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HR Interview Questions and Answers on Being Proactive at Work
Being proactive or action oriented at work is one of the most appreciated skills by HR interviewers. Along with talent, they always seek candidates...
Career Tips
Joining a New Company: What Not to Do?
In this potpourri of anxiety, stress, and excitement, here’s a list of do’s and don’ts to help you sail through the first days of joining a new company.
How to Grow In Your Career
Complacency and aspirations don?t go hand in hand. If you want to aspire and grow, you cannot be complacent. We all want to learn...
What to do and what not to when Asking for a Promotion
Putting in your 100% at work and getting impressive results is what professionals are told to achieve to warrant promotions from time to time.?...
How to draw up your career growth plan
The career growth plan creates a spirit of accountability by documenting your responsibility in making the future happen. You can take these steps to develop your career growth plan
How To Become A Top Performer In Your Company?
To become a top performer, the first step is to stretch yourself, go beyond your limits, for limits are set by the human mind and can be reset by you. By setting higher standards, you would place a challenge for yourself and strive hard to achieve it.
How to Turbo Charge Your Career
By focusing on three skills only, you can turbo charge your career.? While there are numerous competencies and behaviors that one needs to be...
Coaching Tips
What Can Entrepreneurs Learn From Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett, born on 30th August 1930 is commonly known as the Wizard of Omaha. After having less than $10,000 in the bank in...
Getting Ready For Developmental Coaching
Developmental coaching, in contrast, is focused on your long-term development as a whole, with an aim to increase your broader human capacities. It is geared towards equipping you to make a smooth transition to a higher level of functioning.
How To Become Good At Motivational Coaching
A motivational coach listens with empathy, really trying hard to imagine what it might be like to be the other person, trying to feel ?as if? they were in the other person?s shoes, communicating this attempt at understanding with reflective listening statements of varying degrees of complexity and summaries.
Interview Guides
100 Plus HR Interview Questions & Answers For Top MNC
Are you attending a job interview and you are worried on how to give a good answer to an HR Interview question. This is...
LIFESTYLE TIPS
How To Set Your Goals This Year
George Harrison said it all when he sang ?If you don?t know where you?re going, any road will take you there??
Goal setting is about...
What should you eat for lunch at office to avoid sluggishness?
Lunch at office is something everyone looks forward to — not only in terms of nutrition but for foodies, it is much more than...
Getting Back To Work Painlessly After Long Leave
Returning to work after a long leave is not always an uplifting experience. The mind and metabolism are likely to have adapted to a...
Munnabhai, Gandhism And Corporate India
It is a sad statement on India that in recent times, Gandhi?s teachings only found a contemporary platform in Bollywood?s ?Munnabhai? film series. That...
Leadership
Are You A Manager Or A Leader?
It is a known fact that people who do what they are good at are happier people. As a happy adjunct - happier people...
Munnabhai, Gandhism And Corporate India
It is a sad statement on India that in recent times, Gandhi?s teachings only found a contemporary platform in Bollywood?s ?Munnabhai? film series. That...
Three Things Bill Gates Has Learned From Warren Buffett
Last month, I went to Omaha for the annual?Berkshire Hathaway?shareholders meeting. It?s always a lot of fun, and not just because of the ping-pong...
The Pain of Being In A Matrix Structure
The matrixed employee is also saddled with the additional burden of negotiating among the competing objectives of multiple bosses, some of who may be rarely seen in person. No wonder the matrix is so difficult to make it work and most of the employees call it a nightmare.
How To Design a Great Mentoring Program?
With the rapid changes in the world economy coupled with geopolitical divides, organizations are going through challenging times. The unexpected changes have left employees...
Career Tips For Aspiring Women Achievers
We are finally seeing the entry of women in board-level positions at leading multinational companies. However, the numbers are not stacking up as anticipated...
Do You Have What It Takes To Lead?
Don?t let criticism prevent you from taking the lead, however, don?t be blind to the right suggestions. To do this, break the journey into smaller milestones, and after completing a milestone, reflect and see what could have been done better
How Does Your Company Measure Your Potential?
Sages and researchers from HR define it in the following way ? Potential is not only the skill but also the will to develop or perform at a higher level in future.? As we see it, potential refers to the capability of an individual to perform at a particular level and, as such, it is a prerequisite for performance. It sets the upper limit of the achievable performance level.
Gender Diversity ? Women In Leadership Roles
Why is gender diversity at the workplace important? One could cite any number of politically correct reasons. However, those have already been done to...
Managing Change For Success
Change management is an amalgamation of art and science and requires a combination of both people and system-focused skills. Depending on the kind of change being undertaken, different skills will come into play. The key skills needed you will need to be a change master are
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
Tips for an Excellent Comeback after a Bad Performance Review
Your performance review is an integral part of your work life and one that you cannot avoid. And there is a good chance that...
