Your Career Is Your Greatest Asset – Here’s how to invest in your career for better job prospects, professional satisfaction and a more secure financial future List your best accomplishments. What tops the list? Your comfy house, the swanky car…

A lesson on how consultants can make a difference in an organization.  Last week, we took some friends to a new restaurant, ‘Steve’s Place,’ and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket.  …

The role of theory and history in management The text goes to some trouble to explain why theory and history are relevant to contemporary managers. Theory is a conceptual framework for organizing knowledge and providing a clean print for action.…

Distinctive Competences – What is it?   A distinctive competency is a strength possessed by only a small number of competing firms. Distinctive competencies are rare among a set of competitors.Organizations that exploit their distinctive competencies often obtain competitive advantage…

Both Shiva and Indra are immortal deities. Shiva’s immortality is achieved by tapasya; Kama, god of desire, is sacrificed during tapasya. Indra’s immortality is achieved through yagna performed to satisfy bhoga, the fulfillment of desire. As long as there is…

The mercurial market conditions and the constant stress to perform often leads to low morale among employees and even without their own realisation their performance graphs move downward. What does the organisation’s resource management doctor (read: HR department) prescribe when…

I remember my dad teaching me the power of language at a very young age. Not only did my dad understand that specific words affect our mental pictures, but he understood words are a powerful programming factor in lifelong success.…

Myth #5: Managers Should Put the Customer First Why It’s a Myth: When managers preach and practice this longstanding axiom, they overlook their employees, who are responsible for creating and nurturing the customer relationship. Customers quickly learn they can bypass…

Myth #4: Morale Will Improve When Sales Go Up Why It’s a Myth: Morale will improve when sales go up. Managers often believe that increased sale will result in higher morale, ignoring the fact that low morale makes it difficult,…

Myth #3: Quota is an Employee Management Tool Why It’s a Myth: Quota defines the minimum performance standard of an organization and the minimum performance of the individual inside that organization. When it is used as a management tool, managers…