The recent pandemic has thrown a lot of uncertainty into the already VUCA world of business and jobs. Businesses are reorganising, downsizing and re- strategising every moment. The underlying theme of all these changes is to work smarter, trim all excessive costs and minimise the impact of the crisis. For many businesses, it is no […]
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In the last few months, COVID-19 has hit the world out of the blue and in a matter of weeks has changed the very way we have been living and doing things. For economies that were struggling this could literally be the last blow. Not surprisingly all leaders are worried and rightly so. With businesses
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In the course of our careers, we are bound to have times when we feel dissatisfied, unhappy and discontent with our work and career. Employees often expect that their manager or organisation should create a career and growth path for them and keep them motivated. To some extent this expectation is fair. Which is why
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As a leader do you constantly feel that your team misses deadlines or needs reminders to get tasks done? Do you conduct detailed meetings with ambitious plans only to find that months later the progress bar hasn’t really moved forward? Does each review lead to new timelines only to have your team tell you why
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Adam was summoned by the HR department in his company to talk about a complaint filed by his employee. The employee claimed that Adam was rude, derogatory and condescending. The employee also claimed that because of Adam’s communication style, the team felt constantly demoralised. The HR team had conducted an enquiry into the complaint which
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How do you respond to the question “How are things going?”. Are you more likely to say, “I’m crazy busy” or are you more likely to say, “Life is very relaxed” ? For a lot of us, busyness is the new normal. If we do not have a full calendar some of us tend to
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We all have many goals and aspirations that we want to achieve. Some of these are ones that we define as our life purpose. Others are in the “good to have” category – goals we would like to achieve but would not regret it in case we don’t. And quite a few goals fall somewhere
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Having a coach is a popular success strategy today. Most successful entrepreneurs, executives, professionals, leaders, performers and sports people hire a coach. A coach helps them stay on top of their game and constantly improve on themselves. However for those people who have never had a coach it can be confusing to understand what to
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In the current work environment taking a career break (both voluntary or involuntary) is becoming more and more common. Layoffs today are frequent and may be an outcome of an individual’s performance. They could also be the result of mergers and acquisitions at organizational levels or the companies financial situation. At a personal front, professionals
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The most common type of job transitions are role changes within the organization. Most of us are likely to experience this at least a few times in our career. These could be promotions to a higher level in the organizational hierarchy or a lateral movement within the same company. Challenges of role changes within the
