Quality of followers underscores quality of leaders & leadership Since our early days we are schooled to excel, succeed, and most importantly to lead. In our society leaders have always been lionized either for their...
Applying Neuroscience to Leadership: NeuroLeadership An organizational leader is under pressure to improve overall organizational performance including the bottom line. The leader’s problem- ‘the teams operate with a silo mentality’. The leader can improve performance...
I had been working at Best Buy for a few years before the “self-review” portion of the annual appraisal was implemented. It gives employees the opportunity to share what they’ve accomplished over the course of...
Books teach us and help us learn valuable lessons for life…there are lessons imbibed from books that are not necessarily taught by teachers or parents. A well-read person knows more and can easily hold a...
The United States is the largest market for German engineering and electronics giant Siemens. The company is now taking a strategic approach to further expand its scope of activities in the country. Do something good...
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...
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...
We all know the employee who consistently performs at a high level in their job. They out-produce their peers, come in early, stay late and pick up the slack when needed. I’ve heard these types...
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...
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...
Sample the following piece of conversation. John: Hey Mark, was just curious to know how my test went. Mark: Sure. Your test was OK. We’re waiting for the senior manager to review it. John: “OK”?...
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...