We hired 2 drivers at our company a couple of years back. Kashinath & Guru. In different cities, both of them started off making almost the same amount of money and didn’t know much more than how to drive cars. While both of them still work at our company, they have dramatically different stories. One Read More

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Reinhold Niebuhr Every year seems to go by in a rush. Irrespective of the nature of events and occurrences during the year – the line that most of Read More

When Sunil Bharti Mittal outsourced just about every major function at Airtel to different Vendors like IBM, Nokia Ericson, the Business world was taken by surprise. I remember a leading business magazine questioning the move as a part of its cover story. That radical move changed the face of the industry and now outsourcing major Read More

A man approached JP Morgan, held up an envelope, and said, “Sir, in my hand I hold a guaranteed formula for success, which I will gladly sell you for $25,000.” “Sir,” JP Morgan replied, “I do not know what is in the envelope, however if you show me, and I like it, I give you Read More

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” Zig Ziglar This column is the result of a great conversation I had with my Business Partner and the professional I admire the most – Ruchira Karnik. We were discussing the ongoing struggle any professional or/and entrepreneur Read More

I enjoy music & mainly listen to it while travelling. But I don’t really remember the last time I bought an original Music CD (Actually, I do. It was the MJ No. 1 Hits). Most of my music comes from this little shop in the market which sells pirated MP3 CDs or is downloaded off Read More

“The Illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.” Alvin Toffer As a corporate trainer, I happen to interact with hundreds of professionals every week from some of India’s best companies. Professionals from all walks of life. Front line Read More

DREAM MANAGEMENT Everybody has a dream. Whether you are an employer, an employee or a customer, the one thing that is common to all of mankind is the concept of ‘a dream’. A dream to do something. A dream to own something. A dream to achieve something. A dream to (mostly) feel a certain way. Read More

At WORK BETTER Training, the program that I absolutely love conducting is our Leadership Development workshop. In my mind, Leadership is something that makes or breaks a company. History is witness to Companies with great potential faltering because of poor Leaders and poor Leadership skills through the rank and file of the company. The ultimate Read More

Your Boss is the most important person in your career. In my mind, the Boss is more important than your customers, more important than your colleagues, more important than your Super Bosses (Boss’s Boss) or any other stakeholder of your company. In my opinion, irrespective of the kind of Boss you have, I believe it Read More