Oct 19, 2015 | TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Influence is being able to affect people and their decisions. If you have created, altered or changed someone’s behavior, then you have exerted influence. The ability to influence people is invaluable in both personal and work life. For instance, marketers influence...
Oct 16, 2015 | TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
While it is pretty clear that having good working relationship is crucial at work, some people struggle with building rapport with others. Some of the ways to build rapport include getting to know co-workers, listening actively in a conversation rather than...
Oct 7, 2015 | TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
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...
Sep 29, 2015 | TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
‘ 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...
Sep 25, 2015 | TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
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...
Sep 23, 2015 | TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
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...
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