How often have you heard the phrase, “Early to bed and early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise)” This emphasized that someone who gets enough sleep and starts work early in the day will have a successful life? Compare this to the statement made in November 2017, by Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix “You get a show or a movie […]
Awaken the Manager Within!
There’s a Manager inside all of us, except that one may choose not to Awaken this quality for Coping with Change! The second half of the 20th Century saw a big craze for Management education with foundations from World War II. Many new fields have emerged with the flavor of Management with most of us aspiring […]
8 Qualities for Coping with ‘Changing Managerial Challenges Changing’
Rapidity, Complexity, and Frequency of changes (RCF) occurring constantly are key factors that managers have to deal in today’s ever-changing environment. Further there is a pressure to achieve not just targets but deliver results within a limited period. So we call this a Changing Managerial Challenges Changing, for the RCF of tomorrow may be different […]
Soft Skills you use in your day to day life!
“I sacked my `Technical’ person today! Nincompoops, just don’t know how to communicate.” I have heard the above statement from a lot of my business owner friends, and have wondered what does this statement actually mean. A technical person, whether a mechanic, engineer, accountant, or the likes, would have faced the axe that day, not […]
PR+Digital – Is `pr-I-git-all’ the new mantra?
Basic Vocabulary for Sales and Marketing
Every communication screams SALE and something OFF! The impression given is that the earth is going to end in the next 48 hours, and that puts you totally off! How many of the offers did you respond to that tried to influence you through those snail mails, those door to door salesmen (no gender offence […]
Geography can teach you some Economics
What’s in a Quarter?
Self Managed Social Media
Thomas Friedman in his book the Lexus and the Olive tree said “Print Medium made readers out of us, television and radio made listeners and audience out of us, while Internet has made Publishers out of us.” Media is no longer limited to just print media, articles, direct mail, TV, radio, newspapers, and telemarketing– it […]