Company culture can impact the workplace. It is a term that defines the personality of a company. Basically it incorporates everything from he environment in which employees work to a variety of elements. This comprises of the company’s vision, ethics, goals, mission, expectations and a lot more. There are some companies that have a culture…
Do your team members see you as arrogant? There’s a very thin line between being direct and being arrogant. Unfortunately, most people don’t realise that they have crossed this line and are on the wrong side of it. Or rather, many don’t want to accept that they are being arrogant. For them, their approach is…
You are in a important meeting debriefing the team about how to win the next big contract and here you have a team member who is asking stupid questions or reducing the depth of thought by cracking jokes, what do you do? Throw him out, or continue as it is? And sacking the employee is…
Being a manager in today?s environment is not easy. The key is to find the right balance. Here?s how you can be a better manager: 1. Know what you?re doing Are you aware of each of your team member?s responsibilities? Do you know how to do their work if you had to? If you know…
The biggest limiting factor which hinders growth of successful young managers to middle management is their inability to delegate effectively. There are only so many working hours in a day and you can do only so much all?alone. It?s time that you used the power of cloud computing by leveraging the resources available in your…
Needs are a very personal part of our makeup, ranging from a deep desire to be recognized or to be independent. We do not consciously choose our needs, they emancipate from our unconscious deep within us. Once needs surface they are not optional ? they need to be satisfied for us to function best. Wants…
It is a sad statement on India that in recent times, Gandhi?s teachings only found a contemporary platform in Bollywood?s ?Munnabhai? film series. That said, we have to give due credit to Sanjay Dutt for underscoring Mahatma Gandhi?s ideals to a generation that seems to have forgotten them. The ?Gandhigiri? that Sanjay Dutt?s character Munnabhai…
The ingredients of a bad performance review are haste, lack of focus, a non-empathic attitude and a mechanical approach to the process. A good performance review obviously calls for a diametrically opposite approach. Here are some tips for managers whose duties include conducting performance reviews of their team members. Be Prepared: The intention behind a…
Returning to work after a long leave is not always an uplifting experience. The mind and metabolism are likely to have adapted to a more leisurely pace, and one may have taken active steps to dissociate from work pressures during the period of leave. This is especially true if the period of leave has been…
Performance feedback and review is part and parcel of the life of someone in a managerial role. Poorly handled reviews lead to low morale and dissatisfaction, in turn increasing workload. There is a school of thought that believes that performance appraisals do more damage than good to the individuals being reviewed; that they are a…