I have been following the Chile miners rescue very closely and felt there were many lessons to learn from how the entire program was executed and communicated. To begin, it was one of the world’s most successful operations to get miners out from the longest underground entrapment in history. The meticulous planning, the pace at […]
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Engaging the ‘Young & Restless’ Generation
Never before has the challenge of keeping our younger staff engaged greater that now. According to recent reports the population of India will be much younger than China’s in 2050. With more young people being part of its workforce (median age of 25), India is expected to enjoy a huge economic advantage. A recent study […]
Communicators as Coaches to Build Your Organization’s Culture
“Coaching is for professionals”, “I am not qualified to coach”, “So much work – who has the time to coach?”, “I rather tell my team what to do rather than do this time consuming coaching bit”. Heard these before? Sounds familiar? The Times of India Ascent (September 2, 2009) front page story on mentorship and […]
Value feedback or find it on a Discussion Forum!
A mail in our internal informal network caught my attention. It was from an employee upset by the poor service and attitude which his team and he experienced while at lunch at a newly opened restaurant in Delhi. What made me sit up was the potential impact of this experience (read: word of mouth/viral […]
If you can’t be found, you won’t be found
I had the opportunity to speak to an enthusiastic batch of students from Bangalore Management Academy on February 21, 2009 on the changing business landscape, its impact on career planning, the heightened need for personal branding and how social media can help one succeed in this quest. The topic was ‘If you can’t be found, […]