How to improve organizational performance through personal growth
We frequently hear that there is no such thing as a dumb question. It’s a statement we ourselves like to make as well. But is this something we really mean and believe in 100%? I still see situations, when people are made feel dumb for asking a question, the answer to which may seem obvious […]
“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too strong to be broken” – this quote is floating around the internet attributed to a number of people, with Warren Buffet and a mysterious anonymous among them. Regardless of who the author is, it intrigues me with its simple yet precise way […]
We are many things to many people in our daily lives. Most of us have gotten really skilled at juggling all of the responsibilities we have in the family, in professional circles, with friends and community at large. Parenting is a big role for me as it is for many others. And the recurring theme […]
Grapevine is an informal system of communication that arises freely as a result of social interactions in a workplace. It follows no specific pattern and can spread in any direction through a large complex web linking various individuals with no particular structure or order. Just as the reference to the plant in the word itself […]
One of the earlierst life lessons I remember came from a short story I read in grade one or two of the elementary school. Called “Blue Leaves” , it was a story of two school girls taking an art class together. One of them, let’s call her Lena, needed to use a green crayon for […]
Mostly everyone has heard Aesop’s fable of a boy who was tasked to herd a flock of sheep on a hilltop while other villagers worked in a nearby field. The boy was so bored that he pretended a wolf was attacking the herd and he called for help. Huffing and puffing his elders ran up […]
Have you ever climbed the success ladder only to find out how lonely it is at the top of it? If you have, please share what you see from your new heights. I don’t have the first-hand experience of being at the proverbial top to back up my words, but I have a hard time […]
Growing up I often heard my father remind my siblings and me that hot and cold mix to make lukewarm. That was his way of telling us not to spend our precious time hanging out with the wrong crowds. As any youngster I wasn’t thrilled to be told what to do, but something about Dad’s […]
Years ago when I worked for a daily newspaper, my first job ever, we had a constant sense of urgency at work. Every day we had a goal of filling the newspaper pages with content – relevant, timely and meaningful content that would sell. Among other things, our staff had to find newsworthy stories, write […]
Whether you are a stay-at-home mom trying to juggle a number of responsibilities, a small business owner, or a CEO at a large corporation, listening is a skill that everyone should take some time to practice in order to improve their leadership. In other words, a good leader is expected to have outstanding communication abilities, […]