MIND MAPPING TO SIMPLIFY WORKSPACE & LIFE|

Mind mapping is a great tool to gain clarity to your desires and design a perfect roadmap to your destination or goals. Apart from SMART Goal setting, a knack for creating mind-maps can support your journey to your desires. Sometimes the daunting task of where to start or take the next step becomes a blockContinue reading “MIND MAPPING TO SIMPLIFY WORKSPACE & LIFE|”

EXCELLENCE IS TEAMWORK| CHINESE WHISPERS CAN RUIN GREAT PARTNERSHIPS|

Great Partnerships and Team work result in long lasting excellence. Championship in any domain is result of people staying together when the going gets tough and the ecosystem conspires. A heart warming true story behind Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi’s partnership breakup. Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, two of India’s most famous tennis players, haveContinue reading “EXCELLENCE IS TEAMWORK| CHINESE WHISPERS CAN RUIN GREAT PARTNERSHIPS|”

FORGIVENESS IS POWER| A LEADERSHIP TRAIT FOR GROWTH|

Forgiveness as a leader is an important attribute to nurture. Sometimes we find it difficult to forgive and the hurt or anger lingers to create further damage. John Hopkins studies have found that the act of forgiveness can reap huge rewards for your health, lowering the risk of heart attack; improving cholesterol levels and sleep; andContinue reading “FORGIVENESS IS POWER| A LEADERSHIP TRAIT FOR GROWTH|”

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES| ASSESSING PROSPECTIVE LEADERS|

Competency mapping and developing a succession planning matrix is an exercise that needs to be prioritized even in tough times. As more and more entrepreneurs mushroom every day in the industry, the need for retaining prospective leader becomes a need of the hour. Identifying and assessing potential leaders can be difficult. Creating a leadership pipelineContinue reading “LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES| ASSESSING PROSPECTIVE LEADERS|”

6 WAYS TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE| APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT|

Success at work is largely driven by Performance Appraisal and Goal Accomplishment. 70% of our life revolves around our work goals and how we navigate the success of the same, yet sometimes in spite of all the focus and hard work, things don’t work. Organizations have various tools to evaluate the performance of a leaderContinue reading “6 WAYS TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE| APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT|”

NURTURING HIGH POTENTIAL TALENT| TALENT WAR|

In the knowledge and the digital economy, talent deficit is the biggest crisis that organizations are facing in scaling talent pool and delivering the promise. In a world where things are rapidly changing, the ability to hire and retain minds who can learn at this meteoric speed is important for business success. Discussions of talentContinue reading “NURTURING HIGH POTENTIAL TALENT| TALENT WAR|”

IMPACT THROUGH INFLUENCE| INFLUENCE TO BRING CHANGE|

Leadership and management are primarily driven by your influencing abilities. Every department has an innate need for influencing skills starting with Sales -Marketing -Strategy to Human Resources, Learning, Finance, and other functions. We are negotiators, persuaders, conciliators, and maybe intermediaries and mediators at various times in our life journey. Organizations today realize this as oneContinue reading “IMPACT THROUGH INFLUENCE| INFLUENCE TO BRING CHANGE|”

SUSPENDING JUDGEMENT| FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTE OF A COACH|

Every day in our life our judgment precedes our ability to empathize. We alienate ourselves from people as soon as we start judging. This most often creates a vicious cycle. To be able to leverage the best from others the fundamental law is to Suspend Judgement. This is especially true for coaches and leaders, as they areContinue reading “SUSPENDING JUDGEMENT| FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTE OF A COACH|”

6 WAYS TO ADDRESS BURNOUT| WORK-LIFE BALANCE

Burnout is a psychological syndrome emerging as a prolonged response to chronic interpersonal stressors on the job. The three key dimensions of this response are overwhelming exhaustion, feelings of cynicism and detachment from the job, and a sense of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment. Researchers from the Social and Psychological domain view interpersonal relations, emotionalContinue reading “6 WAYS TO ADDRESS BURNOUT| WORK-LIFE BALANCE”

A TRIBUTE TO A GREAT MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL| NATURAL HEALING|

Almost a few months back, I accidentally injured my little finger and I realized the value of a genuine medical professional. After the injury when I reached a nearby hospital they gave me a painkiller and cleaned the wound, stating they didn’t have a doctor available in the morning hours to stitch my wound. PostContinue reading “A TRIBUTE TO A GREAT MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL| NATURAL HEALING|”