Dreams, Goals, and Motivation

One of the important aspects of motivation is knowing whatwe want to achieve. Once we have that, we can go through aseries of goal-setting steps to state, define and execute ourgoals. This first step of knowing what we want is by no meanssimple. Try asking your children what they want to achieve.You will get answers ranging from scoring the perfect gradesin their examinations to being famous.

Learn the Art of Saying NO

“NO” is a two-letter word but one of the most powerful wordsin leadership, management, and career growth. Learning to sayNo when you really want to is one of the important skills in worksurvival. It is not a negative mindset of avoiding work. Instead,it is a way of gaining control over your work and personal life,making work fit into your purpose of life, and seeking fulfillmentand job

Corporate Governance and Transparent Leadership

Corporate disclosure has always been a sore point betweenstakeholders and the management. The decision on what mustgo into the public domain is difficult due in part to the realitythat companies thrive primarily on well-kept business secretsof success. These are legitimate concerns although history hadalso uncovered improper practices which were well-hidden andprotected under the cloak of

Effective and Efficient Meetings

Meetings are such a dread. Haven't you attended meetingswhich are totally unproductive, time-wasting, and boring? Orare you guilty of chairing such meetings? In one of my placesof work, I had meetings almost round the clock. “Remember that time is money.” If you agree with Benjamin Franklin, timeis a huge cost to the company. While I won't say they were allunproductive, I would think that

Christmas tale and generous managers

Leadership is not an inanimate object. It has a face, and moreimportantly, it has a heart. The good leaders do not merelycommand respect, they earn it. A leader who rules with an ironfist will influence people once. A leader who rules with a kindheart will influence people for a lifetime. We like to associatewith leaders who see themselves as humans, and not anextraordinary species. For

Innovative marketing and packaging

In the business environment, there are the Davids and theGoliaths. Occasionally, we read inspiring stories about how onesmall startup company can gobble up a large share of the pieand surprise the older boys. More often than not, they are notabout David killing Goliath, but about the two of them formingstrategic alliances and capitalizing on each other's strengths. Itboils down to

Customer service – accept blame, own the problem

When things go wrong, as they often do, what is your firstreaction? Blame it on others. This blaming game is played evenat the highest levels in the corporate offices and in ourgovernment. When complaints arise and it is obvious that thefault lies in a certain person, he gets the whole troop of officersin the department to share the blame. It sounds unfair, but it isa useful strategy. Here,