Busting the following myths-
MYTH 1: If you work hard, you will get ahead.
MYTH 2: Emotional intelligence is innate, not learned.
MYTH 3: Networking is only important when you are looking for a job.
MYTH 4: Mistakes will kill your career.
MYTH 5: Every issue I face at work can be solved with more effort.
Influence is ubiquitous and you are using it, well or poorly, in your life whether you are aware of it or not. You have likely been to a powerful workshop or training program where you felt you learned a lot.
How do we achieve both the minimization of variability crucial to reliability and the creation of a culture that values the ‘healthy mistakes’ that have been known to drive innovation, psychological safety and competitiveness?
No matter how busy you are, you owe it to yourself to take control over how your character is developing by taking a mindful, intelligent, and intentional approach to your life. As your habits change for the better, you too will change for the better—emotionally and even physically.
Myth 1: Leaders must always be strong and unemotional.
Myth 2: Decision-making is solely a rational process.
Myth 3: Hierarchical structures are the best for organisational success.
Myth 4: High stress yields high performance.
Myth 5: Leaders should have all the answers.
Across every society, culture, and business, there is a fundamental behaviourist idea that if you reward certain behaviours you will get more of them, and if you punish certain behaviours, you will get less of them. However, according to many recent headlines, rewards do not work nearly as well as people think when it comes to changing behaviour.
With the global realisation and attitude that ‘life is short’, people are putting themselves first more than they were before. How an employee’s values are met within their workplace can be make or break for an organisation. People are now voting with their feet, with staff more likely to jump ship and find new roles that align better with what matters most to them, rather than stick with the traditional stability of an unsatisfying and unrewarding job.
R&D professionals are generally different from others. They are highly qualified and prefer autonomy, freedom, and respect. Millennials have different orientations and expectations. Probably, the above-narrated reflections might be useful to practising managers in managing big R&D projects and talented team members.
The leadership journey is a layered, multifaceted one that includes constant sharing of feedback. Once you learn how to approach such situations, you create a working environment that bolsters a more united team.
MYTH 1: There is nothing I can do because the world is so STRESSFUL.
MYTH 2: If you work long and hard; if you do what you are told to do, if you earn bonuses and promotions, you will feel successful. no! Probably not!
MYTH 3: To be fair, we need to lead everyone the same way.
MYTH 4: All ideas are equally powerful. N0, they are not, and the difference is measurable!
MYTH 5: What happens when natural disaster, illness, deaths, job losses and dream losses occur? or when covid disrupts all of our lives?
Customers are mainly interested in their own challenges. A company’s job is to help the customer with those challenges and provide value – in the current social and financial environment, we need positivity and a positive impact for our businesses more than ever.
The Indian Presidency of G-20 was a memorable event that facilitate exchange of culture, trade, and goodwill.