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On 1st of Dec, i had an amazing opportunity to visit Shanti Bhavan, a residential school dedicated to the education and development of children from underprivileged homes. A Brief of Shanti Bhavan Shanti Bhavan a residential school dedicated to education and development of children from underprivileged homes. 95% of children at Shanti Bhavan are from lower castes of India and 60% of them are from rural India and 40% of them from urban slums. Team of Shanti Bhavan is making a great effort in changing the lives of not only these children but also the lives of their family members. For more details, you can read on their website :http://www.shantibhavanchildren.org/about/ My Experience at Shanti Bhavan On Dec 1st as part of CSR activity, we visited Shanti Bhavan which is located near Krishnagiri. Address :  Shanti Bhavan Residential School Baliganapalli  Hosur Taluk Bagalur Krishnagiri  Baliganapalli Tamil Nadu 635103  We reached the place in mo...

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Fortune Global 500 is the list of top 500 companies worldwide, published by Fortune Magazine,  measured based on revenue.  List varies each year and the below analysis is based on the list of Fortune companies available on  PayScale website. Based on the figures above : 1. Highest Average Median salary is around $ 69,856 and they have employees with an average age of around 38 years with an average tenure of 5.2 years in the same company. So in the world of money, not everyone who pays high can expect the loyalty of their employees. There is more to money for any employee. 2. There are only 13 companies who pay more than $100,000 annually  and the average age of the employees is 35,  who stay for average tenure of 4 years. Big Companies with around $100,000 median salary are Google -  Avg employee age 29 with avg tenure of 1.1 year  Amazon - Avg employee age 32 with avg tenure of 1.0 year        ...

*Some Very Interesting Predictions for 2030*. Before you proceed let me tell you, I am not the author of this Content, but I believe whoever has done this has put some good thoughts behind it. 1-Auto repair shops will disappear. 2-A petrol( or)diesel engine has about 20,000 individual parts. An electrical motor has 20 parts. Electric cars are sold with lifetime guarantees and are only repaired by authorised dealers. It takes only 10 minutes to remove and replace an electric motor. 3-Faulty electric motors are not repaired in the dealership but are sent to a regional repair shop that repairs them with robots. 4-Your electric motor malfunction light goes on, so you drive up to what looks like a car wash, and your car is towed through while you have a cup of coffee and out comes your car with a new electric motor! 5-Petrol pumps will go away. 6-Street corners will have meters that dispense electricity.  Companies will install electrical recharging stations; in fact, they’...

Change is inevitable and every organisation needs to be changing suiting to the dynamic markets. These changes bring various changes within organisations which also includes structural changes. These times are challenging for leaders / Managers to manage their teams, to align them to these changes as many of such organisational changes have impacts on the individuals too. How does a leader manage in such scenarios? Especially when the change affects his / her team member. Here are few tips leaders can do before announcing / informing their team of the changes. 1.     Analyse the impact of change on you and your team : Start by analysing the change and how it would have impact on you and your team member. Identify the members who you believe can have maximum impact. List them into each of below boxes as per your judgement.   2.     Clarify with your supervisor / Management It is important for you to communi...

3 Amazing lessons a 80 year old chacha taught me !! When people talk about how monotonous their jobs are and they want to retire by 40, I got this opportunity to meet 80 year old 'chacha' who even today works for 8 hrs ( 3PM to 11PM) each day carving beautiful shapes out of wood and have them printed on silk. I asked him how does he enjoy his work even at 80 years. He said : 1. I do same carving job, but the shapes I carve are different and i like to keep making new shapes. Innovating in same job making his job more interesting. 2. What do I do sitting at home ? I get bored doing nothing. So I come here and I also get to earn some money and appreciation. 3. It takes a lot of patience to make a beautiful piece. If I don't have patience then I don't get best result. If you want the best, have some patience. . Such inspirational souls around us. He is no millionaire but gave some amazing lessons to me. More strength to you "Chacha". You c...