NISHANT KUMAR

VP – Business Development – Analytix Solutions

Nishant heads Enterprise Sales at Analytix Solutions. He is a results-oriented leader with experience in B2B sales & management, people development & mentoring, P&L oversight, and business growth through client relations driving success across industries and business functions.

In his 18+ years of experience, he has successfully demonstrated value creation by maximizing revenue and profitability for an organization. His approach is to identify, analyze and solve complex business challenges using technology-based solutions that drive value creation and increase revenue.

In the course of his professional career, he has helped a variety of business clients across industries (both large and small) in achieving organizational transformation objectives such as cost reduction, process optimization, and digital operations. His strengths include assisting clients inthe successful implementation of BPM and IT-enabled services including F&A, RPO, HRO, Business Transformation, Technology, and Automation are among his strongest suit.

Arguments – who has not encountered them? They happen all the time, we call them by different names – quarrels, debatesspirited discussions, conflicts. Bottomline is - differences of opinion happen all the time.

Everyone has opinions on almost all topics, some of them are based on logic, emotions, preferences, life experiences. People are bound to have differences of opinion which doesn’t necessarily mean one person is

A. Disagree B. Agree to Disagree right and the other is wrong. Most often, there is no clear right or wrong opinion. It’s just a matter of preference.

Think about it, would it not be too boring if we all agreed on absolutely everything. We all have our own thoughts, opinions, and values which means disagreements are bound to happen, almost always. There can be four ways of expressing disagreement –

C. Agree to disagree with respect D. Disagree but commit

Lets’ dive deep into it –

A. Disagree – A rigid state of mind where conflicting parties have difference of opinion but none of them is ready to understand other’s perspective, a total roadblock. It’s my way or highway!

However, there's a big difference between just agree to disagree and disagreeing respectfully. Disagreements will cause hurt and add fuel to an already tense environment. But, the other approach? Disagreeing respectfully –can lead to new ideas, perspectives and a much more productive discussion. Another step to it is disagreeing but committing at the same time too. This one talks about our commitment even if our view point is not taken forward, termed as professional maturity.

Let’s explore them one by one –