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Do less fortunate youth a favor. Mentor them to build a ‘growth’ mindset

A couple of weeks ago, I spent time at a company-led volunteering event where we mentored less fortunate youth on real-life challenges, useful tips while interviewing and ways to retain a job. I came away impressed by their ambition and open-mindedness to change. One of them started a restaurant with a friend but soon had […]

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Daily Practice for Long-Term Success – What’s Your Story?

Irrespective of the role you play, every day brings new challenges and opportunities at work and beyond. Life and work can be demanding if you are drawn in different directions and there is not a rhythm to your practice – as a professional, student, entrepreneur or homemaker. In the Progress Principle, Teresa Amabile studied close to 12,000 […]

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Be Wary of Credibility Degraders. Avoid Mindless Interactions

It seems like the world is working harder than before although the results aren’t there to show in terms of productivity. Time wastage in organizations has reached epidemic proportions with a sizable percentage of people claiming to have wasted over half their day on non-work tasks such as speaking on the phone, gossiping and browsing the net. Not just […]

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Guest Interview | Varghese M. Thomas: How Internal Communicators Can Step Up Their Game

How can internal communicators step up their game? What skills are relevant for the future? In the 6th edition of  Intraskope’s Spotlight on Internal Communication Series Varghese M. Thomas, Vice President & Global Head – Corporate Communication at TVS Motors addresses why internal communication is critical to the success of organizations. Also, what makes the […]

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5 Points To Consider While Upskilling Yourself

How do you ‘upskill’ yourself? You don’t expect such a question to pop up in a Whatsapp group but a post from a communicator piqued my interest. Responses to that post included friendly suggestions to ‘do what it takes’, ‘read and interacting with peers’, ‘do courses online’, ‘write’ and ‘teach’. When I Googled ‘upskill’ the […]

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Do Your Presentation Skills Count? 6 Tips To Help You Perform Better

Four minutes to present an idea, a plan or a proposal. A topic of your choice. A week to prepare. An audience you are familiar with. Should be easy to deliver an effective presentation, right? Wrong. Presenting in public is among the top three fears people have and even seasoned presenters’ need loads of willpower, commitment […]