Divided by a Common Language – The Indian Interaction

Guest Post by Gunjan Bagla
Global 2000 companies have grown their India subsidiaries at a dizzying pace in recent years as a result the CEOs of Hewlett Packard Dell Computer Cisco Intel and others have visited Bangalore Mumbai Hyderabad and Delhi frequently. Simultaneously IT and IT-enabled-services vendors from India have grown their American revenues to over [...]

Hey boss, don’t be so Bossy

What we all do not like about bossiness is the control and micromanagement that comes with the word “bossy”. Environment which stifles your imagination and becomes mechanical over time is not conducive to growth and innovation. In all likelihood no one likes to work under someone bossy or overbearing.What’s wrong in being Bossy?
All in all [...]

Important Tips on Seeking Recommendation

How Important is getting Recommendation from someone?
It is that important that it is not an alternative, it is a requirement in most jobs and getting into an undergraduate or graduate school. As you progress through your career you will find the true meaning of why people say “don’t burn your bridges” it is mainly for [...]

Micromanaging can be Good for the Team

Usually micromanaging has been seen as detrimental to business management, and rightly so. It implies distrust and tight control which of course is negative in most terms.
According to Wikipedia: In business management, micromanagement is a management style where a manager closely observes or controls the work of his or her subordinates or employees. Micromanagement is [...]

How do you Brainstorm?

You are building a new app or a new gardening tool or just set to plan on a successful career or job hunt; there are several ideas that come to you as you visualize your product, or just the best possible solutions to your problem. Some of the possible solutions could be bizarre, some practical [...]

Difficult Coworker

Your workplace might have the best workers and the team dynamics is one to envy; but still all humans are different and quite often we come across coworkers who make our workplace less than enjoyable by their pesky presence. In fact, I can most definitely say that most of us have come across at least [...]

How to be a Good Employee – 5 Lessons from the Golden Rules of Buddhism

Procrastination is [moral] defilement, continued procrastination is defilement. By non procrastination [punctuality] and knowledge, root out your darts [of sin].
(Utthana Sutta, v. 4)
Get the work done now, meet deadlines and keep your boss posted on the updates. Do not procrastinate.

He who walks in the company of fools, suffers a long way; company with fools, [...]

How to Move Away from Work During Weekends

A deadline at your workplace is round the corner and you are at pressure to complete the task in the next two weeks. Did you just think: “I’ll work this weekend and get done with it”?
If you thought so, you are not alone; many office dwellers are working on weekends to ‘compensate’ for work overload [...]

Goal Setting Bad for you? Never thought so before!

“– Goals that are too specific often lead employees to develop such a narrow focus that they fail to recognize obvious problems unrelated to the target.
– Likewise, too many goals have what the authors consider an inappropriate time horizon.
– Workers with highly specific and ambitious targets will engage in risky practices in order to meet [...]

Trust your Remote Employees – Now you can virtually monitor them

Employers can now trust remote employees more than ever before and employees have more reason to concentrate on work and avoid distractions such as spending time on personal emails or checking in on their online social network now and then. These distractions and the lack of trust is often of concern to employers when they [...]

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