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10 Tips for People Managers to Engage Their Team Better

When you see some teams, you can feel the energy. Some teams are too quiet and indifferent. Some teams demonstrate dropped shoulders. As a people manager, it is your responsibility to engage your team better. Team energy is critical for high performance . Energy leads to engagement. Who should pump in that energy and who…

4 June 2018 · 2 min

Personal And Professional

"I am a techie; is people management for me?"

Let us admit first - technical skills are essential to start a career. A young professional is hired by organizations to perform a set of tasks as per the standard operating procedures using the technical expertise. We can see this across industries – IT, pharma, engineering, BPO and so on. As one grows, the young…

22 May 2018 · 3 min

HR Outsourcing

On Becoming A People Manager

To become a people manager, the first step is to check if you wish to be one. This pause and reflection is critical which will avoid you becoming a ‘reluctant’ people manager. Once you cross the first step, we recommend two more steps. All the three steps are detailed below. 1. How to know if…

13 May 2018 · 2 min

SundayScribble

Criticality of People Management: For Organizations and For Individual Careers

For more than a decade, we have been working with various clients – small & medium sized to large multinational companies. While there are a variety of HR needs that emanate out of business environment, we find one common need across – the need for people management and more savvy people managers! It is no…

6 May 2018 · 2 min

SundayScribble

World should have treated me better!

“During my stint in that organization, I brought in many systems and processes; there was nothing when I joined” – this conversation goes on endlessly unless one makes a conscious effort to stop it! “I helped them a lot when they were in crisis. Of course, now they have grown big” - the disappointment is…

29 April 2018 · 2 min

Blog

Engagement is much more than one outing and one grand lunch!

Two hundred people….one day outing…a place not seen by many before….HR and facilities teams get busy planning the complex logistics… organizing committee visits the place to discuss and taste the menu for breakfast, lunch, snacks and so on. When two hundred becomes four hundred people, the effort becomes even more enormous and expensive; of course,…

22 April 2018 · 2 min

SundayScribble

Does your performance matter to you?

Organizations and leaders focus so much on performance. They design systems; they organize workshops; give reviews; offer feedback, incentives or disincentives. So much to drive performance because it matters to the organization and business! Key question, however, is: does it matter to the individual? What happens if I perform well? I may be appreciated; rewarded,…

8 April 2018 · 2 min

SundayScribble

Does trust come with associated risk?

When we meet some people, we tend to trust them at first instance. With others, we may take sometime and build our trust. It is always intriguing to see why we trust some and we don’t with others.

1 April 2018 · 2 min

Personal And Professional

Give Her The Power Of Choice

Give her the power of choice - that day is women's day! Over the years, I have seen, interacted and worked with many bright, young, talented girls. As students, they were studious; smart; quick learners; good communicators; courageous to stand up and ask questions. During the group discussions, they give a terrific fight to the…

8 March 2017 · 2 min

Blog

6 Common Mistakes In Leadership

Ever wonder what mistakes you made as a leader, why your followers do not have faith in you, and what was lacking in your approach. Think no further. Being a leader is no easy job. Here are 6 common mistakes in leadership. 1.Carrying a blind spot : Self-awareness is different from self-confidence. Being self-aware has…

21 December 2016 · 3 min

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Insights that moveorganizations forward

10 Tips for People Managers to Engage Their Team Better

"I am a techie; is people management for me?"

On Becoming A People Manager

Criticality of People Management: For Organizations and For Individual Careers

World should have treated me better!

Engagement is much more than one outing and one grand lunch!

Does your performance matter to you?

Does trust come with associated risk?

Give Her The Power Of Choice

6 Common Mistakes In Leadership

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