Tag: Bete noire

  • Does phenomenal rise invariably rings in pathetic fall in max. of 4 years?

    Does phenomenal rise invariably rings in pathetic fall in max. of 4 years?

    Indian iconic industrialist Ratan Tata retired at the age of 75 years from chairmanship of Tata group and appointed 46 years old Cyprus Mistry as his successor. This was indeed phenomenal rise of young Mistry. But recently, 4 years later, Cyprus Mistry has been sacked from chairmanship of the group for several reasons, one of…

  • World seems to promote random thinking and remembering; but that actually demotes you!

    World seems to promote random thinking and remembering; but that actually demotes you!

    Pick up popular articles on personality development. One of the traits they encourage you to develop is to entertain random thoughts for innovativeness and creativity. Mentors or coaches would surmise that uncontrolled thoughts are pre-requisite to out-of-box thinking! Godmen, gurus and preachers would exhort you to keep god’s name on your tongue and picturize him…

  • Biggest blunder in our world – dealing with “wrong” by going wrong!

    Biggest blunder in our world – dealing with “wrong” by going wrong!

    To deal with what has gone wrong, we tend to adopt wrong ways! Most of us feel justified in doing so and in that process, we go more wrong and commit more blunders!! Above self-justification usually comes in 2 ways: Justifying what one does is in our DNA. Therefore, we generally don’t care whether our…

  • Why bosses need to believe in balancing!

    Why bosses need to believe in balancing!

    How often do you come across bosses or top management, whose approach is highly balanced? I am afraid that answer would most probably be – “Seldom”! Whole environment, in which bosses or managers evolve, develop and operate, is highly skewed towards running year’s business figures. It is almost like a doctrine drilled in their mind…

  • Being poor in fulfilling promises makes you poorer!

    Being poor in fulfilling promises makes you poorer!

    Statistics shows that 9 out of 10 people are poor in delivering promises. Nearly all of us are prompt in making promises, committing to do something; but when it comes to doing it, delivering it, we take a backseat. Promises could be as small as “I shall phone you back” or as significant as “I…

  • Why profit or power pushes you near God; but loss pulls you down near grave!

    Why profit or power pushes you near God; but loss pulls you down near grave!

    Is not it ironical that inherently all leadership laurels, saintly sermons, pious preaching and quotable quotes revolve around values, virtues and quality; yet our addiction and admiration for profit and power always reign supreme? If a CEO of a company takes fat salary and bonus, a promoter garners millions of dollars of fund in initial…

  • How to save and make your day!

    There are days, when you get up in morning with weird feelings and cannot figure out what is wrong. Events, which unfold on such days, keep you on the edge. You do not see most things going right; get a feeling that time is slipping out and opportunities being squandered by you! There are other…

  • Success after success is a bigger challenge than success after failure!

    All over, people go ga ga over success after failure. Nothing wrong to celebrate success; but seldom people realize that success actually wait in the wings, when failure nears its end! Success is an opportunity that failure presents; if someone fails to take it or even see it, it is because of state of despondency…

  • Paradigm shift needed in Roles & Responsibilities of Bosses for better employee relationship

    Bosses or supervisors are usually bête noire or disliked class in eyes of most employees. Everywhere you would come across phrases like – an employee does not leave a company; but leaves because of boss or supervisor! On the other hand, there is lot of material, training, coaching and development programs across world to improve…

  • Learning has no limits; either you live by it or it leaves you!

    All of us know what is “Learning” and would say – oh, that’s very simple! Irony is that there are not many, who have a right understanding or do a right job!! It is because of that, most of us don’t have real taste of learning! Learning is one of few things, which has very…