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Category: Personal Effectiveness
Personal Effectiveness
Personal Brand Pulse Check: Are You Managing the Brand Behind Your Work?
Personal Effectiveness
Leadership in Little Shoes
Personal Effectiveness
Boredom Isn’t a Problem – It’s a Signal: How to Spot High-Potential Employees Through Everyday Behaviors
Personal Effectiveness
Stop the Workplace Tug-of-War: Win More with These Negotiation Tips
Personal Effectiveness
My Calendar Was a Graveyard of Bad Meetings. Here is My 5-Step Playbook for a Total Overhaul.
Personal Effectiveness
Going the Extra Mile: 5 Core Principles of Exceptional Customer Service
Personal Effectiveness
Book Learning : Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Personal Effectiveness
21 Micro Habits To Improve Wellness
Personal Effectiveness
Helping Employees Find Their True Potential: Aligning Strengths with Work That Matters
Personal Effectiveness
Struggling to Keep Up with Workplace Change? Agile Learning Can Help
Personal Effectiveness
Our Project Failed and I Blamed My Team. The Real Culprit Was Unclear Communication.
Personal Effectiveness
What Corporate Employees Can Learn from the Movie Chandu Champion
Personal Effectiveness
Harnessing Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace: 5 Key Takeaways from Daniel Goleman
Personal Effectiveness
10 Perspective Shifts For Inner Peace
Personal Effectiveness
2 Women. 2 Stories. 1 Everest
Personal Effectiveness
Why Resilience Matters?
Personal Effectiveness
3 Great Indian “Jugaads” That Teach Us Invaluable Lessons on Innovation
Personal Effectiveness
100 Inspiring Quotations on Customer Service
Personal Effectiveness
Why “Keep Calm and Carry On” Still Works: Lessons in Emotional Agility and Leadership
Personal Effectiveness
Our Smart Team Kept Making Dumb Mistakes. Atul Gawande’s ‘Checklist Manifesto’ Was the Simple Fix.
Personal Effectiveness
Why “Situational Awareness” Matters?
Personal Effectiveness
Leadership and Identity: Lessons from The Jungle Book
Personal Effectiveness
Why Ownership Matters – Part 1: Building a Culture of Accountability in the Workplace
Personal Effectiveness
The Art of Saying No at Work: A Leader’s Guide to Setting Boundaries (With 10+ Scripts)
Personal Effectiveness
How to Truly Get to a State of Flow: An Organizational Guide
Personal Effectiveness
4 Strategies To Help Build Motivation
Personal Effectiveness
How to De-Stress at Work: 15 Proven Strategies for a Calmer, More Productive Day
Personal Effectiveness
5 Life Lessons Learned Writing My First Book
Personal Effectiveness
4 Step Process to Work-Life Balance
Personal Effectiveness
I Felt Like a Pawn in My Career. Lilly Singh’s ‘Bawse’ Playbook Taught Me How to Take Control.
Personal Effectiveness
Music & Instagram : A learning journey
Personal Effectiveness
4 Leadership Lessons From The Teenager Next Door
Personal Effectiveness
Why Ownership Matters – Part 2: 3 Practical Ways to Build a Culture of Accountability
Personal Effectiveness
Under Pressure, I Asked ‘What Would Dhoni Do?’ His Playbook Changed My Leadership.
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How to Succeed in Meetings
Personal Effectiveness
20 Lesser Known Motivational Books That Are Absolute Gems!
Personal Effectiveness
20 Book Recommendations For Women’s Day Gift
Personal Effectiveness
Magic Happens When You Think You Can
Personal Effectiveness
I Was Stuck in a Creative Rut. This Book’s ‘Mental Locks’ Were the Key to Breaking Free.
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Prioritising Like A Pro : The ABCDE Method
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How Can You Make Better, Defensible Decisions?
Personal Effectiveness
4 Ways To Improve Your Assertiveness
Personal Effectiveness
Why Is It Important To Follow Your Passion?
Personal Effectiveness
4 Lessons Learnt Leading A Start-Up
Personal Effectiveness
7 Laws Of Spiritual Success: A Learning & Development Perspective
Personal Effectiveness
How to Move Beyond Negativity: A Guide for Individuals and Leaders
Personal Effectiveness
My Mind Was Always Elsewhere at Work. The Japanese Art of ‘Ichigo Ichie’ Taught Me How to Be Present.
Personal Effectiveness
7 Tips for Facilitating Senior Groups
Personal Effectiveness
What Drives People?
Personal Effectiveness
The Power of Belief
Personal Effectiveness
3 Life Lessons My Child Teaches Me Daily
Personal Effectiveness
How to Make This New Year Count (A Practical Guide for Professionals)
Personal Effectiveness
Book Review: Rectitude by Bereket Negassi – A Timeless Leadership Lens for Today’s Professionals
Personal Effectiveness
I Started Looking for Leadership Lessons in My Daily Life. The Results Were Unexpected.
