Just about a week ago, I was at the florist. Normally, I like to take my time with my flowers, but I should have warned the manager though, who was visibly present due to her loudness. I placed my order and continued to walk around the shop admiring the flowers. It was difficult to ignore…
Why do some of us feel that our organizational cultures are full of drama with scripts of shifting blame, endless complaining, wanting to be right, wanting the last word, sarcasm, forming cliques, making fun of others, holding grudges and obsessive thining? Numerous incidents from the past fire up in my memory as I write this…
‘Sometimes, it is so hard to manage my team. Some are so competitive and want to be on the top in everything, so much so that I wish I could tie them down to their chair and make them understand that they need to be a team player. Some cannot care less; winning or succeeding…
“I am just not good enough” “I have not achieved enough for my age” “I’ve not experienced any real success in life” “I have nothing to show for the work I’ve done” Some decades ago, these were the words of the college dropouts, the newly unemployed professionals, the victims of the recession. These were the…
‘I think it is time I ask my boss for a promotion. It’s been 4 years. I have sacrificed much for this job. I sincerely think I deserve it as I am already doing the work of a manager at the moment’, Says Sumal. ‘You should. What’s the problem?’ asks his colleague from a different…
“The brain is wider than the sky…” said the poet, Emily Dickinson, long before scientists discovered that our nervous system is capable of processing innumerable stimuli at any given time, of making trillions of synaptic connections, and sending messages at the speed of 120m/s. She spoke of the brain so boldly because the human brain…
Times are changing, and along with it so does our access to information. Some time ago finding the right information was not so easy as it is today. The Gen X-ers had to work harder, put in a lot more effort to gather enough information to do the job. Today, it is no longer…
Shehan explains the project and clearly says that it needs to be broken into manageable tasks that have to be completed in stages. Managing a team of 21 individuals, the last thing he wants to do is to micro-manage. However, he finds himself wondering why his very capable and hardworking team is still unable…
“Do I really have to give Henry all this feedback?”, asked Jennie looking through the five-page appraisal the human resource executive had just handed to her. “His communication seems to be poor, should we even keep him here?”. The HR executive stared at her blankly. Jennie’s face clearly displayed distress. She loved her job as…
Jack has been with Global Banking for six months now. His probation period is almost over. Jack is a nervous, 23-year-old, fresh out of university and in spite of what his friends and family said, he had landed his dream job of working at the financial giant. Monday morning rolls in and Jack walks into…