Why You May Hate Performance Reviews
Performance feedback and review is part and parcel of the life of someone in a managerial role. Poorly handled reviews lead to low morale...
Your Manager Is a Control Freak, How To Handle It?
If your manager is a control freak, Initially, it will seem that your manager is just trying to keep a tab on things, making...
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
Having a corner seat in the office has been one of the most cherished achievements in an employee?s life, a desk, which has a good, view and can comfortably seat the incumbent for eight to ten hours daily. Did you know that, having a permanent seat in the office might be doing more harm to your health than what you have envisaged. The peril of being fixated to the office seat came into limelight after James Levine, a Scientist at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, reported in 2006 that sitting down for too long isn't just bad for you, it can also kill you
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Be Thyself: The Secret to Being Happy and Engaged at Work
??Know thyself? was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, ?Be thyself? shall be written.? --Oscar...
How to be your best at an offsite company trip?
Offsite company trips are often organized for business purposes. And while mixing in a bit of leisure is quite tempting, you should know where...
Developing People On The Job
Helping your direct reports or team members learn through experiences, though, is easier said than done. This article is designed to offer tips and guidelines for creating and implementing on-the-job learning experiences for your team members or direct reports.
101 Top Employee Engagement Experts You Can Follow
Kevin Kruse in his new book - ?Employee Engagement for Everyone: 4 Keys to Happiness and Fulfillment at Work?encourages you to follow these 101...
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
You Are Planning To Settle Abroad, Should You Inform Your Manager?
Settling abroad is indeed an opportunity that a lot of people eagerly await. However, while the grass does seem greener on the other side,...
Your Colleague Is Taking All The Credit, What To Do?
The presentation just finished and, your colleague is taking all the credit for the same.not to mention that, you have spent the last few...
Your Company Has Cancelled Your Long-Awaited Vacation – How To Respond?
You get a shock, your company has cancelled your long-awaited vacation. What do you do in such a scenario? A long-awaited vacation involves lots of...
Your team members see you as arrogant; however you are being direct – What to do?
Do your team members see you as arrogant? There’s a very thin line between being direct and being arrogant. Unfortunately, most people don’t realise...
SETTING GOALS
What?s your next gig?
Whilst the numbers move northwards, the resources are at best constant or get shaved off by a few percentage points. The front line managers are expected to identify areas of improvement and get the plan delivered. Here are few pointers, which will guide you in selecting action projects.
Want to stay on track with your New Year resolutions?
Last week I met up with a former client who I had not seen for some time. He was disappointed with himself because, although...
What Are Your Needs In Life?
Needs are a very personal part of our makeup, ranging from a deep desire to be recognized or to be independent.
We do not consciously...
How To Be Happy In Life And Career – The Zen Way
Can you be happy in life and career at the same time; in today?s world it seems impossible, You are no different than others.?Bronnie?Ware...
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Are You Suffering From The Fear of Being Sacked?
The fear of being sacked in an economy that seems to be slow and almost on recession mode is quite natural. A lot of...
How To Make a Request For Flexible Working Hours
The trend of flexible working hours is picking up everywhere. Across the globe, companies are now encouraging their employees to do remote work and...
Your Colleague Is Taking All The Credit, What To Do?
The presentation just finished and, your colleague is taking all the credit for the same.not to mention that, you have spent the last few...
Your Manager Is a Control Freak, How To Handle It?
If your manager is a control freak, Initially, it will seem that your manager is just trying to keep a tab on things, making...
Thriving in the Workplace as a Female Leader
Thriving in the Workplace as a Female Leader
Gender equality is a topic that is being discussed a lot when it comes to how workplace...
Your Company Has Cancelled Your Long-Awaited Vacation – How To Respond?
You get a shock, your company has cancelled your long-awaited vacation. What do you do in such a scenario? A long-awaited vacation involves lots of...
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Why Artificial Intelligence Is a Great Career Option
BBC has recently reported that up to 800 million would lose their jobs to robotic automation by 2030 and as per McKinsey, this will...
Job Hunting After Retirement
There are many reasons people look for work after they have retired. Perhaps you are feeling the pinch (there is no doubt the cost...
How to build your LinkedIn visibility for career growth?
LinkedIn has changed the way recruiters find candidates, in case you have not, starting now, you should build LinkedIn visibility for career growth.
There was...
How to Reply to a Job Advertisement
You see a job advertisement and jump into it with a lot of excitement. Energy and speed of response is good when applying to...
How To Find A New Job Secretively
The challenges encountered by a job seeker are numerous, not to mention that applying for a leave raises the manager?s eyebrow, especially when the...
20 Ways to Kill Your Job Application!
We spend a great deal of time talking to recruiters, employers and human resource staff every week. I recently sent an email asking some...
