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Time of India
3 hours ago
- Health
- Time of India
Mind Over Money: Emotional Intelligence is the new leadership edge — and women are already there
But when it comes to leaders, are women more aware and engaged in this space than their male counterparts? ETMarkets spoke to a range of experts — from psychosomatic healers and executive coaches to neuroscientists — to understand whether women leaders are indeed more aware of their mental health needs compared to their male counterparts. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Support elderly mothers. Donate Today HelpAge India Donate Now Undo Their answers reveal a nuanced but consistent pattern: women not only talk more about mental fitness but also take deliberate steps to build it into their lives and leadership styles. Women Leaders Show Greater Openness and Awareness According to Kaajal Desai, Transformation Coach and Psychosomatic Healer, women are more inclined toward self-reflection and communication when it comes to their mental health. 'Women tend to be more aware of mental health compared to men. They are often more open to self-reflection, communication, and proactive in utilizing tools to maintain good mental health,' says Desai. Live Events While this doesn't necessarily mean they are always in better mental health, their willingness to engage with it is often higher. Desai also notes that many women leaders embrace a transformational leadership style — emphasizing collaboration, emotional intelligence, and well-being. With over 2,500 hours of coaching under her belt, Desai highlights that 95% of her coachees are women — including those in senior management roles. 'The multiple roles that women play in their personal and professional lives often lead them to seek support through counseling or coaching,' she adds. Both Genders Focus on Mental Fitness — But Differently Amit Vip, an Executive & Business Coach and former MD at a multinational bank, offers a nuanced view based on his coaching experience. 'Both men and women leaders have an increasing level of focus on mental fitness, though women tend to talk about it more and explore different ways to stay mentally fit,' he notes. Women often engage in activities such as singing, dancing, journaling, or decluttering — acts that promote emotional regulation and relaxation. Men may prefer more structured or performance-oriented methods. Vip points out that while approaches may differ, mental fitness is now on the radar for leaders across the board. Neuroscience Provides Data-Driven Clarity Bringing a scientific lens to the conversation, Kumaar Bagrodia, Founder of NeuroLeap, shares insights from over 20,000 brain assessments conducted using neurotechnology. 'Women leaders often show a higher degree of awareness and engagement with their mental health compared to their male counterparts,' says Bagrodia. He attributes part of this difference to brain network dynamics — particularly the Default Mode Network (DMN), which is more active in women and linked to self-reflection. While this connectivity can sometimes lead to emotional rumination, when trained and harnessed, it gives women a 'metacognitive edge.' Women also score higher on interoceptive awareness — the ability to sense internal bodily states — and are generally more willing to seek professional help. 'They're not necessarily less stressed—but they are often more intentional about managing it,' Bagrodia explains. Interestingly, he notes that when male leaders do engage in mental fitness practices, the transformation can be equally profound — especially when they view mental well-being as a performance enabler rather than a sign of weakness. A Shift Toward Intentional Mental Fitness Across Genders The consensus among experts is clear: while women leaders may be more vocal and proactive about mental fitness, the importance of emotional and psychological well-being is resonating across the leadership spectrum. Whether it's through journaling and coaching or neurofeedback and mindfulness, mental fitness is steadily becoming a core part of leadership development — not just for women, but for all leaders looking to thrive in a complex, fast-paced world.
Time of India
21 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
US team for trade talks in India, aims at expeditious conclusion of pact
The proposed trade agreement between India and the US would provide greater market access for goods by reducing tariffs, cutting trade barriers, and improving supply chain integration , an official said on Friday. The ongoing negotiations here between the teams of the two countries are aiming to achieve an expeditious and mutually beneficial conclusion of the initial tranche or phase of the BTA ( bilateral trade agreement ), the official said. As part of the ongoing talks for the BTA, a US delegation led by the Additional US Trade Representative is here from June 4-10. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Help abandoned elders today HelpAge India Donate Now Undo "The two countries are actively engaged in focused discussions to facilitate greater market access, reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers, and enhance supply chain resilience and integration," the official said. The two sides are engaged in detailed discussions on various aspects of the proposed BTA. Live Events On February 13, 2025, both nations agreed to more than double bilateral trade to USD 500 billion by 2030. To realise this vision, they announced plans to negotiate the first tranche of a mutually beneficial, multi-sector Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) by fall (September-October) of 2025. To advance the proposed comprehensive and forward-looking agreement, India and the United States are pursuing an integrated and strategic approach. The meetings here follow discussions held in May when Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal led a delegation to the USA from May 17-22 and held meetings with his counterparts, US Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, and USTR Ambassador Jamieson Greer.
