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Before we dive into this topic, I’d like to take this time to conduct a brain exercise, three scenarios will be presented for you to visualize, the visualization aspect is very important so be sure to really focus on it. “You’re late to catch a flight, you rush through the airport, you make it past…
Increased funding is the need of the hour, to develop the education sector and to help underprivileged schools and students to cope with the fast-paced changes that we see unfolding. It is indeed time for Sri Lanka’s education system to move forward into the 21st century.
In my 10-year experience of running assessment centres and development centres where participants are given a time-based leaderless activity that creates pressure to perform, there always seem to be 2 types of leaders that emerge – a task-oriented leader and a socio-emotional leader. This is an interesting observation of the dynamics in leadership, and a question that is brought forth is whether this can be applied in a formal organisational leadership structure.
Work from Home (WFH) is a practice that has been demanded by workers even before COVID-19 crisis struck, but now we’ve seen an unprecedented transition to mass remote working – a dream come true for some, but not so much for others. This mass transition is an inadvertent global experiment that has sparked much debate.
Thoughts by Rozaine Cooray A time to heal.. Perhaps this is a good time to stop and take stock of our lives. A lockdown can push us to address areas in our lives we’ve neglected or merely swept under the carpet out of convenience. Perhaps the lockdown is a time to heal, to look after…
Consciousness is in the heart of wellbeing. A desirable life balance is not possible unless we challenge our default.
Habits are great to maintain a routine. But what happens when our routine is forcibly changed with lockdowns and curfews. Can we in return challenge our habits and see whether we are on the right track, healthy and sound in mind and body, running to the pace we desire, and running with people who are important to us?
Gene Weingarten won a Pulitzer Prize for his article ‘Pearls before Breakfast’ Washington Post, April 8, 2007. He documented a real life study on a world-class violinist named Joshua Bell who became a street musician for 45 minutes in a Washington D.C. Metro station. It was a Friday and the time was 7.51 am when…
He looked at the CV and spoke to the 4-person panel with enthusiasm, ‘Ah! This guy is from my school and he has also played rugby’ and winked and said ‘must be good’. Two of the panellists looked at each other in exasperation; deep down, I sighed myself. Interviews, by far, are the most widely…
Imagine setting out on an important journey towards a place we have never been to, on a road with no signposts? How sensible would that be? Where would we go? How would we drive? Drawing on this metaphor, road signs and indicators are similar to external feedback in the journey of career and/or personal development.…
Imagine being an athlete who, from humble beginnings has risen to unimaginable heights through a string of heartbreaking defeats and exhilarating triumphs; the courage, motivation and determination of beating the odds to realize the impossible. How did you train? Who was your coach? One of my clients recently asked me, “Why is this big hype…
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…
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