Category: organization-theory
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Are you working to save your job or to learn and contribute something to the organization?
When I was in TATA Steel, I had the good fortune of meeting many plant chiefs during our training period. Most of the chiefs there were amazing people, devoted to their work, highly skilled and knowledgeable and deeply motivated. During one of our interactions with a small group of trainees, one chief remarked- “If you…
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If you have a choice- Don’t be a crab, rather be an ant instead!
When we observe the behaviour of people around us from the lens of how to raise oneself and others up personally and professionally, we find two types of behaviours, viz. 1. Crab behaviour 2. Ant behaviour. If this interests you, then let’s understand the difference between these two and what you can choose for yourself…
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An eternal quest for attaining equilibrium!
When we look at the world around us, we would find that there is always a quest for attaining equilibrium with the environment or surroundings. And when things are not at equilibrium, then the circumstances propel things to attain equilibrium in any which way. And in this situation, two scenarios can happen- one, either the…
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The “credit” game- one of the biggest inhibitors of success
When I was in high school, our school children had a tradition (as does every school). In the lunch break, many of the boys played basketball as a ritual. And one peculiar thing to notice was that the player who got hold of the basketball would never pass it onto the other players, and instead…
Anupam- The Dreamer 