Due to our own specific physical constructions, developed through the combinations of about 69 natural elements in varied proportions, the genesis of five broader approaches reconcile with the five natural orientations we are living with.
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Rude behaviour is on the rise in workplaces worldwide, but what is being done about it?
Is the much talked about competency approach actually helping the individual and the organisation to improve their effectiveness
History has witnessed companies, which were once at the pinnacle but later doomed to death just because of ‘dearth of innovation’.
Is success achieving certain results, targets and goals?
How the rules and practices in IR change with the individual or the manager.
Honest communication touches the heart directly.
Startups tend to ignore their work culture in a hurry to scale up.
A survey of 196 business leaders found that nearly half did not get enough sleep at least four nights of the week, while two- thirds were generally dissatisfied with how much sleep they got.
The pros and cons of hiring a boomerang employee.
Protect the core to ensure continuity and balance.
Every organisation has had ‘the spoilt cup of tea’ when it comes to hiring once in their organisational life-cycle.
I have seen many organisations bleeding profusely, due to mistrust, non-cooperation and lack of mutual understanding and strengthening. This is basically because of egocentrism and immaturity.
Father ED McGrath, former director XLRI passed on to eternity on August 4, 2017.
Deep listening skills are the foundation of strong relationships, respectful communication and responsive leadership.
In industrial relations, the management must own the responsibility first, followed by the union leader then the worker, and the government at last.
Developing political proficiency is a good idea to be able to survive, or even thrive in political situation encountered at work.
Instead of discounting introverts as anti-social hermits and extroverts as attention seekers, here’s how a manager can harness the powers of both personality types.
The personal ego state of the stakeholder individuals can make or mar the desired industrial relations.
Ambitious people often discount the need for sleep and physical rest but it’s important to consciously slow down at regular intervals.
Both buyers and designers of technology need to come together to appreciate the true power of technology.
Every champion in this world needs a coach to surpass their own self; a coach saves time, economises resources and tailors advice to suit the coachee.
The old prescriptive ways of developing leaders based on a preset scale of competencies does not help them to address adaptive business challenges in the VUCA world.
A majority of the IR managers and trade union leaders are not aware of the legal, behavioural, business and conceptual aspects of unionisation—labour, productivity, benefits, IR, leadership, role modelling, discipline and business management which is why they have a short time perspective to resolve an issue.
Spirituality may seem like a foreign concept in M.B.A. programmes, where many students are fixated on placements and six-figure salaries. This continuous preoccupation of theirs can lead to unrealistic expectations resulting in failed illusions and lost hopes. It is here that such courses can have a timely and healing effect.
Every incident is a learning and at the same time an opportunity to prove oneself. Following the United Airlines fiasco, the carrier had a golden opportunity to display the right leadership attitude, which it unfortunately failed to take advantage of. So what was the missed opportunity?