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Personal branding is a way to discover your true self and give back in ways that matter. Over the years, I have offered practical tools, resources and coached people be their best selves through personal branding. As an internal communications expert, I believe that organizations are an amalgamation of personal brands and unless leaders recognize […]
Personal branding is built by amplifying your authentic voice. It takes a lot to build a personal brand. It is essential to discover your calling. So, how do you know you are connecting to your purpose? What must you do to be consistent in your pursuit? Which approaches work if you want to continue adding […]
Josh is an automation professional and has been a consistent player in the team. He is positively changing the way the team is now perceived – as a group that demonstrates value to the business. However, he is often compared with the earlier incumbent in the role. The ‘other’ person was jovial, did stuff at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ken is a hard working Finance professional with a leading agriculture multinational. He comes in on time and delivers all that is expected of him. His consistency at work is what his team mates value the most. However, at performance review time, he finds it hard to decode a phrase he keeps hearing often -“you […]
You can also now subscribe to my YouTube Channel for more updates. In a recent conversation I heard a friend lament that very often we hear of what we must do to succeed in our career and not much is shared about what people must avoid to get better or stay on course. That got […]
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 […]
If the sign posted by the Pope on his door is any indication of how much complaining that happens in our world, then it is time to do something about it! Heard these statements before? “I was enthusiastic but some people in my team drained my energy” “I hung around with negative people and look what happened […]