I noticed this pattern in some of my coaching clients – who are successful very senior executives, so decided to address it. We never want to be at the receiving end of pity. What is it about pity that we hate so much ? We are okay handing it out to people, even feeling righteous[…]
How would you feel about a lower attrition rate in your organization? Employee retention is without a doubt one of the most intense challenges most companies are facing today. With the growing economy and talent crunches due to opportunities,technology, globalization, rise of the knowledge worker, Millennials ( that are notorious for job hopping ) becoming[…]
In our personal lives and at work, often without realizing it we need to enact the role of a salesperson to convince others of our ideas and convictions. It could be anything from getting buy-in from your boss or colleagues on a new project or method to persuading your family to choose a particular destination[…]
Have you ever been in a situation where you felt stressed or plain uncertain about things ? I bet we all have. As we go through our day mired with various things to do, dealing with a lot of different people, relationships and situations at work or outside of work some times can be particularly[…]
I have intentionally not mentioned employee engagement in the title to attract only those readers that understand that this will also address boredom at the workplace. This post may also somewhere be linked to work life integration as opposed to work life balance but you will have to read between the lines for that. From[…]
From Merlin to King Arthur, Birbal to Akbar and Aristotle to Alexander the great, history has several examples of the significance of advisors to powerful kings and leaders in the past. The leaders of the corporate world today, the CEOs of an organisation, are exposed like no one else at the company. They are answerable[…]
Mentoring is traditionally a partnership between two people, the mentor and the mentee in which the mentor is usually the more senior of the two in age, experience and knowledge. It is a relationship geared to enable the mentee get support in their career growth and in realising their potential. The mentor gains by sharing[…]
Disclaimer : I personally don’t live in a joint family. I was asked to do something for women who do live in a joint family, by a friend, let’s call her Seema, who is in such a predicament. She belongs to a financially affluent business family, with a predominant hierarchical patriarchal structure. She is an[…]
I have been working on my book, was completely overwhelmed. It seemed like such a daunting task. I faced a block, felt jammed. During a conversation with a friend, I realised I needed to write for the pure joy of writing as I was doing earlier without any expectation from my self. Without me judging[…]