Aarti Iyer

An acronym to remember for life!

All of us tend to direct, lead and live our life by certain principles, certain mantras, and certain beliefs. Many more believe in God, fate or destiny. Still others call it luck, I call it...

Managing your Second Life – social profile

Almost all of us are part of the big, (dare I say bad) world of social networking. I say bad only because it can be time consuming, or even a time waster depending on what...

Old ways to succeed in your New job

Starting a new job is always super exciting! There are various reasons why we could land up with a new job. You start a new job when you step right out of campus, or you...

Five tips for the professional: Using technology smartly

Over the last couple of weeks we discussed the pervasiveness of the email and PowerPoint in our working lives. We also discussed some tips on how to make these work for us. The underlying link...

Five tips for the professional: PowerPoint presentations

The ubiquitous influence of PowerPoint presentations at our workplaces cannot be ignored. It is there everywhere! PowerPoint presentations can be found at corporate organizations, in university lecture halls and at medical conferences. There are many...

Five Tips for the professional – Life with Email

We use email very frequently. It is our most commonly used medium of communication. Everyone has an email id to boast of! My grandmother asks me to “just email” my family photos!! At work, it...

Five Tips for the professional – Meeting Management

This article marks the beginning of our forthcoming series called ’Five tips for the professional’. In this series we will cover topics ranging from job interviews to PowerPoint presentations each week and each article will...

‘Smile’ your way to success: Richard Branson style

Last week, we discussed B.E.E.Ring it up in life. I don’t mean getting intoxicated or becoming a ‘beeraholic’ but keeping in mind the life lessons from B.E.E.R. While all the four lessons are important, the...

BEER it up! Lessons for a fulfilling life

All of us want to be happy. We all want to live fulfilling lives. This means different things to each of us. What does it mean to you? Over the last two weeks, we challenged...

Life & Managing: Would you walk on an I-Beam placed across two buildings?

Life is a journey we undertake with treasures to pick along the way. Some treasures happen to be gems and others just stones. The treasures are not as important as the experience we have along...

Have you tried selling yourself to you ?

We all want everything to be perfect. This includes, the car or the house we buy, the life partner we choose, and of course our jobs. We are never satisfied with good enough. Are we?...

Quiet is might and a good leader makes!

A leader in any context, whether political, organizational or a school prefect, leads, guides and supports us to perform and be successful. As a follower we have an image of the leader as someone who...