Organisations are in a state of flux. Knowledge & technology organisations, more so. Given that the technology & knowledge is always advancing, they cannot afford to lose steam. Continuous learning, is the key for them. Of course, the same applies to individuals as well. Don’t keep up with the new learnings & you’ve become stagnant
Communication is at the core of any business. Be it a one man owned grocery store or a large multinational software development firm. Failure to communicate your thoughts & ideas is a recipe for disaster. Now, there is nothing novel in this fact. Everyone knows & agrees to it. But few individuals at workplace pay
Success is a habit. Or better phrased, success is choice to make changes to your daily routine. Changes that are difficult, even uncomfortable. Develop good habits outside of work, and that is bound to improve your performance in the office. Figure out areas of improvement, make plans and stick to them. Developing good habits can
Knowledge workers dread meetings. With little planning going into them, meetings rarely produce the desired results. Follow Scrum or Kanban for project management & you are already a part of bunch of other meetings. Then there are town halls, team meetings & and other gatherings specific to your organisation. But amidst all this noise, one
According to a Glassdoor study, employees aren’t using their vacation time in its entirety. They are afraid of falling behind in their work commitments. Here it is not employees’ fault, as they are afraid of losing out on valuable time. Their company is to blame as well. If a company understands the importance of time-off
Globally approximately 15% employees are engaged in their work. The numbers vary according to different countries but haven’t exceeded beyond 40% in any of them. Millions of dollars are being spent on employee engagement activities and yet the numbers haven’t increased yet. (Source) Another study reports that people’s well-being peaks are weekends and holidays,
On an average, office goers spend approximately 9 hours every day in the workplace. That is more than half your waking time!! The amount of time that you spend with your coworkers is almost as much as the amount you spend with your spouse or family. Given that you spend so much time in
In the book Jack: Straight From The Gut, the legendary Jack Welch talks about how he heavily focused on creating a high performing culture at GE. Only those employees who conformed to standards he set, were allowed to stay. The rest had to part ways with the company. This book talks about how he did not
We need to talk. 4 simple words. Yet they are enough to make the best of us nervous. How often have we avoided talking to someone simply because we do not want a difficult conversation? Not just in personal, but professional life as well. Although in the latter, difficult conversations may be essential in certain situations.
At the end of every year, agencies like Glassdoor publish a series of articles such as Top companies of the last year ‘X’ unique benefits introduced in ‘z’ year and so on. There are various parameters behind these assessments such as salary, perks and benefits, work culture, etc. While there are some aspects that employees still