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Upskilling Your Team Enhancing Productivity and Engagement

Upskilling Your Team: Enhancing Productivity and Engagement

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Upskilling your team is a crucial step towards preparing them for higher responsibilities and enhancing their task delivery both efficiently and effectively.
What are you doing to avoid being fired from your job?

What are you doing to avoid being fired from your job?

It?s a tough world out there, with newer technologies eating the older behemoths and pushing them in oblivion. It?s a matter of time before we see organizations restructure themselves to face the new world order, that is hyper-connected and hyper-automated. So what can you do to avoid slipping into oblivion when restructuring happens, try doing these things to stay ahead of the pack, you need to make your career resilient to the future shocks, don?t be a sitting duck.

Five pointers to remember when working with German colleagues

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Germans like things to be on time (at work, when expecting parcels from the post office, or when waiting for subways). This means: we love to make regular appointments. So when it comes to a project, we will probably ask for more than one meeting to discuss the status of the work done so far. And indeed, be waiting in the conference room 5 minutes earlier. So better be on time. We like to plan ahead, and the worst thing that could happen is something not running on schedule.
Mastering Brainstorming A Guide to Unleashing Team Creativity

Mastering Brainstorming: A Guide to Unleashing Team Creativity

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Brainstorming stands as a potent technique that not only fosters creativity but also strengthens team bonds. This method encourages teams to come together, share their thoughts freely, and solve complex problems creatively.

Remote Team Meeting etiquette?s

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Creating a world-class team requires building a culture rich in collaboration and teaming. A remote team has the potential to engage all employees to provide a variety of learning opportunities and to be a leader in building collaborative solutions for organizational success.

Using career discussion to retain your team

When implemented effectively, career discussions impact not only employee retention, but also the business success. In particular, career discussions allow you as a manager to capitalize on the employees? full potential and grow skills and experiences to meet business needs, ultimately improving organizational performance.

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.

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.
Mastering Idea Feasibility A Guide to Force Field Analysis

Mastering Idea Feasibility: A Guide to Force Field Analysis

Idea feasibility is a critical component in the landscape of corporate innovation and decision-making. It's the litmus test that every proposal must undergo to determine its viability within the constraints of available resources.

Using Mind Maps To Win The Corporate Game

Mind maps have a variety of applications in business, educational, and personal situations as aids in problem solving, decision making, and learning. You can use them for these purposes:

The Rise Of Freelancers

Working remotely is no longer a pain; smartphones, web apps, higher bandwidth and other technological innovations have enabled 24/7 connections across the world. Advances in online project management tools and Escrow payment systems has also turbo charged this segment,

Social Media Is Changing Recruitment

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A resume on a job site is an isolated or the best foot forward version of the prospective candidate. By glancing through the openly accessible social media profile and their friends or connections, companies have deeper data points even before meeting the candidate.

Corporate Lessons From 2016 T20 World Cup

Being nimble and always prepared is the key to surviving the fourth industrial revolution. Life and markets are in no mood to give the corporate?s a second chance; give it your best shot on day one. You have the choice of either doing it or not doing it, once you are in the game, play to win.
Top 5 Interview Questions & Answers for Career Changers

Top 5 Interview Questions & Answers for Career Changers

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The interviewer wants assurance on two fronts, one that you are a quick learner and second you have the persistence to stick around even if going gets tough in the new role. Sound off the hiring manager that you understand the new role and plan to stay for the long term in the sector if hired.
Why You Need To Set High Life Standards For Yourself

Why You Need To Set High Life Standards For Yourself

Elevating your life through setting high life standards is both a journey and a destination. It's about continuously challenging ourselves to grow, improve, and achieve more than we ever thought possible.
Finding Your Next Gig

Finding Your Next Gig

As we look forward to the new financial year, the path to finding your next gig is laden with opportunities and challenges. By embracing popular voting, listening to the customer, and studying time usage, you position yourself and your team for success.

