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Can Compassion be a Leadership value?
As the year winds down and I talk to leaders about their key learnings in the last year, a key…
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Self Care and Burnout
Some years ago I (finally!) began to understand the importance of personal downtime and family time. I was eager to…
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Impact of leadership style on employee burnout
I’ve had the good fortune to work with great leaders- very competent, but with very different styles. But. it’s only…
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Employee Burnout & Organizational Culture
No matter who I talk to these days, one word that comes up in every conversation- “burnout”! Be it leaders,…
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Is it time for “learning sprints” to become mainstream?
Some years ago, my team’s engagement survey feedback showed that they felt that as a leader I was not providing…
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3 things to do differently for better employee engagement (remote teams)
In my recent discussions with a number of CHROs and Heads of HR, a common topic was employee engagement. Everyone…
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The interesting correlation between Employee Tenure and Engagement
Have you noticed the shape of the engagement curve by tenure? In the organizations I have worked for, the engagement…
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Has remote working made the workplace worse?
I was in a roundtable discussion with some technology professionals recently. Weariness with the extended remote working was certainly taking…
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How can we improve new hire success rates of remote hires?
In April, a co-founder I know was very excited that his was one of the few companies that was still…
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What are you willing to tolerate?
In my chat with a founder this week, he was venting his frustration about the difficulties in creating his dream…
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Overcoming the Communication Challenge of Remote Work
I was once a regional HR leader for a company headquartered in the US, with most of my peers located…
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Career Development in the time of Remote Work
A few weeks ago I was in a discussion with a group of managers on the challenges of leading remote…
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The forgotten correlation between manager development and team productivity and engagement!
When I first became a HR Business Partner, the business leader I worked with, asked me to help a manager…
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The much feared performance discussion can actually be a key driver of culture and engagement (especially during times of uncertainty and change)
Early in my career the company I worked for announced that we were being acquired. The deal was expected to…
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Finally an opportunity to talk about real organizational culture, not just workplace perks!
Early this year, the co-founder of a start-up and I were catching up over coffee. Much of our conversation was…
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The best outcome of remote work is High performance teams!
The first time I worked for a manager who was not co-located with me, my biggest concern was about how…
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5 things that are broken in the current remote work scenario (and what we can do to fix it) SUMMARY -Part 7
My research on remote work and writing about my own remote work experiences made me realize a very important thing-…
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5 things that are broken in the current remote work scenario (and what we can do to fix it) LISTENING – Part 6
I was once on a team call, where I was logged in remotely while most others were co-located on site…
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5 things that are broken in the current remote work scenario (and what we can do to fix it)- “SPACE” Part 5
Among the top in almost everyone’s list of issues of remote work is the lack of SPACE. Both physical space…
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5 things that are broken in the current remote work scenario (and what we can do to fix it) – Part 4
Accountability The first time I led a fully remote global team, I assumed that it would be no different from…
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5 things that are broken in the current remote work scenario (and what we can do to fix it) – Part 3
Motivation Team motivation is significantly influenced by the workplace, work and co-workers. The sudden shift to remote work has disrupted…
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5 things that are broken in the current remote work scenario (and what we can do to fix it) – Part 2
One of the biggest reasons why the current remote work scenario is not working is because we are applying the…
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5 things that are broken in the current remote work scenario (and how we can fix it) – Part 1
The Covid 19 pandemic has forced most companies to unwillingly embrace remote work and distributed teams. Leaders, people managers and…
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Overcoming the Knowing-Doing Gap in Employee Engagement
A senior business leader, was venting his frustration about employee engagement. They had done a survey, got the results, communicated…
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The case for making Employee Engagement a key business metric
I once was having a really hard time convincing my CEO, that employee engagement was important. His counter argument was…
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Is Employee Engagement an Art or a Science?
I was once reviewing the employee engagement scores with a business leader. He had sliced and diced the data in…
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The time for HR 4.0 is now!
This week I caught up with some CHROs and senior leaders of global companies. In our discussions, it became clear…
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Is Exclusion the new flavor of a toxic workplace?
Last week I received a frantic call from one of my former colleagues. A number of discussions were happening that…
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A new world of work needs better ways to lead!
Some years ago, for the first time in my career, I found myself leading a team which was completely remote.…
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Matching Intent and Action – the first step to great employee engagement
As a HR Business Partner, I was once surprised by the shockingly low employee engagement scores for one of the…
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Grand gestures or little things? What’s the best way to building employee engagement?
It was budget time and a senior leader was pushing hard with Finance for a large “team engagement” budget. He…
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Is it finally time to use the right metric for leadership recruiting ?
The founder of a successful start-up and I were chatting sometime ago. He was thoroughly frustrated about building his leadership…
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Is it time for a “one size fits one” approach to managing teams?
A former colleague of mine was very frustrated. He had been promoted to a manager role a year ago. At…
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Show me your leaders and I will describe your culture
A friend of mine talked to me recently about a call he had received from a search firm. It was…
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3 ways to building employee engagement and brand during uncertainty
When I speak to people working at start-ups and large companies, one thing is becoming clear in this crisis. Everyone…
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4 ways to enable team engagement and success (when working remotely)
Over the weekend, I was in a BYOD (bring your own drink) remote social evening with friends. As the evening…
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The extrovert manager and the exhausted team
Remote working is throwing up new challenges every day. Jobs that companies swore could never be done remotely, are now…
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Is Busyness the new engagement tool ?
Lockdowns in many countries leading to most employees working from home, has created an unfamiliar terrain for most managers and…
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Gentle Reminder! A manage-up culture directly affects engagement!
A business leader I once worked with was pushing hard for an out of turn promotion for a manager on…
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Are “high performing cultures” legitimizing dysfunctional workplaces?
A young sales manager was burning up with fever and was still at work. When his colleague asked him to…
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Disrespect = Demotivate
One of my favorite quotes is from Maya Angelou- “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will…
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Is freedom at work an illusion?
Every child is in a hurry to grow up. When you ask them why, the answer almost always is “because…
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The lure of a big employer brand
Some years ago when I worked for a technology MNC in India, I met an uncle at a wedding. He…
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A great place to work…For You
The last time you met your friend, she was super excited to join her new company. She received 4 job…
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