Personal Effectiveness
10+ Inspirational TEDx Talks That Will Change How You Work and Lead
Personal Effectiveness
Why Restlessness Matters: A Hidden Catalyst for Growth in the Workplace
Personal Effectiveness
5 Movies To Inspire You To Dream Big
Personal Effectiveness
Our Product Was Great, But Invisible. Seth Godin’s ‘Purple Cow’ Showed Us How to Stand Out.
Personal Effectiveness
My First Year Working From Home Was Chaos. Here’s the 5 Step Structure I Used to Thrive
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10 Fool-Proof Ways to Ruin Your Presentation
Personal Effectiveness
How to Motivate Your Team: 10 Powerful Steps to Become a Motivational Leader
Personal Effectiveness
Why Challenges Are Important For Personal Growth?
Personal Effectiveness
Management Lessons From Movies
Personal Effectiveness
20 Ideas To Break Out Of Your Comfort Zone
Personal Effectiveness
Making the Big Bet: A Leader’s Guide to Strategic Risk Taking (Inspired by ‘Big Bets Big Rewards’)
Personal Effectiveness
Practising Immersive Empathy
Personal Effectiveness
How learning through a self-paced course enabled leaders to give constructive feedback,driving employee performance
Personal Effectiveness
12 Lessons To Be Learnt From The Pandemic
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Lessons From An Unpublished Draft
Personal Effectiveness
A Huge Work Failure Crushed Me. Here’s the 4-Step Process I Used to Build Resilience
Personal Effectiveness
100 Quotes to Help Spark Your Creativity
Personal Effectiveness
Book Review: When by Daniel Pink
Personal Effectiveness
Leadership Lessons From My Grandma
Personal Effectiveness
How to Host a Terrarium Team Building Workshop (A Complete L&D Guide)
Personal Effectiveness
10 Proven Habits to Cultivate Happiness at Work and in Life
Personal Effectiveness
10 Common Cognitive Biases & How to Overcome Them?
Personal Effectiveness
5 Sources to Draw Resilience From
Personal Effectiveness
Book Review : Whatever You Think, Think The Opposite
Personal Effectiveness
10 Powerful Ways to Strengthen Virtual Communication at Work
Personal Effectiveness
10 Mental Blocks To Watch Out For!
Personal Effectiveness
Top Motivational Speakers In The World
Personal Effectiveness
15 Life Lessons From Oprah Winfrey
Personal Effectiveness
What is Business Acumen and How Can You Improve it?
Personal Effectiveness
Book Review: Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
Personal Effectiveness
3 Self-Directed Learning Strategies Arya Stark Would Approve Of!
Personal Effectiveness
My Team Lacked Perseverance. So I Told Them the Story of the Girl Who Conquered Everest.
Personal Effectiveness
7 Practices To Enable Effective Microlearning
Personal Effectiveness
5 Self-Paced Learning Solutions for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Personal Effectiveness
I Was Drowning in Work Anxiety. Here Are 8 Real Things I Did to Reclaim My Calm.
Personal Effectiveness
The New Working Mom’s Survival Guide (How to Manage at Home and at Work)
Personal Effectiveness
What Will People Think?
Personal Effectiveness
Movie Learning : Eddie The Eagle
Personal Effectiveness
Why Perfection Is Unrealistic: The Case for Progress, Empathy, and Adaptability in the Modern Workplace
Personal Effectiveness
I Hated Change. Then I Realized I Was in Charge of It. A Leader’s Guide to Navigating the ‘New Normal’.
Personal Effectiveness
How To Use “To-Dos” Effectively?
Personal Effectiveness
The Story Of A White Indian
Personal Effectiveness
Book Review: Ikigai by Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia
Personal Effectiveness
4 Popular Myths About Motivation
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March To The Beat Of Your Own Drum
Personal Effectiveness
5 Magical Lessons From Disney’s “Be Our Guest”
Personal Effectiveness
Book Learning: Barking Up the Wrong Tree Lessons in Rethinking Success
Personal Effectiveness
Book Learning: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
Personal Effectiveness
Why Failure Paves the Way for Success: Lessons for Leaders, Teams, and Organizations
Personal Effectiveness
The Story Of Stepping Up To A Moment!
