Tag: Savvy

  • How to emerge magnanimous after making mistakes!

    How to emerge magnanimous after making mistakes!

    Dev (name changed) was a very smart and sincere employee of a US multinational organization. One fine afternoon, he was summoned by his departmental head. The head was very furious and told him that he was very unhappy with him, as he had to cut a very sorry figure with an important customer, who phoned…

  • Most casual but serious mistake we commit – confusing Seriousness as Sincerity!

    Most casual but serious mistake we commit – confusing Seriousness as Sincerity!

    It is normally difficult to comprehend colossal difference it can make, when one is serious as opposed to being sincere, though dividing line between the two is very fine even by dictionary meaning! I had a colleague in a German multinational company in which I had worked, who specialized in X-ray spectrometry. He was too…

  • How good is to serve same employer life time?

    How good is to serve same employer life time?

    Those, who serve an employer for long time, hesitate to ask this question to self or others! And those, who keep hopping from one to another employer, obviously don’t want to ask this question. Irony is that all of us want to be under the illusion of belief that what we are doing is good!!…

  • Sharpen your personality by sharpening your brain/memory!

    Sharpen your personality by sharpening your brain/memory!

    “Your persona is how your mind is”, this is what a body language expert would say! This is very true!! Let us first understand what we mean by “how mind is”. Mind is the most powerful and precious part of a human body (it is also true of every other living being). Principally, nature has…

  • Hard work doesn’t give shine; being smart and savvy do!

    Hard work doesn’t give shine; being smart and savvy do!

    Source: http://www.flickr.com/ Hard work in any walk of life is desirable; but that is not good enough to give you the required visibility, shine and success! There are regular debates, at times acrimonious ones; whether employees of an organization should work hard and long hours as opposed to what is smart working. Most corporate managers take…

  • Confusion in Corporates – lead by being Democratic, Autocratic or Authoritative?

    Successful companies or their managers do not practice, what they preach generally! Everyone talks of empowerment and encouraging openness or dissent; but when it comes to doing it, people do it selectively or secretively. If you look at leadership forums, conferences, articles or development programs, everyone would swear by vision, farsightedness, focus, drive, dynamism, empathy…