Kindness has traditionally been seen as a desirable yet unnecessary trait in business. Now this notion is being challenged thanks to a book written by Jill Lublin. The writer is an expert on management training having been an executive coach for many years. He has brought to our attention that kindness with employees leads to a proportional rise in loyalty. It saves money and leads to increased productivity. This hypothesis has been proven through a recent pool by marketing research leader Gallup which showed that engagement reduced by two percent when teams were working under negligent managers. Another such survey even showed that a third of employees polled would switch jobs for equal pay and a fifth for even lower pay if managers were more empathetic.

Source:https://www.forbes.com/sites/rodgerdeanduncan/2017/04/22/rok-return-on-kindness-its-more-than-just-being-nice/#bb821cc2278b

Uploaded Date:02/02/2017

A lot of professionals are guilty of going through their work days without a clear purpose. Such people are busy forever, but not necessarily productive. Instead each moment and each task needs to be accounted for the time spent. There are some methods following this, it can be achieved so. First of all, a clear purpose must be framed out for any work against individual as well as organizational goals. The principles of job crafting can be applied for this. The plan of work must be mapped out stage-by-stage against the overall corporate strategy and the team goals etched out. As an internal audit one can always check with the project manager on individual effectiveness. Another step needed in the right direction is to weed out the distractions. But this can only happen once they have been identified so focus can be put on the most pertinent of tasks.

Source:https://hbr.org/2017/03/stop-mindlessly-going-through-your-work-day?

Uploaded Date: 29th May 2017

Contrary to popular perception, some of the best of business leaders are those who have faced massive personal, academic or professional failures in the past. A study was conducted by gh-Smart, a leadership advisory probing CEO candidates. It was found out that nearly half of them faced massive failures in the past but more than three-fourths of them ended up with the top job in the business. Examples of failures include faulty software implementation leading to incorrect billing, poor handling of key stakeholder or botched talent recruitment efforts. It was found out that those who had faced hardships tended to be better in four particular attributes which are decisiveness, reliability, capacity at impactful engagement with colleagues and adaptability. Some of the most successful organizations worldwide such as Toyota are the ones who embrace failures and learn from them.

Source:https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2017/04/19/how-ceos-make-it-to-the-top-personal-setbacks-inspire-success/#642e2bfc7e2b

Uploaded Date: 18th May 2017

While a lot of individuals dream of switching over to a career line drastically different form their current vocations few actually take the plunge. The costs of change and possible fear are enough to drive away such dreams. Some however have made the transition smooth, so methods have been identified for doing this. For a start, professionals must keep learning new skills. The funds generated from the main career can often be used as an investment to learn this new vocation. The friends circle must not be restricted to the current industry or organization but spread wide so that critical contacts may be developed. This also helps because people from unrelated industries tend to give a more unbiased or authentic view than insiders as the latter are wary of reasons for asking. Business innovations meanwhile can be developed at odd places, such as creating a platform to connect musicians in New Orleans with possible clients post the devastating Hurricane Katrina.

Source:https://hbr.org/2017/04/why-you-should-have-at-least-two-careers?

Uploaded Date: 17th May 2017