Category: Employee engagement
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Happy Guru (teachers) Day
Happy Guru Purnima Day to All We are all Gurus (teachers, mentors, coaches) in our own way. Thanks to all my gurus For:– Continually inspiring to push the boundaries– Encouraging to strive for goals– Giving guidance, offering friendship– shaping me with discipline and love– Teaching from the Heart and not from the Book– Being a…
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Culture – important factor for Employee Retention?
Culture – am important factor for employee retention and a major trigger for Resignations(Some Views culled from recent London Economist) In today’s work environment,employees look at their jobs through different lenses. Especially the younger generations, place a lot of emphasis on opportunities for growth, training and up-skilling. A generous paycheck is often insufficient to ensure…
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Why a Coach?
The average person spends at least 90,000 hours of one’s life – on the job. If you don’t wake up in the morning, excited to pick up where you left your work yesterday, you haven’t found your calling. Work is an important part of life. It often defines your personal identity, your social standing and…
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Is employee surveillance beneficial?
When is employee surveillance appropriate?(Perspectives shared on LinkedIn) Majority of companies have successfully moved to remote Or hybrid working during the pandemic. As remote & hybrid working has become the norm, companies have started tracking employees & virtually monitoring them through digital tools like desktop monitoring, video surveillance etc. These systems are designed to reduce…
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9 Tips to be an Outstanding Leader
9 Leadership Tips from a young ‘unapologetically ambitious’ CEO. (excerpts from LinkedIn Conversation with Anjali Sud CEO of Vimeo) Could not help sharing very valid perspectives (my take only) Here are her 9 tips to Leaders 1. Need to know whyyou want to lead. Anjali always knew from a young age that she wanted to…
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What does Work Mean to you?
What do you want from your work or your job? Do I like a boss or colleagues who tell me what to do continually? In the last couple of years, social media has been replete with people complaining about the drudgery of jobs. On the other hand, are all those mentors, gurus, trainers and coaches…
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Employee Loyalty under threat?
❓Employee Loyalty under threat?The ‘1 Job, 1Company’ concept is no longer relevant. ‘Job’ has embraced many meanings. Gig workers, On line workers, offline workers, project workers, full time employees – who work for partof the year, Professionals who work as consultants etc. Given this scenario, creating a culture of loyalty to the Company can pose…
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Design your Future Self
Design your Future Self. – Take Ownership of your Future Self(Perspectives shared in HBR article in 2020) Our personality, skill, likes, dislikes & world views change over time. We have some control over these changes. We tend to think that the person we are today is the person we will always be – that’s a…
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Personal Interviews – no longer Personal?
Personal Interviews no longer Personal❓There’s been a lot of hype in recent studies about AI, VR and Robotics replacing recruiters & hiring managers. Interviewers are human. There is a dire need to get the Human back into Human Resources, especially at the Job interview. Being Human, it’s no wonder, that Interviewers have a positive bias…
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Emotional Intelligence at the Job Interview
EI is a critical factor for success and growth at the workplace. It also leads to increased productivity and benefits the bottom line of the Company. Repeated Surveys by the World Economic Forum in recent times, have been ranking Emotional Intelligence among the top 3 Skills employers have been and will be looking for in…
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