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Manager - Employee relationship forms the critical aspect for organisation success. 80% of employees leave Managers and not organisation and according to popular survey more than 50% of employees are unhappy with their direct supervisors. The friction between Managers and employees leads to low morale, productivity and therefore has an impact on the organisation's growth. Therefore, it is important for a good Manager-Employee relationship for success of a organisation growth. Here are some of thoughts for an effective Manager-Employee relationship 1. For success it is always important that organisation goes through continuous changes with many new ideas, but acceptability of change depends on each employee. Also, having different mix of Manager and employee can also lead to unhealthy environment and thus impacting organisation growth.  Therefore, its important to have right mix of Manager and Employee which impacts both the environment and organisation.  According ...

The process of looking out for a new job is quite an extensive and desperate one for majority of employees. As long as they are getting their promotion and hikes they are contended and majorly don't have a career plan.  (Pic Credit: iStock) Once the desperation kicks in, they start updating their resume, cover letter, updating in various job portals, keep looking for new job postings, send to recruiters, contact known networks.  While employees brush their technical skills and start applying to companies / positions based on their interest, many are not choosers. People who have reached peak of frustration just needs an offer to jump (without realising that they might have to go through the same but after a while).  Recruiters schedule  2 to 3 rounds of interview with candidates and level of preparation increases with each level.  The eagerness of result awaits the candidate checking with inbox frequently, picking every call from unk...

**Heading to an Interview ?** Here are some extra tips apart from the thousands of articles you get on google.   Interview process is not just the interviewer assessing the candidate, but also an opportunity for candidate to observe and assess the company.  Remember, company has slight interests in you, so just as you would want to put up your best, the company too would like to put up their best during interview.  However its up to us to listen and observe carefully, things like : 1. Seating structure : Observe how Managers and Employees are seated ? If the organization has all Managers in one floor /side and employees in another, majorly such organisations would be hierarchical. Would you be comfortable joining such an organization ? 2. Observe employees : Observe employees, like their dress code, working mood, work ambience.  You can sense the mood of the employees by their faces and  3. Try talking to few employees : See if you can...

Selling for a sales person never stops irrespective of which season it is. Scorching Summer or shivering winter, a sales person has to hit their targets and this cannot happen without visiting the customers and retailers. But, it is equally important for them to take care of their health during such times ! Usually the human body maintains at standard temperature, but when the outside temperature gets hotter than avg body temperature the body’s cooling mechanism cant keep up and a number of health related health problems may occur. Here are some of tips to Sales person to take notice and care during Summer !! A void Sun exposure : Avoid exposing yourself directly to Sun, but when it is inevitable try wearing a sun cap and sun lotion always. Move tasks to indoors or under shade.                                        Swea...

Raj was the Head of Business Unit of a big group in India and was getting ready for his presentation which he was making to the Top Management for a new project. The new project was very important for both the organization and Raj’s area of work as he proposed to enter a new segment generating additional revenues. He reviewed his slides again and again for one last time before he saved the presentation and closed his laptop. Gathered some confidence and picked up his laptop, diary,  pen and set off to the board room. He made sure he was in the room at least 10 mins earlier to set up the projector and start the presentation on time. The Management team comprising of 2 Vice Presidents and 1 CEO of the group entered the room on time. Everything was set and with the initial greetings done, Raj started his presentation. The presentation deeply covered all topics keeping the objective in focus. He indeed had worked on this for months. When he reached the slide ...

That is what we have been taught in corporate from the day one we joined the organization. But today with growing competition and reducing loyalty, 'some' customers are exploiting companies and below is one example :  A year back after rolling out a major program, the sales team started meeting customers one by one.  One Afternoon, sales guy called me up fully excited. He wanted to break the news to me that he had made a big break through  “Yes, I am at a big prospect right now and he is good potential. We presented the complete program and is willing to buy our products. But, to gain confidence he is asking for this XXX part number on Free of Cost”. Trying out product before buying was a common practice and therefore I wasn’t surprised. But I knew he was exploiting us because to taste Coke / Pepsi you can taste it with a 200ml cup too, you don’t need to buy 10 bottles of 2.5Ltr bottle for tasting.  You get what am trying to say. To ...

When we walk into a theatre to watch a 'A' certified movie, kids below the age of 18 years are not allowed. Reason : They are not matured enough to be exposed to sexual / violent content. But, recently as i was reading through newspaper i happened to read an article with talked about SEX and also with some obscene pictures. Cinema is a one time exposure, but newspapers are daily source and therefore, kids accessibility to such content is easy. Moreover, in a digital era this accessibility is becoming more and more easy. Summary : All am trying to convey through this blog, is requesting the newspaper media to get more responsible and avoid such content in newspaper.