Mid & Senior-level Executives
How Companies are Creating Redundant Employees-Part 2
Training may come across as expensive and irrelevant to some CEOs. For others, training the employees may make them employable to other firms and will hence leave them investing a lot in their employees only for other...
How Companies are Creating Redundant Employees – Part 1
Some years ago, while working for a local company, I made a few observations. Most of the employees in the organisation had not been trained for the past fifteen years (at that time). Some of the departments...
It is not about 9-5 but the value you generate in your 9-5 job
Just last month, I read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers and he made a very interesting point that stuck with me. If we are given the opportunity to work at a toll booth for $100,000 a year as against...
My Struggle with Procrastination and How I am Overcoming It (Part 1)
Losing an opportunity
Growing up, my parents and siblings told me that I liked to do things on my own schedule. I was the last to do my laundry, last to leave home for school, and close to...
If you are a Leader, you Need to be Authentic
When a leader lacks authenticity, it is evident their influence on their followers is minimal or non-existent. They are unable to inspire others with who they are. They are often forced to show empathy in order to...
