Category: Work Behaviour

“One of the most critical achievements of my executive career is that my subordinates often treat me as their elder, someone from their family. Of course, we are a family…Continue readingFuture Work Behaviour – 04 Jan 2011

Indian workplace is changing. India’s business leaders are changing their look and outlook.No more are they willing to keep copying American our European business leaders. There were times, just a…Continue readingIn the quest of happiness index – 21 Dec 2010

“The new undergraduates fall short of the expectations of the employers with regard to self motivation, self discipline, empathy for other workers and management, willingness to learn, good written communication…Continue readingTrain the resource properly – 07 Dec 2010

The Union Cabinet last week finally approved the introduction of the Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010 in Parliament. Hopefully it will be passed soon by…Continue readingSexual Harassment at Workplace Bill – 23 Nov 2010

How should single people handle personal queries on the work situations is a question we often deal with. What should I tell my colleagues when they probe into my personal…Continue readingSingled out at work places – 02 Nov 2010

There was a very interesting and a different type of letter I received than the ones I am used to receiving. In fact it almost looked like a response to…Continue readingBoss is not a vain fool – Oct 19 2010

He was experiencing a feeling of being anxious at all times on the job. There was apparently nothing that was bothering him but he was certainly ill at ease. On…Continue readingPreparedness for sudden opportunity – 05 Oct 2010

A well known senior surgeon whom I happened to meet on Mahalaxmi Puja,just a few days ago, happened to recall an archaic memory when she was ten years old! She…Continue readingA matter of ethics – 21 Sep 2010

Story is told of a World War II General who was captured as a Prisoner of War (PoW). There, in the PoW camp, this General started insisting that the soldiers took bathe every day, shaved every day, wore clean clothes, kept their barracks clean and tidy. Neatness increases morale, he would insist. Initially, the soldiers did not take the General seriously. For, they did not know where the General actually belonged. But slowly and invariably, the General’s insistence started having a good effect on the PoWs. The officers of the PoW camp, too, started seeing the effect. The camp started remaining clean and the PoWs generally well-behaved. In a few more months, the General started encouraging the soldiers to make serious attempts to escape from the PoW camp. And one by one, soldiers started slipping out to freedom.
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When Narula did not get his promotion, he was angry. He had been with the company’s sales force for the past four years, and was expecting his promotion any time.…Continue readingThe egg-or-hen syndrome – 24 Aug 2010