Tag: Work Life Balance

  • Categories of jobs that can give you optimum Work-Life Balance

    Categories of jobs that can give you optimum Work-Life Balance

    Awareness about work-life balance has increased considerably over time across the world; however, challenge for most remains how to actually achieve it. There are two options that one can consider: To remove all misconceptions or mysteries around what actually work-life balance is. Please refer to an earlier article on this site published on Feb. 28,…

  • Six leadership lessons highly worth learning from psychology of a physician

    Six leadership lessons highly worth learning from psychology of a physician

    We all know that medical practice in any field is a noble profession; but what is little known are unique lessons that we should learn from the mindset of a medical practitioner. We are talking about just a good physician, leave alone successful ones. Let us look at what does psychology of a physician teach…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Mediocrity is an essential evil, as it works as a great equalizer!

    Mediocrity is an essential evil, as it works as a great equalizer!

    Truth is often bitter! When we know it at heart, many of us hesitate to speak it!! Same seems to be true of relevance of mediocrity in companies and societies. Leaders and preachers alike are often engaged in bashing and banishing mediocrity or mediocre persons to earn ovations from their followers, completely forgetting that the…

  • Sure signs, if long term health of organization you serve is not sound!

    Sure signs, if long term health of organization you serve is not sound!

    Is not it a sound idea to check time to time how sound is the long term health of the organization, you are serving or managing? If yes, top management as well as employees could do well to make following reality checks and then seek a change or solution: Top rated performers leave organization earlier…

  • 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…

  • Beauty and Banes of becoming or being Big!

    Beauty and Banes of becoming or being Big!

    Size and figures matter to all of us. Notion of what size or figures are appropriate or optimal varies from things to things. We would try to explore whether there could be a universal definition or norm for what is right. Companies, which are small in size, find it hard to survive in face of…

  • When your Boss becomes your Bête noire!

    This is a wakeup call for bosses. You may be a boss or would become one in future and have a boss in your organization. So, what we are discussing here is applicable either way. As long as you are a buddy for your sub-ordinates, it is all hunky-dory. However, if you become bête noire…