Blind Hiring Can Reduce Discrimination In Hiring

A company providing Blind Hiring in the United States conducted 1,200 auditions across 13 companies to study if real change is happening or not. The results were way better than the industry average,
Master Continuous Learning for Career Success

Master Continuous Learning for Career Success

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The most successful individuals recognize the power of continuous learning. Regardless of your current skill set, it's vital to understand that what you know today may not suffice tomorrow.

Countering The Male Ego

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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology after a research study in 2013, found that men don?t feel great about themselves, when their wives or...

Managing The Odd Person In The Meeting

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You are in a important meeting debriefing the team about how to win the next big contract and here you have a team member...

In 2016 These Four Sectors Will Need One Million New Hires

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As the Indian economy moves northwards, the job market looks very bright. In a survey conducted by Michael Page, an international executive search firm, 76 % of the employers said that they plan to increase their headcount in 2016. Now it is up to you to ride this wave by getting a handsome pay raise and promotion with your current employer or by jumping ship to a place where you are valued rightly for your contribution, remember to tell the company if they give peanuts, they will get monkeys only. Don?t settle for less, jostle for more for you deserve a better lifestyle, avoid getting swarmed and fooled by the company loyalty and emotional drama.

Managing Change For Success

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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

Use Story Telling To Communicate With Your Team

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An integral component of being a successful leader is learning how to communicate with your team. And the good news is that storytelling is not an innate talent of a few leaders, but is a skill that can be learned by all leaders in couple of days.

How To Make Diversity Recruiting Work?

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Although commitment to diversity must begin with the senior leadership, it must also be disseminated throughout the organization because senior management?s buy in is not sufficient to create the day-to-day atmosphere necessary to promote the retention of diverse employees on an ongoing basis.

Managing Negative Responses By Employees

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Shabbily crafted and delivered messages can trigger feelings of self-doubt, anger, shock, or resistance. Secondly, do give space to your employees to vent out their feelings or reaction; don?t choke them with your managerial power.

Are You Sitting To Death?

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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

Sleeping Patterns Of 21 Highly Rich & Famous People

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Below are the sleep habits of 21 highly successful people throughout history. Not everyone keeps ?normal? hours, as is shown, but it?s important to do what feels right for you, tweaking your pattern as needed.

How To Avoid Getting Duped By Your New Employer

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Immediate joining should ring an alarm bell, it a sign that some one just walked out of the job without serving the notice period. In normal circumstances this is rare, people do not like walking away unless the place is making them go mad.
Recognizing Office Politics Strategies for a Positive Workplace Culture

Recognizing Office Politics: Strategies for a Positive Workplace Culture

Creating an organization that is free of toxic political behavior is likely an unattainable goal; it is within your reach to mitigate the conditions that allow such activity to thrive. As a manager you need to be aware of the factors that are the primary drivers in creating a consistently effective environment that mitigates political behaviors.

Mentoring Will Fast Track Your Career Growth

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According to the Greek mythological legend, Mentor, a friend and counselor to Odysseus was entrusted with the education of Odysseus? s son, Telemachus. As...
Taking Charge of Your Career Staying Relevant and Productive

Taking Charge of Your Career: Staying Relevant and Productive

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Taking charge of your career means recognizing that you are the architect of your professional destiny. The days when companies took the responsibility to train, develop, and ensure the continuous employability of their workers are dwindling.
Avoiding Career Blunders Navigating Your Professional Path

Avoiding Career Blunders: Navigating Your Professional Path

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The skill most vital to avoiding career blunders is effectively leading through change. This requires an openness to new ideas and the persistence to overcome challenges, even when the path forward is unclear.
Achieving Your Goal A Guide to Realizing Your Dreams

Achieving Your Goal: A Guide to Realizing Your Dreams

Achieving your goal often requires changes in your behavior, habits, or thinking. It's about identifying what resources you have at your disposal and what adjustments you need to make.

Using Action Plans To Cement Learning

Individuals and groups write action plans as a record of how they intend to use the training imparted to them in future. It is often helpful to use a series of headings or prompt questions to assist in formulations of action plans, as these can help in focusing attention on particular areas of action appropriate to the circumstances.

