Last week, I saw our gardener wearing a brand-new t-shirt of a Top Tier Consulting firm! Curious, I asked him where he got it from. Said it was given to him by one of the other households where he worked. This is the fate of many of the office Swag T-shirts that are given away during team building off-sites. So how do we give out memorabilia that people will cherish? Here are some ideas that we have seen that work.
Continue reading “8 Gifts For Your Next Team Building Offsite”
Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey have it, so does Narendra Modi. What is it in some leaders that makes us sit up and take notice? Simply put, executive presence is the ability of a leader/executive to make their presence felt, be it in an election campaign or an iPad product launch. While facilitating leadership workshops, we have had the good fortune to observe some wonderful leaders who demonstrate this quality, and here is our top 5 list of behaviours that they seem to possess.
Continue reading “5 Personality Traits That Define A Leader’s Presence”
Continue reading “Book Learning : How To Think And Win Like Dhoni?”
Cross generational team work can allow for an eclectic, but inspired flow of ideas and varying perspectives. However, leaders often struggle with managing such a culturally and often, technologically diverse team. The challenges faced take different forms like clash of authority, inherent biases born out of generalised stereotypes, and so on. And, as a new generation of technological driven Gen Zers enter the workforce, managers will have a tougher time maintaining and empowering inter-generational teams.
Continue reading “How To Effectively Manage A Cross-Generational Team”
First off, I would like to thank you for an overwhelming response on our previous two blogs in this series.
Continue reading “10 Inspirational Movies To Watch During Quarantine”
Have you ever felt like someone you knew would prefer you to act differently than you currently do? It’s human nature that, with or without meaning to, we all try to change those around us. Everyone does it! At work, managers try to change their workers; at home, parents try to change their children; and in social circles, people try to change friends and acquaintances. Everyone is trying to change someone. We are so busy changing people around us that we have lost our own focus. Many of us have spent years trying to change someone, to no end. Some have tried everything possible to change people’s thinking and behavior so that they become more like us, yet they have failed. It is just like pushing a wall and expecting it to move.
Continue reading “How Acceptance Can Be An effective Management Tool?”
Being a working woman, the position of women in leadership roles is an issue very close to my heart. This is one such topic which gets everyone’s attention and leads to divided opinions even today. Corporate India today has come a long way, and we’re seeing more and more women assuming top leadership positions, especially in big metro cities. Some of the luxuries we women enjoy today, could not be imagined by our mothers or grandmothers.
Continue reading “What’s Holding Women Back in Leadership Roles?”
