Tag: Management

• What kind of a Boss/Employee are you? Where do you see yourself on the Trust Quotient?

  

  Are you the kind of person who a) Trusts until they have reason to mistrust or b) Mistrusts until they have reason to trust or c) A Doubting Tom? If you’re the first kind, Congratulations! Life’s definitely easier for you. And contrary to popular belief, it does not mean that you’re naive or ignorant. You’re…

  Smitha V

  March 20, 2018

  Experiences, Management

  #authoritative, #bosses, #commonsense, #confidence, #doubtingtoms, #employeetypes, #ethics, #fear, #job, #leaders, #life, #mistrustingbosses, #TRUST, #trustyourgut, #work, #workculture, Experiences, Management

• The Notice Period

  

  Next week is going to be my last week in the office and honestly I couldn’t have asked for anything else. To make it special, I sent around a diary for everybody to write on, whatever they felt. I sent it to the team, to colleagues who had become friends and to colleagues with whom…

  Smitha V

  March 9, 2018

  Experiences

  #diary, #leadership, #legacyatwork, #reputation, #resignation, #sayinggoodbyetocolleagues, #servingyournoticeperiod, #work, #writing, Experiences, Management

• To Be A Great King One Must Be A Lion

  

  Once there was a lion, really bold, Followed by jackals and hyenas, eyes slit and hearts cold, They said they loved him; I am told, Listen ye’ and listen all, to the tale unfold… The Lion, he shared his win, And for years, it made them grin, Their teeth with pleasure, digging in, Jackals and…

  Smitha V

  February 26, 2018

  Experiences, Poetry

  #betrayal, #hyenas, #jackals, #leader, #leadership, #lifeateacher, #lion’sattitude, #teams, #truth, #workculture, #workplace, Experiences, Management, Poetry

• Crossing Paths With a Competent Idiot

  

    I am not sure which one of the above said the words first but as identifying the author of the quote is not the objective of this post, I have attached the images of both George Carlin and Mark Twain. Whoever said it first couldn’t have been more right! To understand the true meaning…

  Smitha V

  February 12, 2018

  Experiences

  #argumentativefool, #attitudeversusaptitude, #characterversusvalue, #experience, #H.R., #life, #officeculture, #selfrespect, #toxicityinorganisations, #work, Experiences, Management

• What’s the Right Decision? Why is it so difficult to decide sometimes?

  

  Why is it so easy to decide for or advise everybody else but extremely difficult to take a decision that would impact your life? Because the stakes are higher.Because it’s your life and you really can’t mess up. When was the last time you took a decision? Please don’t say everyday.I mean a real decision.  Not…

  Smitha V

  November 11, 2017

  Experiences

  #decision making, #empoweryourself, #foodforthought, #life, #SWOT, #Take control, #values, #weighing the pros and cons, Experiences, Management