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Galileo And What He Taught About Success

Way back in the 15th Century, Galileo postulated that any object falling to earth, fall at the same rate of time. So why do we see a feather falling slower than a cannonball? It’s because of the presence of Air Resistance. If there’s no air resistance, a dropped feather would reach the earth at the […]

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What every organization can learn from the Dahi Handi festival

Today, Janamashtami is being celebrated throughout India and in the Indian communities world-wide. Tourists are thronging to Mumbai for its spectacular treatment of the festival. Maharashtrians celebrate Janamashtami, popularly known as the ‘Dahi Handi Festival’, wherein young people form a human pyramid to reach a pot full of curd suspended at a great height. Most of us […]

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Internal / Employer Branding – Why You Should Be Worried About It

Google gets recognised as the Best Employer to work for. Yet Again. Source: AdWeek   It has become the No. 1 place to work for the seventh time in 10 years. Closer home, a relatively unknown company, RMSI Pvt. Ltd., is making waves in the recruitment world by being declared the Best Company to work […]

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Here’s What Leading By Example Looks Like

Take a look at this cute video. The adult dog repeatedly climbs up and down the steps to show the puppy how it’s done.   Remember, as a business owner you sometimes need to walk the talk in order set an example for your employees to follow. The reason is simple. Most of the times, […]

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FRESHER DOESN’T MEAN ZERO EXPERIENCE; IT SIMPLY MEANS GENERAL EXPERIENCE READY TO BE TRIED IN SPECIFIC SITUATION

In a population of a billion securing a job is nothing less than a rat race which starts even before you graduate, and getting a decent placement is something to brag about these days. As a student of Economics, I will be soon tagged as “The Fresher” from a leading institute in Kolkata, ready to […]

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DECISION DELAYED IS SUCCESS DENIED

I firmly believe in the saying “A good example has twice the value of good advice”, hence I am going to enumerate an instance to substantiate the topic. During the initial days of Claycan I frequently met business owners to pitch our consulting services claiming, “We can enable your business growth”. As a strategy I […]

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YOU CAN NEVER TRAVEL TO NORTH IF YOU TAKE A FLIGHT TO SOUTH

I have come across many organizations which are often trapped in this situation, “they want to travel north but have boarded a flight to south”. Are they naïve? I don’t think so; neither have I found them to be. Why this paradox? May be the flight to South was easy to board, economical and guaranteed […]

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UNFORTUNATELY WE FOCUS TOO MUCH ON SKILL

“Even the highest performing companies in the world focus on skill development in order to elevate and retain their performance level. I am also keen to elevate our performance level and think we must immediately design a skill development program for our entire employees” said one of my esteemed clients. My colleague who handled this […]

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BEFORE LEADERSHIP COMES RELATIONSHIP

The most common question I come across during my “Leadership” workshops is, what can I do to be an effective leader? And my answer remains the same, before your don the hat of a leader, connect with your team, build relationship and gain trust. Unless followers are connected with their leader at an emotional front, […]

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TRAINING & ATTRITION, THE CATCH 22 OF SMES

“Yaar jisko training do, woh kuch dino mein koi badi company join kar leta hai, training se employee ka phayda hota hai magar company ka toh nuksan hojata hai” I often get to hear this when I pitch Training to my potential clients . This is what I call the Catch22 of SMEs. Yes, some business […]

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