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Organisational memory and change (22 March 12:00) |
| Memory plays an important role in a human being's tendency to change. As a person experiences more, he creates more memories and as a result becomes a product of his Memory plays an importa... |
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Leadership is about the future (22 March 12:00) |
| Leadership is about the future and so the idea of preparation and staying abreast of new developments underscores successful leadership, says Steven J. DeKrey in Learning from Leaders in Asi... |
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As priorities change so should work-life balance (15 March 12:00) |
| Last week I spoke on `work-life balance' at a seminar organised to mark International Women's Day. The all-woman audience - young, engaged and interactive - was for the most part employed in... |
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Happy hunting ground (15 March 12:00) |
| Two years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, placement records show that the country's premier management institutes are back in the Two years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, pla... |
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Shifting gears (15 March 12:00) |
| It has been 10 long years since we bought our car. It has been a faithful companion but over the last few months age seems to have caught up with it. The squeaks and the occasional groan of ... |
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I still dream of that Olympic medal (08 March 12:00) |
| His bald pate does little to hide his youthful looks. But his firm jaw gives you a glimpse of his determination. This youthful ex-captain of the Indian hockey team bid goodbye to the game at... |
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For a secure workplace (08 March 12:00) |
| Priya was one of the first few women to join an all-male enterprise when she embarked on a career about 15 years ago. Fresh out of college and quite intimidated by the work atmosphere, a pat... |
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Your dress sense speaks volumes (08 March 12:00) |
| How many times have we agonised over the question, “What shall I How many times have we agonised over the question, “What shall I |
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Marketing in the B2B world (08 March 12:00) |
| In the world of B2B marketing, a very thin line demarcates marketing and selling. In fact, it would be fair to say that the term marketing here is generally synonymous with business In the ... |
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The rise and reprimand of Toyota (01 March 12:00) |
| Given car maker Toyota's remarkable rise through the last century it is intriguing to know what went wrong recently. The astounding siege, encountered by Toyota from the huge global recall o... |
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Seeking opportunity in diversity (01 March 12:00) |
| In Part 1 of this article, we dwelt upon the importance of diversity in the workforce and the business reasons for it to be of interest to leadership. In this section, we will look at the ch... |
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Managing change (01 March 12:00) |
| The worm was the most ridiculed creature in the beautiful garden. The flowers, the fish, the butterflies, the birds, all poked fun at how ugly it looked in comparison to them. Even the frog ... |
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See your people as winners (01 March 12:00) |
| Real communication is a product of trust, yet most of the performance review and evaluation systems used in organisations today create mistrust, rues Ken Blanchard in The Heart of a Leader (... |
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Why do leader development initiatives fail (22 February 12:00) |
| This is the time of the year when organisations are busy planning their strategic initiatives for the coming year. Developing leaders invariably figures as a strategic priority. Given its im... |
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Light at the bottom of the pyramid (22 February 12:00) |
| His passion is to provide a low-cost solar energy system to light up not only rural households but also the urban slums. He set out on this quest of providing sustainable energy solutions to... |
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Learning to accept (22 February 12:00) |
| Work life is no bed of roses. Those of us in business know that for a fact. Sure, there are positives, a feeling of self-worth and job satisfaction, true contribution to the success of our o... |
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Quality surrogates (22 February 12:00) |
| I don't think this is a term that will be found in too many textbooks, but it is nonetheless one of the most important concepts in marketing. It is a concept that is intuitively understood b... |
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Advantage diversity (15 February 12:00) |
| (In the first of this two-part article the writer dwells on the importance of diversity in the workforce and why it is of interest to (In the first of this two-part article the writer dwell... |
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Making that personal connect (15 February 12:00) |
| I met Shuba Kamath in October last year. She was beaming from ear to ear as she had just been voted her company's top `People Manager'. Shuba manages a team of eight people in a call centre ... |
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Signals of destructive leadership (15 February 12:00) |
| Aberrations in leadership can be traced both to the so-called leaders and the so-called followers notes Annabel Beerel in Leadership and Change Management (www.sagepublications.com). Our fas... |
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Overcoming the socio-economic chasm (08 February 12:00) |
| (The first of this two-part article focused on the barriers that educated youth from rural India face in their efforts to migrate to the cities to pursue their (The first of this two-part a... |
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Connecting effortlessly (08 February 12:00) |
| I am writing this week's article from Cambodia. I am in a small town called Siem Reap. This city is home to one of the man-made wonders of the world — Angkor Wat, a complex of temples insp... |
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Infosys gives lateral placement its due (08 February 12:00) |
| With the implementation of the I-race (Infosys Role and Career Enhancement) last October, global IT major Infosys has moved towards a new people practice where growth is not just defined by ... |
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Brand and product management (08 February 12:00) |
| Some years ago, I met representatives of a client that was into multiple businesses, all under the brand name of, let us say, ABC. The specific client unit I was dealing with was in the LPG ... |
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Shah Rukh to host Dare-10 (08 February 12:00) |
| Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan will host the final rounds of Dare-10, a B-school quiz to be held in Bangalore on February 8. Organised by the Indian Institute of Planning and Management and ... |
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Handling tough conversations (01 February 12:00) |
| Have you heard of or seen a water strider? It's a little insect that skips across the water surface and eats other little bugs in the water. The beauty of this tiny insect is that it can ski... |
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Plug and play (01 February 12:00) |
| I was rummaging through an old trunk containing family memorabilia when I came across some letters that my late parents had preserved. As it happens in such cases, I lost myself in a nostalg... |
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Succeeding from the inside out (01 February 12:00) |
| If you find life burdensome and boring, here is Supercoach with 10 secrets from Michael Neill to make a difference to yourself (www.hayhouse.com). This is a book about succeeding from the in... |
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Talent beyond the socio-economic chasm (25 January 12:00) |
| (In the first of this two-part article, the writer looks at the barriers that educated youth from rural India face in their efforts to migrate to the cities to pursue their (In the first of... |
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A blend of East West (25 January 12:00) |
| In my previous article I spoke about a meeting with Dr Charles Savage, President and Mentor, Knowledge Era Enterprises. Interactions with Dr Charles, as he likes to be called, always provide... |
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Opinion polling (25 January 12:00) |
| Titoo Ahluwalia, when he was Chairman of the market research company ORG-MARG, said: “Seat prediction is a mug's game”. The statement surprised many, as he had used published opinion pol... |
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Leadership phases in society (25 January 12:00) |
| Stagnation is the bane of any social order in that it disallows a full expression of society's Stagnation is the bane of any social order in that it disallows a full expression of society's |
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Employee assessment – flight simulators for future leaders (18 January 12:00) |
| The dictionary meaning of assessment is “evaluation or estimation”. This brings to mind our feared examination system and memories of appearing for examinations almost half-dead with ner... |
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Education sector needs to be more open (18 January 12:00) |
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Leading in the clever economy (18 January 12:00) |
| How would you lead your ‘smartest, most creative people'? Here is guidance from Clever, a new book by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones How would you lead your ‘smartest, most creative people... |
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Rooted in India (11 January 12:00) |
| I met two extraordinary people at a recent conference in the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, which has formed academic alliances with The Wharton School (the University of Pennsylvania... |
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The Chandrasekaran principle (11 January 12:00) |
| An honest day's work... is it making a workhorse out of you? Here are some ways to lighten your burden! An honest day's work... is it making a workhorse out of you? Here are some ways to li... |
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Mudra Institute does away with CAT to conduct entrance test in US (11 January 12:00) |
| Due to the delay in Common Admission Test results this year, the Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, will not rely on the CAT results for candidates seeking admission to the instit... |
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Schulich offers course in tie-up with SP Jain Institute (04 January 12:00) |
| Providing Indian students the opportunity to do a global MBA within the country, the Toronto-based Schulich School of Business has joined hands with the SP Jain Institute of Management & Res... |
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Are leaders born or made (04 January 12:00) |
| The well is deep and the water cool, but the frog that lived there and refused to move perished in the The well is deep and the water cool, but the frog that lived there and refused to move... |
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When you are not the boss favourite (04 January 12:00) |
| If your boss is consistently fair, considerate, decent, and humble, you are very lucky, says Peter Morris in The Dysfunctional Workplace (www.vivagroupindia.com). For the rest of us, though,... |
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Climate change in organisations (28 December 12:00) |
| Hundreds of business leaders, HR leaders, research scholars, heads of educational institutions, psychologists, trade union leaders, representatives from the investor fraternity and trade bod... |
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Fear of the known (28 December 12:00) |
| I was unhappily driving my car on a Sunday afternoon after a family lunch at a new restaurant that served great food. I was unhappy because I enjoy the view almost always from the back seat ... |
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Inspiration for the asking (28 December 12:00) |
| I was recently in Mumbai for the Cherie Blair Foundation conference “Women Mean Business”, where the who's who of women power raised their voices in unison for inclusive growth and advan... |
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Employee engagement (28 December 12:00) |
| Employee engagement is a very contemporary concept that has been proven to have a close correlation to the company's business Employee engagement is a very contemporary concept that has bee... |
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Which way to the top (21 December 12:00) |
| In part 1 of this article, I spoke of the pressure to win and the need to get to the top. In our anxiety to win and because the stakes are high, honesty and integrity are given the go-by. In... |
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CEOs have a warped sense of marketing (21 December 12:00) |
| It is a divided house at the very top with ‘management' on one side of the table and ‘marketing' on the other. And they don't see eye-to-eye. Why so? Because the former is left-brained, ... |
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Freeing organisations off constraints (21 December 12:00) |
| TOC or the Theory of Constraints is perhaps one of the only management theories that promises a turnaround without the loss of even a single person in the organisation. The creator of the th... |
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Are you set for the upswing (14 December 12:00) |
| With economic confidence returning, are you ready for the upswing? Will the strategy that was working well for you before the financial crisis still stand you in good stead as confidence Wi... |
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Healthcare sans the pinch (14 December 12:00) |
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