Time of India
a day ago
- Business
- Time of India
China's rare earth weapon changes contours of trade war battlefield
China has signalled for more than 15 years that it was looking to weaponise areas of the global supply chain, a strategy modelled on longstanding American export controls Beijing views as aimed at stalling its rise. The scramble in recent weeks to secure export licences for rare earths, capped by Thursday's telephone call between U.S. and Chinese leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, shows China has devised a better, more precisely targeted weapon for trade war. Industry executives and analysts say while China is showing signs of approving more exports of the key elements, it will not dismantle its new system. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Support elderly mothers. Donate Today HelpAge India Donate Now Undo Modelled on the United States' own, Beijing's export licence system gives it unprecedented insight into supplier chokepoints in areas ranging from motors for electric vehicles to flight-control systems for guided missiles. "China originally took inspiration for these export control methods from the comprehensive U.S. sanctions regime," said Zhu Junwei, a scholar at the Grandview Institution, a Beijing-based think tank focused on international relations. Live Events "China has been trying to build its own export control systems since then, to be used as a last resort." After Thursday's call, Trump said both leaders had been "straightening out some of the points, having to do mostly with rare earth magnets and some other things". He did not say whether China committed to speeding up licences for exports of rare earth magnets, after Washington curbed exports of chip design software and jet engines to Beijing in response to its perceived slow-rolling on licences. China holds a near-monopoly on rare earth magnets, a crucial component in EV motors. In April it added some of the most sophisticated types to an export control list in its trade war with the United States, forcing all exporters to apply to Beijing for licences. That put a once-obscure department of China's commerce ministry, with a staff of about 60, in charge of a chokepoint for global manufacturing . The ministry did not immediately respond to Reuters' questions sent by fax. Several European auto suppliers shut down production lines this week after running out of supplies. While China's April curbs coincided with a broader package of retaliation against Washington's tariffs, the measures apply globally. "Beijing has a degree of plausible deniability - no one can prove China is doing this on purpose," said Noah Barkin, senior adviser at Rhodium Group, a China-focused U.S. thinktank. "But the rate of approvals is a pretty clear signal that China is sending a message, exerting pressure to prevent trade negotiations with the U.S. leading to additional technology control." China mines about 70% of the world's rare earths but has a virtual monopoly on refining and processing. Even if the pace of export approvals quickens as Trump suggested, the new system gives Beijing unprecedented glimpses of how companies in a supply chain deploy the rare earths it processes, European and U.S. executives have warned. Other governments are denied that insight because of the complexity of supply chain operations. For example, hundreds of Japanese suppliers are believed to need China to approve export licences for rare earth magnets in coming weeks to avert production disruptions, said a person who has lobbied on their behalf with Beijing. "It's sharpening China's scalpel," said a U.S.-based executive at a company seeking to piece together an alternative supply chain who sought anonymity. "It's not a way to oversee the export of magnets, but a way to gain influence and advantage over America." DECADES IN THE MAKING Fears that China could weaponise its global supply chain strength first emerged after its temporary ban of rare earth exports to Japan in 2010, following a territorial dispute. As early as 1992, former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping was quoted as saying, "The Middle East has oil, China has rare earths." Beijing's landmark 2020 Export Control Law broadened curbs to cover any items affecting national security, from critical goods and materials to technology and data. China has since built its own sanctions power while pouring the equivalent of billions of dollars into developing workarounds in response to U.S. policies. In 2022, the United States put sweeping curbs on sales of advanced semiconductor chips and tools to China over concerns the technology could advance Beijing's military power. But the move failed to halt China's development of advanced chips and artificial intelligence, analysts have said. Beijing punched back a year later by introducing export licenses for gallium and germanium, and some graphite products. Exports to the United States of the two critical minerals, along with germanium, were banned last December. In February China restricted exports of five more metals key to the defence and clean energy industries. Analysts face a hard task in tracking the pace of China's approvals following the Trump-Xi call. "It's virtually impossible to know what percentage of requests for non-military end users get approved because the data is not public and companies don't want to publicly confirm either way," said Cory Combs, a critical minerals analyst with Trivium, a policy consultancy focused on China.