Personal Effectiveness
Book Learning: Screw It, Let’s Do It! by Richard Branson
Personal Effectiveness
How to Stay Focused at Work: A Leader’s Guide to Taming Distraction
Personal Effectiveness
Leadership Under Pressure: Lessons from Captain Phillips for the Corporate World
Personal Effectiveness
From Frazzled to Focused: A Leader’s Guide to Reducing Workplace Stress
Personal Effectiveness
Movie Learning : Gully Boy
Personal Effectiveness
16 Most Inspiring Women Who Left A Mark On The World
Personal Effectiveness
How to Never Stop Learning and Growing
Personal Effectiveness
5 Lessons From the Band
Personal Effectiveness
My Team Was Busy but Stuck. Here’s the 5-Step Skill Gap Analysis That Unlocked Our Growth.
Personal Effectiveness
Why Perseverance Matters: Lessons in Grit from the Workplace and Beyond
Personal Effectiveness
5 Tips for Improving Onstage Performance
Personal Effectiveness
How to Read Between the Lines: The Leader’s Guide to What’s Not Being Said
Personal Effectiveness
Looking Good vs. Being Good
Personal Effectiveness
How to Move Beyond a Mistake at Work (A Guide for Employees and Leaders)
Personal Effectiveness
20 Lessons From The Movie Dangal
Personal Effectiveness
How To Cope With Change?
Personal Effectiveness
5 Leaders, 5 Messages, 5 Minutes
Personal Effectiveness
Wake Up to a More Productive You
Personal Effectiveness
I Almost Missed a Flight Binge-Watching a Show. It Taught Me a Painful Lesson About Focus.
Personal Effectiveness
3 Lessons From The Wagah Border: What a Border Ceremony Taught Me About Facilitation, Leadership, and Energy
Personal Effectiveness
How to Learn Facilitation (And Why It’s an Essential Skill for Leaders)
Personal Effectiveness
4 Motivation Lessons From Whale Training
Personal Effectiveness
What Ticks You Off?
Personal Effectiveness
3 Reasons Why You Must Take A Break
Personal Effectiveness
How to Kick Start Your Writing: A Beginner’s Guide to Overcoming the Blank Page
Personal Effectiveness
I Tried to Be Funny in a Presentation and It Bombed. Here’s How to Use Humor the Right Way.
Personal Effectiveness
I Cringed at ‘Personal Branding.’ Then I Realized It’s Just Building a Reputation. Here’s How.
Personal Effectiveness
Why Fitness Should Matter To A Leader?
Personal Effectiveness
5 Kick-Ass Strategies to Get Up At 5 AM
Personal Effectiveness
The Importance Of Your Inner Monologue
Personal Effectiveness
4 Interview Questions You Must Ask Yourself Daily
Personal Effectiveness
Why Perspective Matters: Rethinking the Way We See, Lead, and Learn
Personal Effectiveness
10 Short Stories To Kickstart Your Storytelling Journey (Especially for Leaders, Trainers & Facilitators)
Personal Effectiveness
The Importance of Vuja De
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The Tiny Mistake that Kills Companies
Personal Effectiveness
5 Productive Things to Do at the Airport
Personal Effectiveness
How Not to Give Up on Your Goals: A Leader’s Guide to Unwavering Commitment
Personal Effectiveness
Are You a Cow or a Buffalo? A Powerful Metaphor for How to Be Proactive at Work
Personal Effectiveness
Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work – And What L&D Teams Should Focus on Instead
Personal Effectiveness
4 Innovative Ways to Give Back This Holiday Season
Personal Effectiveness
3 Steps to Unshackle Your Life
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Your Goal Is Your Motivation
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Personal Branding : The Need Of The Hour
Personal Effectiveness
Speak carefully because YOU are listening!
Personal Effectiveness
Competing with Google
Personal Effectiveness
Book Learning: From Ouch to Oops
Personal Effectiveness
Why Growing Up Is A Bad Idea?
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My Fear of Speaking Up Almost Cost Me My Job. Here’s How I Learned to Challenge It
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Why Passion Matters: The Invisible Fuel Behind Performance, Purpose, and Progress
Personal Effectiveness
11 Ways to Unleash Creativity and Innovation
Personal Effectiveness
Book Learning : Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
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Lesson from Lean In – Part I
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From the Playground to the Boardroom: 8 Marketing Secrets I Learned from Kids That Will Transform Your Leadership
Personal Effectiveness
Conquer Your Own Mountain!
Personal Effectiveness
How To Communicate Efficiently?
Personal Effectiveness
The Power Of Having A Set Of Values
Personal Effectiveness
What Is Brainsteering?
Personal Effectiveness
Scamper : Tool for innovation!
Personal Effectiveness
Lessons From Chak De India!
Personal Effectiveness
JOHARI – A window of another kind!
Personal Effectiveness
Is Adrenaline Addiction affecting you & your team?
Personal Effectiveness
The Blind Man’s Tower: A Game of Situational Leadership and Communication Under Pressure
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