Tag: Kindness
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5 Tips to give Critical Feedback at Work‼️ ⏭️ We all need people who give us feedback. That’s how we improve and grow. ➡️ It’s rightly said ‘Feedback is the breakfast of Champions.’ ⏭️ 5 tips to give critical feedback in a compassionate way. ➡️ Create a culture where difficult conversations are understood. Feedback is…
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Do Manners Matter?
❓Do manners matter? ➡️Manners don’t cost anything, or so I thought. ➡️But Not having Manners, can certainly Cost. ➡️I came across a funny story recently. ➡️It was a price list at a coffee shop with the following prices: Coffee : 5.00 USD A cup of coffee: 3.00 USD Good Morning! One cup of coffee, please…
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Mehrabian Model – Fact or Myth?
➡️ Busting Common Myths (1) ✅How many times, have we not heard, the much touted Mehrabian Framework of Communication? ✅Alfred Mehrabian, Prof of Psychology, University of California, developed a #communication frame work in 1967, which is often quoted to this day. ✅According to this framework, 93% of Communication is Nonverbal. ✅55% Appearance or Image,Body #language …
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Questions are the Answers!
Questions are the Answers! (Based on some perspectives from book ‘Stop Talking, start Asking’ by Jean Marie DiGiovanna, International Keynote Speaker & Leadership Educator.) All innovation and change comes about when people ask Different Questions that lead to New Answers. The caveat here is that the Questions must be not just any Random ‘run-of the-mill’…
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Happiness versus Success
Reassess your Happiness versus your Success(LinkedIn Top News) We spend months or even years working on a goal and finally achieve it. Only to find it doesn’t bring us Happiness. We can easily fall into the trap of ‘I will be happy when’. If we focus on benchmarking our Happiness to goals we set for…
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Stories change Lives
Stories change Lives!Stories- a powerful form ofcommunication. That’s the way our ancestors communicated. Eminent Prof Yuval Noah Harari, says the human mind is designed, to think in pictures & stories – not in logical concepts & mathematical constructs. Whether you are a public speaker, job seeker, leader, coach, trainer #influencer #entrepreneur, there’s no gainsaying the…
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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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Humour at Work
Does Humour work at Work? (Thoughts triggered by article in yesterday’s ET) My best memories of over 4 decades at the workplace, are the humorous stories. This set me thinking whether Humour at the workplace is serious business. Especially ii today’s challenging times of uncertainty at work, pandemic & geopolitical conflicts, humour can lend a…
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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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