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Self-Awareness and The Workplace
If you have been a part of a training or personal development program in the last decade, chances are that you would have undertaken a self-assessment of sorts. The truth about these instruments are that while they give you insight into who you are and could be quite...
Knowing Oneself
“Awareness is the greatest agent for change” – Eckhart Tolle. It is about understanding your own needs, desires, feelings and emotions. The better one knows oneself, the more adaptable they are to change. It gives you insight into why you do the things you do. This...
Fostering collaboration in the workplace
While a culture and environment of collaboration is fostered top-down and managers have a big part to play in this, developing certain individual qualities is also equally important. Collaboration needs both willingness and the attributes. People who work well with...
Collaboration In The Workplace
When it comes to the future of work, collaboration is indeed a top priority for many business leaders but knowing what makes organizations successful can be a tricky thing. After all no two companies are like and their strategies and technologies can be quite...
Why Work Together?
‘ You can’t go at it alone’ is an adage that rings true in the workplace. Modern day workplaces are designed in such a way that the success of each person is dependent on someone else performing their roles. No one person can work in a silo. There is a myth that roles...
What makes a Good Leader?
Given the central role that leaders play in an organisation, the question foremost in most people’s minds is what constitutes a good leader? A good leader has focus on self, focus on others and focus on the wider world. Focus on self includes self awareness and self...
Leaders in Successful Organisations
HBR recently conducted a study to understand what differentiates a manager from a leader? Attitude towards goals – Managers tend to adopt a passive attitude towards goals. Managerial goals arise out of necessities rather than desires. Leaders, on the other hand, take...
Who is a Leader?
The debate on leadership and about what makes a good leader is a long standing one. There have been many theories and schools of thought regarding leadership. The most famous of these debates is the one about whether leadership is an acquired trait or an inborn...
How Important are Good Behavior Skills?
The importance of behavior in a professional setting cannot be overemphasised. Beyond a certain point, behavior really comes to the fore and becomes the main focal point. In the initial stages of an employee’s stay in an organisation, attention is paid to the...
Behavioural Skills and the Workplace
A research conducted by HBR revealed that 98% of companies spend time and resources in identifying and developing high potential employees. High potentials are defined as “Employees who consistently and significantly outperform their peer groups in a variety of...
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