You’re a self-driven and ambitious manager. You don’t want to stop your growth within your function or role. Your goal is to become a leader. To do that, what exposure do you need to broaden your horizons and bring you closer to the boardroom? How do you develop…
Companies across sectors are moving in sync with time and responding to new realities by recalibrating their businesses from top-down to nimble network-like, deploying tech-solutions, and creating a robust workforce. Let’s look at two obvious realities compelling this shift towards flexi-working. Even as these realities existed in the…
I was home during my College’s summer vacation. My father and I were walking back from the main market area in Ambala Cantonment (Haryana). We had just entered the favourite part of our walking route – the manicured Mall Road draped in golden yellow Amaltas trees in full…
In these “never normal” times, work from home has become the new imperative. Here’s how companies can stick to their value of being inclusive. Do you ask your remote teams what would be helpful for them to be more productive in these unusual times? Or do you expect…
Employers and employees across the globe are grappling with the dramatic consequences of COVID-driven remote working. We are in the thick of aggressive behavioral change that demands an agile workforce like never before. Leaders who are riding the change by looking ahead and planning agile work policies are…
Three months back, when millions of workers in China and Hong Kong worked from home instead of commuting to offices, Bloomberg termed it the ‘world’s largest work-from-home experiment.’ Today, we know what started out as an experiment is now a global reality. And it’s a long-term reality. Employers…
What does it really mean for organisations to apply agile mindset at workplace? How can they really empower mothers and even husbands waiting to become strong contributors to the workforce? At the outset, organisations today are increasingly realising the fact that all of us, working women and men,…
Are you championing Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) in your organization? Do you want to know why a D&I initiative didn’t meet expectations? Are you keen to explore nonconventional sensitization methods? For insightful answers rooted in ground realities, Neelam Jain is the person to turn to. Neelam is the…
You’re a successful professional woman who worked hard, rose through the ranks and razed every hurdle along the way. Now it’s time to achieve your next goal—a seat in the boardroom. After all, you’ve come so far. Why not harbor higher ambitions and seek greater career success? But…
I was at an event in Mumbai recently. Emcee for the day, I reached early, oriented myself with the stage and acoustics, and walked around meeting attendees who had arrived before time. A smartly dressed young lady caught my attention. I walked up to her, and said, “Hi!…
