An employee is as good or bad as his manager. A manager is as much responsible for an employee’s performance as the employee himself. Great managerial skills go beyond mere assigning of duties and supervising them. In fact, manager has a far bigger role to play than these activities. A [...]
Strategy is the backbone of any organization. It can be compared with a ship’s rudder. One can imagine the state of the ship that tries to sail without a rudder. Similarly, it is impossible for an organization to keep functioning effectively without a proper strategy in place. Oftentimes, top officials [...]
Workplaces and work cultures have developed immensely over time, but there still remains to be one problem – there are lesser women in the workforce than men. The reasons for this inequality in the professional fields are many, but the most significant one that applies to the Indian context is [...]
In a recovering economy that is building itself around the dynamic change in the business scenario, retention of valuable employees is a hard task. Talent might be easy to find owing to a large young workforce, but retaining them in your company is the real challenge. Losing a valued employee [...]
Quite often during my consulting work I have come across business leaders who have expressed that they feel a sense of discomfort with the way their organization is operating. There are oft quoted symptoms such as: Lack of team spirit, initiative and ability of challenging the status-quo in employees Departments [...]
Competency is a determining factor in an employee’s performance. Their motivation, understanding and knowledge of their field, and their attitude towards work are important in their success at the workplace. How does an organization develop competency among its employees? Competency is defined as the ability of a person to work [...]
Though performance and behaviors of employees are critical for organizational success, there is one differential competency that most organizations seek in their employees and that is, leadership orientation. Leadership is not restricted to any designation, position or availability of few leadership skills. Simply put, it is a mindset that inspires [...]
Every company has a system of managing and analyzing employee’s performance and their contribution in taking the company forward. It is essential for the business leaders to know how each of their teammates has performed. It is important to know their strengths, their weaknesses, and their overall potential, and having [...]
For an organization to be successful there is but one thing it definitely needs – employees. The valuable growth of a company lies in creating a balance between an employee’s expectations and the company’s expectations from the employee that it invested in. There are several ways in which employees can [...]
Since we spend a majority of our working years talking and interacting with people from all walks of life, it is safe to say that having a good relationship with your fellow office peers and authorities is a determinant of how good or bad your experience has been with the [...]
