We need to talk. Four simple words are enough to make the best of us nervous. How often do we avoid someone just to skip a tough conversation? Not just personally, but in our professional lives too. According to a study by Bravely, 70% of employees try to avoid difficult conversations at work, whether with […]
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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
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Timeboxing, a key component of Scrum and Agile project management methodology, is quickly gaining in popularity over traditional to-do lists. Why? Because it eliminates some of the most common shortcomings of to-do lists and elevates the agility and visibility of current and completed tasks. Timeboxing is the simple practice of allotting a fixed unit of
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Imagine you’re a marketing manager preparing to launch a new product. Instead of making decisions alone, you bring together designers, analysts, and sales reps for a brainstorming session. The result? A marketing strategy enriched by diverse insights and expertise. This is the essence of collaborative decision-making—a model that fosters teamwork, drives innovation, and aligns teams
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You’re halfway through a long workday and are feeling kind of stressed. Your work is piling up when a coworker starts talking to you. You start to feel yourself getting tense the more they distract you. You feel closed off emotionally; you don’t want to listen or interact with anyone at all. All you want
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Edgar Schein is considered as one of the forefathers of modern organizational psychology. He was the mind behind the “Career Anchors” framework. This framework hypothesizes that an individual’s workplace inclinations adhere to eight specific categories. The attributes of these proverbial anchors dictate how they perform at work. If your people end up in positions that don’t
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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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For many people, work can be a stressful environment for many reasons. From nagging bosses to frustrating rules and everything in between. You could find yourself burdened by so much stress that it will negatively impact you. Here are the eight ways to manage stress at your workplace, so it does not consume your life. These are the most common
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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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One of the many qualities that make a good manager is delegation. However, what makes a great manager is that she also knows when to delegate and when not to. It does happen that while empowering your subordinates, you give away too much at one time. There are many problems that arise when you have no control over
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