An organizational leader is given the task to set up and start a new business. Let’s assume he has got a group of people to work with. There are some elementary tasks that are carried...
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...
Sleeping pills have a bad reputation. They’re said to be dangerous, addictive, and to be avoided at all costs. But for people with chronic insomnia, chemical assistance is often their only hope. It started nineteen...
Doctors currently decide on their own when it comes to determining whether to treat patients suffering from depression with antidepressants or psychotherapy. But researchers in the US say, a brain scan might change that. US...
Dairy giant Fonterra has said its milk products at the center of a global contamination scare did not contain a bacteria that could cause botulism. The company said the products posed no food safety threat...
In the fifth-largest biotech deal in history, Amgen has agreed to buy cancer drug maker Onyx Pharmaceuticals. As part of the deal, Amgen will gain revenue from two of Bayer’s drugs, developed in partnership. The...
You blow your nose in a tissue and the tissue indicates you’ve got the flu. Sounds like science fiction? Stuff like this always does. But German researchers are designing a “lab in a hankie.” It’s...
Researchers have localized a significant schizophrenia gene in remote parts of northern Finland. The risk of developing the illness is three times higher there than elsewhere. The risk of developing schizophrenia is about one percent...
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...
Mosquito nets remain our best defense against the disease. In Tanzania, nets are produced locally, but the country relies on international help to distribute them among the people. The health center in Ndumbwe consists of...
