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It’s our moral obligation to lift others up
A team member was struggling in her current work environmentShe was transitioning from one role to anotherShe turned it around in a few weeks and here is HOW she did it We met one evening, and she broke down, she was anxious, sleep-deprived and on the verge of losing her self-belief; the biggest question on…
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How can you pivot your career?
To those who are at the stage (via MBA or otherwise) to pivot their careers and get into something fundamentally different 1 question for you could be how to prepare & go after a career choice that is totally new …I loved reflecting on this yesterday with the MBA batch at IMD. Below is one way…
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Yes, She Can!!!
(part of an infinite stories’ series) I owe my transition from ‘female-dominating’ to ‘male-dominating’ world to my mom (my career choices happen to be in the fields which still are dominated by higher proportion of men – mechanical engineering, automotive, strategy consulting) I went to all girls school for education upto 12th standard – I…
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Younger generation must set the bar for their leadership; here is why and how
People choose companies and not bosses’ said HoD at my first corporate job. I refused to agree with him… And this 1 incident guided me since then…here is why? In my first role, I was reporting to a boss who was toxic & deterrent to my learning; first 3 months I observed 3 instances where…
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Right-fit work environment, a vital aspect of work life
Last 5-6 years, I have been part of building teams and a step to that is interviewing. I would have easily conducted 100+ interviews over the last 5 years (and also gave some as I was shifting jobs) I believe that a part (usually 20% of the interview slot) of each interview where the interviewee…
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Yes, She Can!!!
(part of an infinite stories’ series) I started my first role as a Category buyer for car seats at Maruti Suzuki India Limited. It was considered a complex category because it involved multiple components/materials such as fabric, sheet metal, seat pads, plastic frame, sub-assemblies (sliding, reclining) In the early months, my then manager used to send…
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A step towards shaping your role (purpose) in life
04.07.2005, we lost him forever He was navigating us through thick n thin, he was making all important decisions and he was winning bread for the familyGrowing up, he was my source of inspiration, I always saw him acting from a position of power and I wanted to be like him 1 day I knew…
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Transformed herself from a liability to an asset; YES, SHE DID IT!
We met in late 2020…In early 2021, our coaching relationship got deeperHer top 2 priorities were – 1) to get a laptop 2) to pay her loan (~$1000) apart from day-to-day expenses On exploration – I found she is making <$1 per hour part-time which was barely enough to meet her day-to-day expense. She is…