‘You have to water the flowers you want to grow’ – – Stephen R. Covey Often as managers/professionals, we undermine the Power of Appreciation and Role of Feedback in the development of our subordinates/colleagues. Let’s look at Appreciation first: ‘The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated’ – – William James Read More

When Richa Borkar joined the Work Better Team, she wanted to learn from me. 6 Months down the line, I’m pretty sure that I have learnt more from her than she has from me. Richa encompasses everything that young professionals should do to succeed in their careers. I am sure that Richa will have a Read More

“The secret of making dreams come true can be summarized in four C’s. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy; and the greatest of these is Confidence.”- Walt Disney Some thoughts in life hit you hard. When they do, a lot of other things start falling in place as a result of that one thought. Read More

The reasons why a Business or a professional succeeds or fails are based on the decisions taken. And not on how smart or stupid the people are. Business requires decisions to be taken at all times. Some work in your favor, some don’t. We as Business professionals are always hoping that we get more decisions Read More

All of us love Positive change. Tell me that I have got an out of turn promotion and I will love it. Unfortunately though, that kind of change is rare to come. Most of the change that we come across in our professional lives is change that makes us cringe. At the work place, we Read More

I tried hunting it down, but there is no good definition of the word ego. The easiest way for me to explain the word is Self Pride with a slightly negative connotation. If you are in business and really serious about succeeding as an entrepreneur or an employee, I suggest that you learn to swallow Read More

To the outside world, my father would be a reasonably successful man. His is more of a rags-to-riches story where he started off in a family of 7 siblings with very limited means to today running a successful IT establishment in Goa and living a very comfortable life. After one of our training programs recently, Read More

MSD – The Real Rajnikanth I think drawing parallels between Sports and Business is a cliché that too many Business Columnists indulge in. I promised myself never to do the same. But, I have a deadline to submit this column and the only thing on my mind right now is, Cricket. India Won the World Read More

I was excited when my friend and Scion of the Keni Family [of Mandovi & Goenchin fame] Anish Keni along with his brother Akshay, decided to branch out on their own with an Oriental Restaurant – Pan Asian Bowl [PAB]. I was just getting to know Anish closely at the time. He was humble. Really Read More

Most of us hate hearing the truth. After a workshop, a lot of participants give feedback. I enjoy their ‘truthful’ feedback – when it involves nice things about me as a trainer and the workshop. But if the ‘truth’ is even slightly negative, my eyes cringe, my head involuntarily starts telling me this person doesn’t Read More