In high performance organisations, leadership does not involve supervising subordinates; it entails influencing others to achieve their goals.
Most professional school programs are over focused on disseminating information and knowledge, but less focused on skills that would help graduates in their career. Hence, it is important for professional schools to revamp their curriculum design and delivery and make it focused on developing skills for the future.
With women now owning over a third of the world’s private wealth, their direction of travel has the potential to completely reconfigure the investment industry. With more and more women asserting their view on what the world should look like, one can expect a cleaner, fairer, equitable, and sustainable tomorrow.
When contemplating a change, leaders should ensure they get inputs from people in the organisation who have expertise in the areas most affected, so you can be realistic about the time, effort, and resources required.
Do entrepreneurs stick it out when the economy is in a slump or wave the white flag and close the doors?
Keeping the customers happy and satisfied is critical to the survival of business in today’s ‘customer’s era’. Having a robust customer management system can help companies acquire new customers, retain the existing ones, and also convert potential customers to customers/consumers.
Successful negotiations are all about using soft skills to find the sweet spot where a favourable outcome can be reached for all sides. When people feel like they are being heard and valued, they are more likely to agree and cooperate in the process.
Work-life balance is central to managing one’s quality of life. It is much like walking on a tight rope. If you know how to balance both work life and personal life, you will certainly lead a happy life; failing to do so may leave you distressed.
A special initiative by organisations, typically set up when they are scaling up or going through a phase of transformation, Program Management Office (PMO) is a focused, high-impact effort to solve a burning issue such as accelerating sales or turning around profitability.
Summary: Looking around, one will find that some people are able cope with problems that little bit better than others. The primary explanation for this is that such people are simply ‘made of stronger stuff’. They are more resilient. You build a workforce for resilience, and you would have built them for success.
Summary: A combination of the right people, right process, and right tools is key to implement structured project management practices on the ground. Here’s addressing the tools part.