HR carries a reputation as the “office police.” While this was never intended to be the role of HR, it’s all too often an accurate assessment. HR is in charge of maintaining compliance, keeping employee records organized, and handling disputes, so even the most seasoned HR professional can sometimes get swept up in risk avoidance. […]

Businesses are getting more global and so are the leaders that lead a virtual team in these enterprises. It’s rare for a leader to find all his team member in one location, more often than not they are geographically dispersed in different time zones. Virtual teams are an increasingly prevalent organizational structure that promises to […]

Having a career mentor is no longer enough, without a business mentor you will struggle to scale up your career. Most of the organisations loose sheen as they become big, they get lost in processes and power struggle. In today world, newer players armed with technology and smaller overheads are toppling the giants. Any employee […]

The crying baby gets the milk; the irony starts from our childhood only to intensify when you move to the corporate world. Culturally, In India, we are not very outright about demanding a pay raise. Though we secretly wish and crib, how badly we need a pay raise, when it comes to asking for it, […]

Leadership and its definition have changed over the last few years, as a leader of your team or organisation you have to deal with multiple paradoxes at the same time. Most of the leaders that have grown through the rank became successful by being strong, competitive, individualistic, and single-minded. This worked very well in the […]

When an employee plans to leave an organisation, he or she needs to serve a notice period, the duration of which depends on the joining norms and conditions of the company. Typically, the length of a notice period varies from one company to another, and it’s from fifteen days to three months and even more […]

If you wish to take a page out of the lives of leaders today – be it, Mark Zuckerberg or Oprah Winfrey or Steve Jobs, let that be of the persistence they have shown in their lives to reach where they are. The praises of those who have stayed persistent in the personal and professional […]

Showcasing one’s individuality and uniqueness at the work place is extremely important to get noticed. However, doing so by being an excellent team player is even better. Teamwork in achieving different goals at work helps in bringing out the best ideas and accomplishing much more than you could alone. Being a team player means being […]

Your career is your responsibility and taking good care of it yields long-lasting and fruitful results. Your manager and company do not own your career and expecting them to babysit you is a far-fetched dream. Your career growth plan will provide a touchstone for measuring the desired outcomes to which you and your manager have […]

Training workers is an expensive proposition for the organisations, both in terms of the costs associated with the development and delivery of instruction and the participants’ time away from work. More expensive, though, is the cost of lost business due to poor – quality products and services delivered by unskilled workers. The bottom line for […]

Top performers don’t just meet expectations — they consistently exceed them. They set higher personal benchmarks than the organization demands, embrace challenges, and demonstrate persistence, adaptability, and resourcefulness. Becoming a top performer isn’t about luck or titles; it’s about deliberate effort and mindset. Below are two powerful steps that can help you rise above the […]