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Informal Learning

November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

For the past 3 years, our firm organizes Community Day, aims at contributing to the society by means of community works. Ever since, it has become part of our annual event. However, this year’s project sets itself apart from other years, in the sense that we try to focus on the sustainability of our relationship […]

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Compete or Collaborate?

August 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Competition inhibits collaboration. When people are competitive to each other they are less likely to share their expertise, knowledge, contacts with others. That what has been reflected in Dave Willmer’s findings “In an uncertain economy, people grow more concerned about job security and proving their worth to employers. This pressure to perform may result in […]

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Tags: Managing People · Issues

Manage what?

August 11th, 2008 · No Comments

We always come across passing this statement: People don’t leave the organization, they leave their managers. While this adage has somewhat truth in it, how many managers realized this or try to understand the situation that they are at fault rather than listing out other possibilities? 
Many managers still failed to understand that being a manager […]

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Tags: KM Stories · Managing People · Communication

Let the Youth Rule….

March 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The recent TIME featured ‘10 Ideas that are changing the world’, where Jeffrey writes about Great Social Transformation. The end of slavery, civil rights movements,end of colonial rule- all began with public awareness and engagement. The political leaders followed rathen than led. It was scientistics, engineers, religious groups and young people who truly led the […]

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Leaders with the human touch

December 11th, 2007 · No Comments

When we look at a problem in the workplace, we have a tendency to overlook the people. It is not our fault, really; it is the way we have been taught to think by generations of great minds; from Plato to Freud, and to the Edward de Bono. If we can just find out what […]

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When cooperation turns into competition

November 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments

From far end, your bosses yell — I need your team to work together….
And here’s a scenario of team cooperation become competition:

In a collaborative work, employees of team A of company K were paddled hard with employees of team B. Both teams paddled together as a sign of collaboration; and also as a sign […]

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How Cool Your Boss Is?

October 16th, 2007 · 6 Comments

If you ask an IT graduate now a days, which company you would like to work for ?- most probably you will get this name with six letters - one of the most ( rank no. 2) creative companies in the world, according to Business Week. Google- what else?
While having tea this evening, our conversation […]

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