First impressions matter a lot because they are the only ones that stay. The impression that an employee gets about a workplace on his first day at work tremendously impacts their attitude towards work, performance and even their tenure. This is why it is important for businesses to focus on people right from the day…
Leaders at different levels of the organisational hierarchy have different responsibilities. While the lower level would be focussing more on results the higher levels would be more driven towards strategy. But surprisingly you would find that the leaders at the lower level in the hierarchy have a clear view about the strategies that drive the…
Leaders and managers spend a considerable proportion of their time at work to build teams. In fact it is repetitive effort since teams keep changing every now and then. It would not be wrong to say that a lot of times individuals who were functioning peacefully alone are forced to come together and indulge in…
We all tend to make a lot of mistakes when we communicate. Right from childhood, most of us have been taught to attribute these mistakes to poor diction, grammar or vocabulary. But many of our communication faux pas can be corrected if we deeply analyse our behaviour. In fact rather than trying to unlearn what…
Just the other day, a friend of mine who runs a staffing firm was talking about how their clients kept cribbing about bad hires turning out to be major money guzzlers. In fact the statistics here are quite alarming. Bad hires can prove to be costly since replacing them may require double the amount of…
Retaining and engaging employees is usually an uphill task. Human resource is the key asset of any organization and any investment made in improving their productivity and loyalty pays off in the end. It is imperative that organisations do everything within their means to recruit, retain, develop, motivate, engage and make the best use of…
Great leaders are never laid back. In fact the best leaders are known to be addicted to success, wanting to taste more of it every time they reach there. For a leader to be successful at everything he or she does, it is crucial that they have the support of their people. It is important…
The Everything DiSC Work of Leaders uses a three step approach to explain the leadership process – crafting a vision, aligning people towards the vision and championing execution for making the vision a reality. Though the onus may be different for each leader, depending on their functional area or level in the organisation, the model…
Businesses today find it immensely challenging to develop leaders who are capable of steering their ship even through troubled waters. A leadership development program that is centred around a statistically validated and well researched behavioural tool like Everything DiSC Work of Leaders could well be the solution to this challenge. The Everything DiSC Work of…
Diversity management emerged from the fundamental premise that it was ethically, legally and morally incorrect to discriminate individuals on the basis of their gender, culture, ethnicity, color of the skin or sexual preference. However as years have passed by perceptions on diversity have changed. Today organisations embrace diversity not just for increasing employee morale. Lot…