maximum number of centenarians across the globe for years. Although there are other attributes like eating only to satisfy 80% of hunger and exercising regularly which contribute to the long life of the Japanese, Ikig

Many a time, it feels that things are going out of hand, things are moving too fast ... Is our life in our control? Is it still—‘Hey there! I am using WhatsApp ’ or has it become ‘Hey there! WhatsApp’s been using me’? Or a more cardinal question, do we know certainly — well, what we are doing with ourselves? Could we do better? Where are we investing our tritely ‘precious’ time and has its harvest been commensurate enough? Definitely, some of these questions do not have cogen

" And why do we fall Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up." This line from Christopher Nolan's 'Batman Begins' has always inspired me and I try to keep it in mind whenever I feel low. I’ve been a student at IITGN for only two years, but the experiences I have gone through, the mistakes I have made and the things that I have learned so far don’t do justice to that number. The mistakes that I have made seem more significant to me. We always learn from our mistakes, don’t

The COVID 19 has brought the world to its knees! It has jolted us all out of our comfortable cocoons and presented us with unforeseen and unexpected challenges. In this scenario, more than ever, the five pillars of Finding the Leader in You (FLY) program; Conscientiousness, Innovativeness, Perseverance, Problem Solving and Taking Initiative show their relevance in career building. As corporations all across suffer huge losses and millions of employees are laid off, there are

There are thousands of articles, quotes, papers that can be found on leaders, their responsibilities, and their working etiquette. But somehow they fail to provide a clear and direct answer to some of the following questions: Who is a true leader, and how does he lead his life? Is a true leader someone who manages all the things perfectly? Is a true leader a person who always makes the correct decision? Is he/she always responsible for every instance related to the well-being

Self worth refers to our personal perception of ourselves, in other words, one's worth as a person, as perceived by oneself [1][2]. Self worth should not be confused with what opinions others have about ourselves. The majority of the things that we do revolve around increasing our self worth as a person, for example, performing well at studies, maintaining good relations, excelling at extracurricular activities, and even small things like using social media or playing video g

As the current Covid-19 pandemic has crippled the world in an obvious way, there is an attitude in us that has been crippling our competitiveness silently, individually as well as collectively! This pandemic is 'Chalta hai' attitude! The striking difference between Covid-19 pandemic and 'Chalta hai' pandemic is, we usually observe ourselves for symptoms of physical disease, while we keep observing the symptoms of attitudinal disease in others and often do not see glaring sy

What does it exactly mean by effective communication? To be able to speak properly in front of some countable folks? Or is it related to speaking fluent English? Well, effective communication is far more than this. It is being able to speak up, without the fear of being judged, yet be responsible for what one has said, and at the same time, be a good listener. Whether it be professional workspaces or personal engagements, it is important to communicate one’s opinions and aspi

Extraordinary times require remarkable leadership of not only a few but of each and every one. As we are amidst once in a century event, almost the entire world is in a state of lockdown. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit all parts of the world - developed, developing and under-developed nations. With practically no country spared, the world needs phenomenal leaders to guide humanity safely out of this situation. Such times demand the leadership to adapt and persevere to achieve

Our country is not a powerhouse in exports, except in software development. One often reads that an increase in exports will lead to faster economic growth which is sorely needed given the large number of unemployed youths. This is definitely true. For a country to be competitive in the international arena, its businesses must have the ability to produce goods and services for which there is demand. Further, potential customers will evaluate products from cost and quality per

There is often a general tendency for people to slack off at work, or in any team activity for that matter, if they get the feeling that they are being overshadowed – especially when there are no tangible rewards on the other end of their efforts. This is often the case in clubs, social initiatives, organizing teams, review committees, etc. The list can go on and on. But what most people fail to see is that there is a tangible reward by being part of such an experience; one t

For a workforce that’s recently inundated with Millennials and Gen Zs, purpose and social impact are key priorities for them while choosing a workplace (Kessler, Social Quartz, 2018). They want to work for organizations with an enriching culture and are led by ethical and inspirational people. But what makes leaders ethical and inspirational for those around them? Conscientiousness is one of the Big Five personality traits that allows a person to exercise self-discipline and

This blog is directed not only to college students, but to every individual who has heard the advice ‘result is not as important as the effort you put in’…. Or …’focus on work and not on results’…or anything similar. Theoretically- true, but practically we all know that result is important, it is what we look for, and what bought us in the workplace in the first place. So what do we do about it? Let me use the example of good grades, something every good student desires, whet

Today the entire world is racing towards the 4th industrial revolution, we are frequently talking about high tech Artificial Intelligence and Automation. Students are also increasingly taking up rigorous courses to learn advanced technologies, but the question is, “What will make any student survive and lead in the future?” As per the World Economic Forum’s study, the following skills are going to be critical for excelling in 2020. Looking at the skillset projected by WEF, it

“You are not taking any initiative.” - The boss told the employee in an appraisal meeting and denied his promotion. “You never listen to me!” – The wife told her husband after 5 years of togetherness and left him. “Learn to be a team player; you have to change your attitude towards the team.” – A professor told the student who was struggling to complete a group project. “A 10th Standard student committed suicide after failing in board exams” – A small piece of news in newspap

Communication skills are considered paramount for success in life. In a survey of Harvard Business School (HBS) alumni 10+ years out in real world, they were asked “Of all the courses they took during the two years at the school, what course has been the most helpful in real life. Now HBS is known for its marketing, finance and such main domain courses the world over. The two courses that were ranked highest by the survey were surprisingly Communication and Human Behaviour i