Our body language shapes our life outcomes

I am personally most interested in small interventions that can significantly and positively impact our life outcomes. These are what form the back bone of my training workshops on how to improve effectiveness as a manager etc. Also non-verbals has been an … Continue reading

How damaging is a bad boss exactly? And what to do about it?

It is very easy to get disheartened as a trainer/ coach……a lot of people even today consider training and coaching to be a feel good activity. The first to get axed in hard times. And so every now and then … Continue reading

How can we take advantage of the “Happiness Advantage”?

We are operating in a world where the common belief is that our external conditions are predictive of our happiness. This is precisely why millions of people like us have committed their lives to the idea that if we work harder, we will … Continue reading

How Extended DISC assessment can help students increase their employability?

Using Extended DISC system for skilling all UG and PG students’ to increase their employability Extended DISC International- Extended DISC International is a Finnish company founded in 1994 by Jukka Sappinen, an MBA from the Helsinki School of Economics and … Continue reading

Culture matters:Use DISC for determining fit between a person and a company

Recently I came across this blog “When Choosing a Job, Culture Matters by Bill Barnett” (http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/05/when_choosing_a_job_culture_ma.html#.T6fL_xLhQUg.twitter)on the HBR Blog. Here in black and white is what I have been telling people of all hues and sizes(Corporate executives, Faculty, Students)….Culture matters…there are … Continue reading

Larks CEO Springboard- A personal performance coaching initiative

As we go up the corporate ladder and we position ourselves for the top job, many of us realize that what brought us so far will not take us where we want to reach. In order to progress we need … Continue reading

Competence….The only safeguard in a slowdown

Yet another slowdown…. However we are no longer that shell shocked as we were when there was a global meltdown in 2008. A few conversations with a couple of professionals got me thinking… So what is the best safeguard against … Continue reading

Trainer MOOC April-June 2012 :Po – Idea’s in Training – provoking our thinking

“Po is a notation used in Lateral thinking, by Edward de Bono. It stands for provocative operation and is used to propose an idea which may not necessarily be a solution or a ‘good’ idea in itself, but moves thinking forward … Continue reading

Trainer MOOC April-Jun 2012: Week 8: Measuring training effectiveness

Finally we come to the last week of the 2 month Trainer MOOC. And we are covering a very interesting topic and that is measuring training effectiveness. It is interesting because it is also time for us to evaluate our training program…Now … Continue reading

Trainer MOOC April-Jun 2012: Week 7 : Creating a learning environment and delivering training

In the case of Instructor led Training (ILT), delivering the training is where the rubber hits the road. Delivering training is in my view a science and an art. The same way that painting is a science and an art. To … Continue reading