The best managers also keep secrets from their employees — certain things they’ve strategically and wisely chosen NOT to share. It’s what makes them great bosses. In honor of National Boss Day, I’m going to leak that classified data. It’s time to get it out in the open. via poynter.org
For example, when strongly disagreeing with another, most of us have a tendency to see things solely through our own world view. In those situations, some will immediately assume that the other person is ignorant and/or has nefarious intentions. Your mind immediately turns to the thought, “How could they possibly not agree with me?” In […]
I opened the front door and this kid was standing on the porch and reading the newspaper. My newspaper. A kid i have never seen before. In full school uniform with overstuffed bag, water bottle and shiny shoes. First thing that came to my mind was, tche! I should have subscribed to a better newspaper. […]
Supported by Michael Porter, the guru of competitive strategy, the prestigious awards have been based on four major pillars to identify and reward the most outstanding companies for their Strategy. Capitalizing on Industry Dynamics It is crucial for a company to achieve sustainable competitive advantage by protecting and enhancing its distinctive characteristics. Identify strategic positions […]
Much harder than funding, launching products or services, and everything else. Hiring is the single hardest thing to do in a startup. And also the most important thing. Because hiring in startups is not just recruitment. Its sales. You are selling the company, your vision, and a chance to change the world. And asking someone […]
Celebrating International Nurses Day might be considered a commonplace event in some countries or may not even be celebrated at all. But in India, where there is a critical need for medical personnel, the event observed on May 12 at Vaatsalya Hospitals, a chain catering to semi-urban and rural areas,1 truly gave reason to celebrate. […]
Being absolutely lazy, especially when it comes to saying something intelligible, we resorted to the age-old practice of copying and pasting our post on this forum from a few months ago (with small updates in bracket). Please find below. Just in case you are wondering, we indeed hired 3 inscrutable gentlemen (not any more) in […]
via businesstoday.intoday.in For 26 years, SEARCH has shown that ordinary villagers and illiterate midwives can be trained to care for newborns where there is no doctor. Rani has an MD in gynaecology, and her husband Abhay has one in medicine. Both also have masters degrees in public health from Johns Hopkins University in the United […]
Mission Accomplished. Well sort of. But this was the hardest part of the C25k program, getting to do a 22 min run non-stop. Another three weeks to do a 30 mins run flat! I know. I know. This is not a big deal for people like Sarabjeet and Bharati, who by the way gave me […]