"It is better to be feared than to be loved, if one cannot be both." - Niccolò Machiavelli An age-long debate among leadership experts has always been about whether fear was a more powerful motivator in leadership compared to love. Many business leaders have made...
"I've tried really hard not to yell at my employees. But sometimes I just can't seem to avoid it. I yell so hard, and then I feel so guilty afterwards. I know it isn't really just about what my staff are doing, it's just me, having a hard day and transferring the...
"At the office, my co-founder and I argued publicly in front of our employees. By the time we realized that we had an audience, we were already neck-deep in throwing jabbing words at each other. I felt ashamed because my co-founder also happens to be my wife.” ...
“TBOG…My new year’s resolution is to be a more patient manager. But when I told my team members, they reminded me that I had made the same resolution last year. It punctured my resolve and guilt set in. I feel like a failure, even though somewhere in my heart I know...
Picture Source: Freepik “I am close to quitting my career” “I feel as though motherhood is affecting my productivity at work” “I am terrified of getting pregnant because once I do, my chances of making partner will be taken from me” “I love my children but I...
For something as infinite as time, do you suppose it can be managed by finite humans? Are we not basically asking humans who are bound in time to step out of time to control time? I find this notion fascinating and could not resist writing about time management...
“What is the point of being responsible for the work if I am not allowed to take the shine?” “What does she even do? We seem to do all her work for her.” “He never lets us do what we want. How do we learn and grow?” “Why is he micromanaging me, checking on my...
What if I told you that Work-Life Balance (WLB) is an impossibly unattainable feat, a myth, would you believe me? Have you attended seminars, listened to podcasts, and read articles on work-life balance yet you see no tangible shift in the imbalance you face? You...
Picture source: iStock After identifying a narcissistic colleague and putting measures in place to protect yourself from their bad energy, what do you do when the narcissism is not projected from a colleague but from your boss? This is an important conversation...
It's almost a given that almost every office has that one person who doesn't get along with the rest of the team.There are a variety of reasons why this may be the case. It could be that they just have different interests or in some cases, the situation is worse: the...
For quite a number of people, the workplace can be like a second home. You spend the majority of your waking hours dedicated to your work, hitting targets, and building a great career. Your co-workers and team may likely be the people you interact with the most in...
There was an outrage on social media a few months ago where the hashtag #horriblebosses trended. There were well-meaning bosses who were shocked to be categorized as horrible. By themselves and in themselves, they are good people but some decisions they may [or may not] have made, created a toxic workplace culture and they did not realize it soon enough. Sometimes, the workplace culture isn’t toxic, the employee rather is torpid. This lethargy many times is from a place of burnout. How do you identify the difference between a toxic workplace and you just feeling lethargic and disengaged?