Using Senior Level Sponsorship To Propel Your Goals.

During the review, a managerial candidate is introduced by his/ her reporting manager and other senior members of the management team are invited to share their views on the candidate?s competencies and leadership potential. These discussions can exert a major influence on the manager?s future career progression. It?s at this point that having support and sponsorship of your senior management team can have a crucial and positive effect on your career trajectory.

How To Be A Skilled Presenter

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Part of being an able presenter is marketing your self as someone others should listen to. These are some of the pointers that can make you a very able presenter.

What Does Leadership Signify

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??A good leader does not become so based on what he says. He becomes so based on what he does. Followers or peers will watch you and make impression about your leadership ability based on your actions and not on your speeches. Any ?saying-doing gap? and the leader will lose credibility. Gandhi will remain as one of the best leaders in world?s history as there was no saying-doing gap.

How To Set Up An Innovation Factory

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In order to synthesize ideas, creative people have to apportion a part of their time to study issues in depth, bounce off their thoughts with others, and look for parallels in other ecosystems. Naturally creative people are wired to think in contrasts when they are confronted with a problem

9 Things That Great Managers Do To Drive High Performance

Widespread changes in the organizational environment have led to fundamental changes in how work gets done. Team members are highly interdependent on each other...

How To Select Team Members For A Project

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Traditionally team members get selected by matching individual demographic characteristics (training, rank, experience) to generically functional roles and known project requirements. Team composition should reflect the full range of performance requirements mandated by both the team task itself and the collaborative quality of teamwork needed by the project.
Elevating Remote Team Collaboration Building Virtual Workforce

Remote Team Collaboration: Building Virtual Workforce

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Trust is the foundation upon which effective remote team collaboration is built. It's about more than just believing in each other's abilities; it's about fostering a culture where team members feel valued, supported, and understood.

People Analytics: HR’s Chance to be Strategic

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The Human Resource (HR) function?s tryst with data is very old. Ever since the organized way of doing business started, managers have been concerned with this clich? question ? ?How do we find the right person for the right job at the right time and cost?? The answer to this is still evading managers

Using Pre Work To Improve Training Effectiveness

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The attractiveness of pre work process is that the burden of reading, comprehending and developing initial reaction to the material is shifted to each individual outside of the session; this, in turn frees precious meeting time for the group to do what it needs to do the most ? process the information together. Additionally pre work is an effective way to rev up up energy for the training session too.

5 Signs That Your Team Relationship is Going Downhill

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A team leader who engages in micromanagement treats highly experienced and skilled professionals as if they were novices, the team leader double or triple checks works, or places rigid and excessive restraints on decision-making authority of team members.
Race Ahead In Your Career Unleashing Your Full Potential

Race Ahead In Your Career: Unleashing Your Full Potential

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Continuous learning and skill development are indispensable in your quest to race ahead in your career. Staying updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and skills can set you apart from your peers.
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How To Be An Effective Leader of A Remote Team

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Leading is sophisticated and sometimes difficult task; leading from a distance appears to be even more so because of the extra complexity introduced by the remote context. This is both a good news/ bad news situation.

How To Become A Champion In End User Training

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Increasingly tasks are being automated and newer applications are running complex tasks, one of the biggest hurdles, is to train the existing staff on...

Does Your Team lack Foresight?

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Teams that suffer from lack of foresight are more likely to be jolted by unpleasant surprises. Without an efficient early warning system, such teams are frequently blinded by problems. In addition, they employ a reactive approach that allows problems to mushroom out of control before they are eventually addressed.

The Benefits Of Knowing Oneself

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Known weaknesses won?t get you into as much trouble as your blind spot would, for you can loop around and compensate for your known weakness. In case of a blind spot, you are completely unprepared and at your wits to tackle the blizzard as and when it hits you in the face.

Dealing With Low Performers

Overcoming your reluctance to deal with low performers is the key to your unit?s performance and probably your career as well. Managers who excel at being direct with their reports are said to be timely, consistent and focused on performance improvement.