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2009 may not be good for the salaried class If you are a salaried professional, don't expect the New Year to be a 'great', or even a 'good' year. For those of us who are already employed, here is what [...]

Wipro Infotech Keeps Its Key People By Losing Them Wipro Infotech is taking a serious look at B2E (business to employee) even when it comes to human resource (HR) practices. So much so, that in line with its vision to [...]

Mahatma Gandhi and Change Management : Lessons for the CEO One of the biggest challenges which most CEO’s face in the new millennium is that of “Managing Complex Change”. In a world of fast changing technologies & global business models, [...]

The choice of 996 v/s 8585 The challenge of 996 is not restricted to China alone, but is a much wider phenomena.I have been intrigued by the recent conversations on the 996 work culture (work 9 to 9 for 6 [...]

Management lessons from the Mahatma "Simple corporate strategies like vision (freedom for India) and core values (honesty and non-violence) are well-illustrated in his life." CREATE a vision, define values, walk the talk, encourage collaborative effort...Pearls of wisdom from a management guru? [...]

Courage at the workplace When you see something amiss in the organisation, display the courage to speak the truth, no matter what the consequences. Courage in the workplace... " I heard this phrase for the first time in February 2000 when [...]

Azim Premji - The Teacher Ever since Mr. Premji announced his retirement, a lot of has been written about him as a Leader and a Philanthropist, both roles that he played with class and elegance beyond compare. Yet, my memory of [...]

When Is The Right Time To Hang Up Your Boots ? Earlier this month, in a zoom conversation with friends who are senior leaders in the Industry and also serve as Independent Directors on Boards, the topic was whether to [...]

Wipro @ 75 – It’s much more than Mr. Azim Premji ! Wipro is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, which easily qualifies it to transcend from the status of an organisation to one of an institution. Too often, the media [...]

Will you be a different person after the Pandemic? The ‘coronacoaster’ is forcing everything around us to transform - the world as we know it, work, education, social interactions... then why not us?It is often repeated that people are the [...]