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As I talked about in Giving Feedback Effectively, feedback giving requires skill and practice, and it is worth the effort. Ability to receive feedback well (and then act on it appropriately) is also a key skill to learn. Lots have been written about giving feedback, less on receiving. You want to be good at receiving…
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Giving feedback is one of the most important tools for career growth. It may be easy to do, but hard to do well. Here we are talking about feedback that is delivered face to face. A feedback can be of two types: Solicited – You are asked by the receiver to give them feedback. Unsolicited…
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First, break all the rules, by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman is a remarkable management book which attempts to prove that standard management practices don’t work, and instead offers new set of rules. This book is a proponent of strengths-based management principle that believes that it is better to focus on strengths of your employees…
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Most of us are guilty of leaving a job when it wasn’t needed, as well as not leaving a job when it was needed. This hurts our career prospects significantly. Here are 3 bad reasons for changing job, and how to avoid them. ‘I can’t get along with my boss’ This is probably the most…
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Consider these data points: According to a HT-Shine.com-AbolutData survey, talent acquisition and employee engagement are top 2 challenges for the HR managers. A recent Tower Watson Study suggested that “Only just over 35% of global workforce is highly engaged. “ According to Assocham, “Attrition rate has fallen sharply in IT, ITeS and the BPO sector…
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Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers by Geoffery A. Moore is a book about marketing technology products. For many people in product marketing in technology companies, this is a bible of sorts. This was written in 1990 and revised in 1999, so it is very old when you measure by…
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In this WSJ (India) blog, the writer talks about 4 types of ‘horrible bosses’ and goes on to record the stories of one of their reports in each category: “The Control Freak – ..boss demanded “mandatory hourly updates on anything and everything.” These included things like the number of press releases Ms. Banerjee had emailed…
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Being able to do effective 1-1s with their reports is one of the biggest strengths a manager can possess. 1-1 is the forum to guide, coach and inspire the report with maximum effect. It is also the place where difficult discussions can be done (performance review, coaching and mentoring, critical feedback, etc.) which helps in…
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The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas, by G. Richard Shell and Mario Moussa is a great book on a topic that concerns all working professionals: how to sell your ideas to decision makers within your organization. The book illustrates the point that it is not enough to have a great…
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Given that so much of personal and professional brand-building happen online, it is important to actively manage your personal brand as projected online. Here are 4 steps you can take to build your personal brand, in a sustainable way: Manage LinkedIn actively LinkedIn profile is the single most important branding tool online. With 175 million…
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