"You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand." ~Jack Welch Much as people claim to like frank feedback from their bosses during appraisals, there is almost always a denial and defensiveness about every...
You have a new talent management leader joining your organization this week. You have hired him to transform the in-house talent management processes. With the current COVID crisis and the subsequent prolonged lock-downs, the workplace has dramatically changed. So the new Talent Management Leader has...
Chetna worked in a state of flurry that Monday morning. Her research for suitable candidates for a technology role had remained a challenge because the client was looking to fill a highly specialized position. The client had confessed he had not been able to find a...
‘We are all faced with a series of great opportunities, brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.’ ~ Charles R Swindoll The first half of this year hasn’t been what anybody expected. It’s been particularly hard on owner-driven businesses. Occasional flashes of positive news fall like passing showers over...
During and after the pandemic there is the certainty that many organizations will allow or ask employees to work from home. There is also the certainty that several tasks and team projects will require people to come together and interact face to face. This new reality will...
“Business as usual” used to be a common phrase….yes it used to be. The lock-downs are easing and businesses are trying to limp back to normalcy as prospects of reopening offices are looking brighter than ever over the last 50 days. Does it mean that we...
[blockquote text="The more we prepare today, the less we’ll have to repair tomorrow. ~ John Maxwell" text_color="" width="" line_height="32" background_color="" border_color="" show_quote_icon="yes" quote_icon_color=""] ‘Twas a time less than a decade ago, when the start-up ecosystem was just about starting up. When VCs began putting their money...
Ok, now is it as easy as it sounds, well may be not! Gen-Z is just beginning to enter the workforce… it’s a fully digital generation and yet, they yearn for human interaction at work. In fact, "90% of Generation-Z reports wanting some form of human element woven...
It took me to wondering if open offices, offices where cubicles have become invisible and people more visible, are actually professional and healthy work spaces. I happen to visit a client’s office recently. This client, a leading manufacturing company, has a large open office, much like...
[blockquote text="It’s ok to feel fear. It’s not ok to make your people carry it. ~ Mark Cole" text_color="" width="" line_height="32" background_color="" border_color="" show_quote_icon="yes" quote_icon_color=""] Saying that there are no two consecutive good hours in the life of a leader, wouldn’t be too off the mark...