Time of India
a day ago
- Business
- Time of India
Portugal considers sweetening incentives for Golden Visa program
Less than two months after Spain scrapped its golden visa due to concerns about its effect on the housing market, Portugal is considering whether to sweeten its golden visa program and make a special tax regime for expatriates even more attractive. Minister of the Presidency Antonio Leitao Amaro said in an interview that the measures being discussed would aim to bolster foreign investment and lure global talent to Portugal's economy. ALSO READ: Portugal speeds up Golden Visa processing after long delays by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Honor a Forgotten Father Today HelpAge India Donate Now Undo While declining to provide specifics, he said the goal was to burnish Portugal's image as an 'investment destination.' (Join our ETNRI WhatsApp channel for all the latest updates) Portugal's golden visa, among the most popular in Europe, offers non-Europeans a fast-track to residency through options including a minimum €500,000 ($572,780) investment in eligible funds. New Portuguese residents may also be eligible for a 20% flat tax on local income and a ten year exemption on most foreign income. Live Events ALSO READ: Portugal is done being one of Europe's most welcoming destinations for foreigners Referring to the golden visa and tax programs, Amaro said that the government is looking into organizing them in 'a more effective and economically efficient way' while ensuring that any changes are 'economically and socially fair.' Portugal's approach stands in contrast to not only Spain, which scrapped its golden visa program in April over complaints that it was driving up housing prices, but also to other European nations. Malta, Ireland, the Netherlands and Greece have all either ended or tightened the rules around their golden visa or equivalent programs in recent years. ALSO READ: Portugal tightens migrant labour laws: End of work permits for these workers Demand has risen for Portugal's golden visa, which only requires participants to spend about a week per year in the country. Golden visa approvals also rose 72% last year to a record 4,987 from the previous year, according to the country's immigration agency AIMA. Since the program launched in 2012, Americans have been among the top three recipients of golden visas along with Chinese and Brazilian nationals. Amaro, whose center-right government won a second mandate in an early election last month, said there were no plans to scrap or 'demonize' the golden visa. That's a reversal from the previous socialist government, which removed real estate investment as a basis for golden visa eligibility in 2023 as a way to fight speculation in the housing market, where prices have surged to record highs. It previously threatened to scrap the program entirely. 'There's no plan to end it. It's not on the table,' said Amaro. He said AIMA is working on clearing a backlog of almost 45,000 golden visas applications currently awaiting review. 'We expect that by the end of the year this process will be largely taken care of,' he added.
Time of India
a day ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Rob Walter named as new New Zealand's coach
Former South Africa coach Rob Walter has been named as New Zealand's new coach, across all three formats of the game. The 49-year-old South African takes up the Black Caps job from the middle of June, and will lead the side on their upcoming tour of Zimbabwe. Walter was an early favourite for the job, after he quit his South African post leading their One Day and T20 sides in April. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Help abandoned elders today HelpAge India Donate Now Undo It was revealed Walter never stopped living in New Zealand during his time with South Africa, commuting from his home in Hawke's Bay, where he lives with wife Heather and their two sons. "The Black Caps have been a successful and highly-regarded team on the world scene for some time now and it's a real privilege to be given the chance to add to that," Walter said. Live Events "It's an amazing opportunity to work with such a talented group of players and support staff through a period of time in which so many global events, as well as massive bilateral series, will be contested." Walter's contract means he will lead the Black Caps to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics , as well as three major ICC tournaments , including the 2027 World Cup . NZ Cricket chief executive Scott Weenink said Walter was a world class coach with outstanding pedigree. "His success in New Zealand's domestic game, combined with his recent achievements on the global stage with South Africa, makes him the ideal candidate to lead the Black Caps." Walter previously coached the Otago Volts in New Zealand's domestic competitions from 2016 until 2021, before moving to Hawke's Bay and briefly coaching the Central Stags. In January 2023, he took up the job as South Africa's head coach in white ball formats, leading South Africa to the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup, and semifinals of the 2023 World Cup, and the 2025 Champions Trophy. He replaces Gary Stead , New Zealand's most successful coach, who leaves his role at the end of the month. Stead hoped to stay on as the Black Caps' Test coach, but New Zealand Cricket opted for one coach across all three formats. He won the World Test Championship in 2021, and made three white ball finals during his seven year tenure.
