You must have noticed that every now and then we get a chance to highlight our skills, abilities and earn some browney points at workplace. But most of the time we end up regretting that we could not utilize the opportunity as we could have been. May be because we did not identify the opportunity, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Threats are part of everyday work life.  They come to us every year, quarter or day in many forms.  They posses the potential to disturb our worklife, approach, perspective etc. They could be anything from the following list: pink slips                                                                           downsizing (or rightsizing in management terms!) take overs revengeful colleagues hotheaded bosses new technology new process at [...]

This is the beginning of a new year and is a right time to take stock of your work life. We take many resolutions to make our personal and professional life better and more disciplined. Well, I am not going to discuss on resolutions and their follow ups. However one thing which is very important [...]

 I am sure most of us are not so efficient in time management at work. We might think that we have a to-do-list, time sheet, drafts etc. ready for the day to accomplish all the scheduled tasks. But at the end of the day time sneaks away from us at work leaving unmet deadlines and [...]