Personal Effectiveness, Training, Leadership and Management
First things first. The words used in the title may appear jargons. So let’s clarify what cognitive ambidexterity means before we understand its importance and relevance to our success. Cognitive thinking Reasoning, Mental, Intellectual, Cerebral are some of the synonyms of the word cognitive. Just think of the last one week in your life. How …
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I recently attended one conference and had an opportunity to listen to leaders from different industries. Usually in conferences, one gets an opportunity to learn from whatever is said from the platform and also get to learn lot of things during tea or coffee break or on the sidelines of conference. The topic of the …
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So its Republic Day today, here in India. On this day, 67 years ago in 1950 the Constitution of India came into effect. The constitution draft was accepted in the assembly on 26th November 1949. The entire country goes into a different mood. Flag hoisting across the country, patriotic songs and time spent with friends …
So can you classify generations at work? Do they have different orientation and hence different working styles? Do they have different learning needs and preferences? I am not sure whether the government organisations face these issues or questions because of their set pattern of hiring and promotions, however I have seen this as one …
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With this blog I complete a quarter of a century. This is my 25th blog on intelligentinsights.in. And if there is one person to thank for the journey so far, it is YOU the dear reader. Your likes, comments, feedback, constructive criticism has helped me immensely in this journey. So thank you once again. Here …
Situation 1 : Whether you work in private firm or PSU or Government organization or an NGO, I am sure at multiple occasions you were nominated for the training sessions, particularly classroom session. What are the usual thoughts that cross your mind? What are you thinking right now after reading the scenario? Situation 2 …
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A Cinderella moment is the moment of an overnight success or recognition of an individual in an Organisation. Before we discuss about Cinderella moment any further, let me something about Keshav. My friend Keshav works at a middle management position with a mid-size private Organisation in Mumbai. He has had a straight career graph. While …
Many Organisations today, whether big or small, are looking out for this one important requirement amongst their employees. The requirement is called Intrapreneurship. There is no word called ‘Intrapreneurship’ in the dictionary. So I was curious as to where have the word come from, what are its different traits of Intrapreneurship, is it possible to …
So here you are. The star performer. You did exceptionally well. May be you got some awards along the way. Seeing your Performance and Potential the management decided to promote you and now you are ‘The Manager’. You may have had ‘Manager’ title perhaps, but now you actually have the team to manage. ‘Is life …
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Imagine this. You are with a group of friends having good time. Suddenly you see a snake around. What would you do? The obvious response is that most of us would get panicked. Fear will grip us during that moment. By the way even if it is not a sudden moment with reference to snakes, …
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