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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...
What are Behavioural Skills?
When we get training requirements, we are often asked for behavioural skills training. This often causes a lot of confusion because behaviour covers almost everything. This confusion is further compounded by the fact that people interchangeably use behavioural skills...
Is Communication a Critical Skill?
A Skill, to put it simply, is anything that you need to typically learn and practice, before you do it well. Common examples include reading, writing, playing a musical instrument, carpentry, etc. While expressing yourself can come naturally to you,...
Is Communication a Critical Skill?
At Bodhih, we talk to a lot of clients, and like in any consulting firm, a big part of what we do is answer their questions. These people have asked us many questions over the years but no one has ever asked us if Communication is an important skill. The answer “Yes”...
Is Communication a Soft Skill?
I’ve often met trainers who call themselves soft skills trainers. We met a trainer last week at the IAF conference in Mumbai. After discovering that that he was a soft skills trainer, our next question was “What area of soft skills?” He said communication. So we were...
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