Most people believe that there is no such thing in the universe as, ‘Good boss’. A good boss acts as a coach/mentor and is the kind of person who help you to learn valuable new things, help you in getting more increments, promotions, guide you through your career and helps you to improve yourself personally [...]

So your colleagues are going out for gossips again this lunchtime. You don’t like that. You hate smoke, gossips, the noise, discussion about serials or analysis on yesterday’s IPL cricket match. But do you need to tell them this? Well, I believe you do not. You just try to be one of them, be the one [...]

There is a popular saying – “what gets measured, gets reviewed and what gets reviewed, gets improved and rewarded”. Applied at the workplace, it means that to get rewarded, your work should get measured first and noticed too. At the end of the day we all want recognition of our hard work. Recognition comes when [...]

This post is in continuation of my earlier post, ‘Know your corporate culture and grow‘, where we discussed how understanding and establishing the right corporate culture can be the key to success and satisfaction for both organization and their people. Employees should adapt and fit in the corporate culture to survive and grow. Fitting in [...]

Appraisals are recently over. We all strive to excel in our work life along with new roles and responsibilities. We all put many efforts, do whole lot of activity, make different strategy not only to justify our present work position but also to score good in appraisal next year. Sometimes, in the race to score [...]

Once I read somewhere, “People are not bad, it’s their behaviour that make them look bad”. So whenever you have to criticize someone, criticize them for their behaviour and not them personally. Same rule goes at the workplace also. It is colleagues/employees behaviour that could be wrong, annoying or damaging for the workplace. It is never them. [...]

Arguments/conflicts can be seen among colleagues quite often. Sometimes, you, as a colleague or senior have to wear the hat of mediator or may be simply asked your opinion. At this point of time be little tricky, neutral and calculating about what you speak. Because if you take sides then you are part of the [...]

One of my friends sharing from his previous work experiences mentioning how badly he was treated from one of his “influential colleagues”. How he used to treat him like a pet football and keep kicking him around the corner as and when he felt like doing it. He was quite junior at that time so [...]

The most important person who can help you in your career growth and learning, at work, is your boss. Whatever he says, good or bad, about you, definitely has an impact on your career growth. Because career growth is more than working hard, meeting deadlines, being dapper & diligent. Most often to get a promotion, [...]

To get promotion, increments and recognition at workplace, you need to project the right image of yours. The wise, mature, reliable, sophisticated, trustworthy, experienced, problem solver etc. Remember, a careless word or any vulnerable moment can spoil your hard work and image at work. People who do not speak sense or relevant things or say [...]