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

Why employees leave organizations? And what to do about it

When Azim Premji writes an article you better sit up and take notice and that is exactly what I did. It would have been criminal not to include what he wrote verbatim so here it is underneath. “WHY EMPLOYEES LEAVE … Continue reading

The value of self awareness

The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but suddenly, provided he was honest, all the rest appears, and it is as rich as he was, and, as a … Continue reading

Attitude affects outcomes

I read “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki in the early 2000′s. I found it a fascinating is an understatement. Financial Independence… I hadn’t even thought of that. I was so impressed that I read and re-read the book. … Continue reading

Either way you pay..Training or Employee turnover

While all of us know that employee turnover costs, we do not calculate the money value of this loss. If we did the sheer value in rupee turn will blow us away. HR understands that there is a cost of … 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

8 points on how to handle conflict

A couple of years ago I had the good fortune of attending a seminar by Ron Johnson, best selling author and life coach. As he shared 8 points on how to handle conflict, I took copious notes. Underneath are his 8 points … Continue reading

The thin line between Assertiveness and Aggressiveness

Many years ago, I attended a workshop by Elaine McMeeking from New Zealand and she explained the 5 conflict handling styles. She explained that people some times having a pattern where the avoid confrontation , then accomodate the other person … Continue reading

How training can enhance wellbeing?

The backward bending supply curve of labour, (one of the things I do remember from my honours degree in economics)  Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_bending_supply_curve_of_labour and which basically states that as economic prosperity increases people put more value on leisure and therefore are willing … Continue reading