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Orbiting the Giant Hairball: Book Review

Do you remember your childhood?  Colored chalk and coloring books. You were an artist.  Where has this artist lost? Where has this creativity been lost?  When asked a…

Ready for the C-Suite? First, Let Go of What Made You Successful

(This is a guest post, written in association with Anagha Arsud) As one reaches the mid-career level, with around 15 years of experience. One reaches a plateau. Generally,…

Career Books That Leave HR and Coaches Wanting More

Every working professional needs career help.Every working professional needs career counseling or coaching.  Every career professional needs to read books that cover careers in depth and breadth.  Coaches…

Top Books on Habits: What to Read, Why, and Who They’re For

Habits are the cornerstone of behavior change. Everyone wants to build or break habits. Coaches need to know about it. Teachers and trainers want to create content or…

Read With Purpose: A Pilot for Personal and Professional Growth

Reading: A Competency Building Tool:  In the previous post “You Read, I Read, But Are We Competent Readers?”  I argued that reading is not a mere leisure activity. …

You Read, I Read, But Are We Competent Readers?

People read.  People read anything and everything. I like such people who read. It’s like one addict finding another addict. I hunt for readers. I hang out with…

When Book Bonds: The Best Birthday Gift.

What’s the best gift for our loved one, for someone near and dear to us?  Sometimes our gift makes one happy, but most of the time they show…

A case for Competencies!

We often hear the advice that if you follow your passion, you won’t have to work a single day in your life.  However, if you ask students or…

Five Proven Ways to Ace New Year Resolution.

You do a New Year resolution.  You want to wake up early.  You want to read, write, or meditate daily morning. Then you party on 31st December night! …

What makes a great teacher?

Research (and hence a PhD or FPM) doesn’t make one a great teacher.  Entertaining and engaging classes are also not a sign of a great teacher.  Research (Specifically…

Four ways to make your work positive.

Guest lecture on the Positive aspects Work drawing from HR-OB domain

13 books for diving deep in L&D (Learning and Developement)!

  I think, am passionate about learning and teaching. (I switched from IT in an investment bank to an academic career) I have always put the effort into…

How to land in a dream Job.

   I am a great believer in “Project-based learning“.  Or what is popularly known as 70:20:10 learning. Also labeled as “ALP – Action learning projects” or “Hands-on” Learning.  The majority…

First steps in Consulting!

We few friends have decided to study Consulting.  Though we all have gone through research training, and possess skills required for consulting.  That training was more from an…

How to “Make Time” for your dream project ?

We carry a dream in our hearts. We cuddle that dream occasionally in the hustle-bustle of life.  This dream may be an item on the bucket list, a…

HRD Missionary – A quick review.

  (Image Source: Amazon) I just read this small book.  It’s by T V Rao Sir, the father of Indian HRD.  It is small volume with 100+ pages and…

Influence – and GRP: Guided Reading Program

    (Book Cover Images – Source: Amazon) For a book-of-the-month, generally, we select books around 250 pages.  But this time, we have a slightly longer book.  After…

How to keep yourself energize the whole day!

  (Make Time: Brief Summary) This image is the brief graphical summary of “Make Time“. It’s prepared by a friend and book lover, “Norm“.  It’s a very pragmatic…