Category: Work Behaviour

Women employees do suffer stress in male dominated professions- in more ways than one. Besides the fact that she has to compete with her male colleagues and prove her worth…Continue readingWomen in male dominated professions – 23 Mar 2010

Recently I have been hearing complaints from young women in employment about married men specially their bosses or their colleagues making distinct passes at them and inviting them for a…Continue reading“The paper tiger”- 22 March 2016

Michelangelo the world acclaimed sculptor had the gumption to say once ‘sculptor is not a woman’s work.’ Hundreds of years later a gutsy lady called Jasu Shilpi from ahmedabad, took…Continue reading“Tribute to women entrepreneurship”- 8 March 2016.

She was a difficult boss to handle, Mr. D. had decided in the last few months he joined the company. She was demanding which was fine with him for he…Continue reading“Objectivity breeds professionalism”- 9 February 2016

A small office run by a woman acts as a good source of entertainment as the employed staff resign from her organisation every now and then and come to tell…Continue reading“Being watched”- 29 December 2015

I received a wonderfully unexpected response to my last piece in this column on how the boss should handle himself. Many a bosses responded with their problems acknowledging their short…Continue reading“Equanimity of mind”- 17 November 2015.

The team of an institute was a stressed lot. There could be many ordinary stressors on the job such as excessive work load, daily demands from parents and their counselling…Continue reading“Boss- handle yourself”- 3 November 2015.

A couple of years ago a news item highlighted the peculiar and pathetic story of a young man who went abroad for post graduation and eventually landed himself a job…Continue reading“Counselling the workforce”- 20 October 2015.

When Aditi joined her first job in a company she was full of enthusiasm. Having done her post graduate degree in management she was raring to go. She had a…Continue reading“Understanding power equations”- 29 September 2015.

A young final year undergraduate boy went for a job in an office of an accountant. He was doing commerce himself and he wanted to work in that field. He…Continue reading“Education and employability”- 15 September 2015.