by admin | Mar 27, 2017 |
Success, in itself has no definite meaning, as it changes from person to person accordingly. But on a general note, the common idea of success means financial affluence, increased societal status, a happy family, and many such indicators. Since there is a clichéd understanding of success, there are also a few connotations attached to it. Not necessarily true, here we are debunking much popular notions surrounding the popular idea of success: 1. Success makes you a better person When people work in a very demanding role that makes them deeply competitive. It rubs off on their personal life also. People seem to be on a short temper all the time, flaring up at people including their family for no reason. Once this is realized, people can make an attentive effort to separate their work life from personal life and things can soon return to being normal. Staying level headed and not letting success go to your head sometimes needs a conscious intent! 2. To succeed, you need to focus on some parts of your life more, however once you are successful you can balance your life again When you focus too much on one aspect of your life at the expenditure of other aspects which are equally important, you cannot always escape the consequences. Let’s look at an example. In 2009 Ranjan Das, the SAP India CEO, died of a massive heart attack. He was 42 years old and active in sports, was a fitness fanatic and also a marathon runner with no history of any type of cardiac problem. So what led to this tragedy? Apparently, as he had...
by admin | Mar 21, 2017 |
It was 2:30 in the afternoon, I decided to take a short walk outside the office and found scores of other employees just walking around after lunch. A few were taking their regular strolls, a few others were catching a smoke break, others just sitting and chitchatting. One thing that I could see on their faces, was a slight hint of boredom which sometimes extended to an agitated frown. Some of them were yawning too, with huge coffee cups in their hands, trying to stay awake for the next 4 hours. They were not just tired, they were exhausted. In a rapidly growing economy like India, the boom in IT and corporate sector has resulted in not only mushrooming of skilled/unskilled jobs, it has also brought about a huge shift in the working culture. In contrast to the hitherto stagnant public sector institutions and government organizations, these companies brought with them a culture of growth, and upscaling. It provided a young workforce with huge opportunities to prove themselves, and they lapped it up with full gusto and pride. In the past few years, India has become one of the greatest hubs of service sector boom which has resulted in a huge leap for the International companies. Where am I going with this? I am going to the scary place which no one wants to talk about. I am going to talk about a revamp in the work culture of “well-known, multinational, present in more than 150 countries et cetera” kind of companies. The regular work hours of most of these companies ranges between 8.5 to 9 hours. It is...
by admin | Mar 15, 2017 |
Here’s the thing: some of the most successful leaders in the world will readily admit that they aren’t any smarter, luckier, more talented, or even more confident than their less successful peers. So, what is it that leads to their success? We tried finding out what exactly makes people stand out and take the charge. Leadership is no easy feat to achieve in today’s competitive times, yet the people who overcome every hurdle and reach the top are no different than the rest of us. There is only a slight difference that brings all the change. We are letting you in on that secret, so that you can try these yourself. A successful leader always has these traits: 1. Be Trusting and trustworthy: Management theorist Simon Sinek suggests that great leaders make their employees feel secure and draw staffers into a circle of trust. 2. Emotionally connected to the work: Author Robert Greene has interviewed and analysed the lives of people he calls “masters” and discovered that the most successful leaders were emotionally connected to their work and their success. Success, he says, is often a result of resiliency and a love of what you’re doing. 3. Sensitive and flexible: Researcher Jeffrey Pfeffer studied great leaders of history and noted that recognizing and being sensitive to the needs of others, and then being flexible enough to fit your position to match, were keys to successful leadership. 4. Creative: Research shows that most people will do whatever is easy, but the most successful among us get creative to do what works best instead, and that is always the path to success. 5. Willing to fail: Author Dan Schwabel notes that successful leaders have a willingness...
