Ever felt completely drained at work, struggling to focus, or unmotivated? Those are signs of burnout at work. Burnout is a state of mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion. It’s also the most common problem in modern work culture due to stiff market competition. According to a recent survey of HR leaders, up to 50% of […]
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“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” -Harry Truman As a manager, you may feel like you don’t have time to read outside of a busy work schedule. However, with so much valuable information available, reading a little bit every day can go a long way in improving your leadership skills. Here
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In today’s digital age, Human resources department is an outlier. Not in good sense, though. Just look at other departments & observe how data driven they are. Right from sales to products, finance to marketing. Each function has its own set of metrics, surfaced by the data from relevant sources. But HR metrics, in majority of the cases,
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The importance of agile teams can never be underestimated. It has been proven time and again that agile teams are able to better work together and cultivate higher productivity as well as develop greater work experience. But such teams are not built overnight and they certainly are not inherently capable of working together from day
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Change is the only constant. Everywhere we see, there is a rise in innovations and technological developments in almost all the industries. Any industry that does not adapt to these changes will find it difficult to sustain in the long term. In a way these innovations are being implemented to make companies more efficient and
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John and Mark work as sales executives in a company. John’s manager trusts him to handle client meetings independently, giving him clear goals and the freedom to formulate his approach. On the other hand, Mark’s manager believes in micromanagement, questioning every small decision and dictating how Mark should approach his work. John performs well, takes
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These days people rely on technology more than ever to simplify their tasks. Smartphones are the most prominent examples. When the first handset was introduced, nobody thought it could be used for anything else apart from making calls and sending messages. Now cell phones have become an integral part of almost everyone’s life! Right from
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Motivation is the will to do something. And that will, comes from within. Herein lies the most difficult of challenges. How to motivate the team for achieving organization’s goals? Managers must direct individual efforts in the right direction. Most managers tend to think motivation as a subjective factor. Difficult to measure, almost impossible to set the
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At UpRaise, we are starting a series of guest posts from world renowned Atlassian Experts. This, the first one, comes from Clearvision. Teamwork is the key to success Atlassian, the team behind JIRA, recently revealed that the #1 contributor to workplace happiness is the sense of belonging to a team. 75% of job success, the same study
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Ever get the feeling you are juggling way too many balls in the air? Relax. You are not the only one. Of course here we are speaking metaphorically. Consider a situation which is common to a majority of people. You are driving to work which is probably at peak traffic time in the morning. You
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