In the movie ‘Pursuit of Happyness’ one of the characters wrote the word ‘Happiness’ on the wall but spelt it as ‘Happyness’. When questioned about using Y instead of I, he said that there should be no ‘I’ in Happyness there only should a ‘Y’. It took me a while to get the deeper meaning [...]
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Creating Leadership Readiness Through Animated Movies
May 21st, 2011 
Pramila Mathew Where do the best learning’s take place – in schools? In colleges? At home? At work?? Well the best learning takes place in a movie hall – specially when we watch movies of the animated kind – have you ever noticed how these creatures we call animals so beautifully mirror thoughts, actions, behavior, attitudes and [...]
Leaders – How Clean is Your Window?
November 9th, 2010 Srilatha Raju Leaders see the world not as it is but as they would like it to be. For this they always need to have a hieghtened awareness of their own perceptions. This blog contains a real life incident about the impact of constrained perception.
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August 18th, 2010 Srilatha Raju Sandra stood up one more time and pat came the reply… this time louder than before, she was correct as always. “Oh Sandra… Oh Sandra, not again”, I groaned to myself. The trainer in me could not allow this to happen. Sandra was a participant in a customer service training session. She was a very [...]
Posted in Assertiveness, Leadership Development, Soft Skills Training, Team Building Tags: Communication Skills Training, Corporate Training, determination, developing emotional intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, leadership training, Personality Development, positive attitude, workplace communication skills No Comments »A Leader’s Greatest Strength – Resilience in the Face of Adversity
June 26th, 2010 Giresh Nair “One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” – Maya Angelou quotes Ours was a private school and didn’t have the luxury of a large playground. So, we shared a playground with [...]
Posted in Soft Skills Training Tags: assertiveness, Communication Skills Training, Corporate Training, determination, developing emotional intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, emotional intelligence coaching, emotional intelligence leadership, emotional intelligence skills, emotional intelligence training, follow your dreams, follow your heart, integrity, Leadership, leadership training, motivation, motivation training, perserverance, persistance, persistence, Personality Development, positive attitude, Soft Skills Training, vision 3 Comments »Avoiding Gaps In Communication – An Anecdote
May 7th, 2010 Pramila Mathew Here is a humorous story that throws light on effective communication skills: A man feared his wife could not hear as well as she used to and thought that she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he visited a doctor to discuss the problem. The doctor thought for a [...]
Posted in Communication, Soft Skills Training Tags: business communication, Communication Skills Training, Corporate Training, interpersonal communication skills, Personality Development, positive attitude, soft skills trainer, Soft Skills Training, verbal communication, workplace communication skills 8 Comments »Business Writing From Abe Lincoln’s Perspective
April 29th, 2010 Pramila Mathew Abraham Lincoln is one of the most loved Presidents of the USA. He is an admired leader of the world for he always thought before he spoke. The incident given below highlights his thoughts on writing and the learning can be extended to helping you to improve business writing skills. One day Lincoln’s Secretary of [...]
Posted in Communication, Soft Skills Training Tags: business communication, business writing, business writing skills, Communication Skills Training, Corporate Training, interpersonal communication skills, listening skills, Personality Development, soft skills trainer, Soft Skills Training, verbal communication, writing skills No Comments »Business Communication – Understanding Boundaries
April 22nd, 2010 Pramila Mathew We learn many valuable morals from the famous Aesop’s fables. I shall share my thoughts with respect to business communication with regards to the following fable today: A crab and her child were walking down the beach one day. While doing so, the crab irately watched while the child strolled in a one-sided manner. She [...]
Business Communication: Effective Questioning
April 21st, 2010 Pramila Mathew Here is a well known anecdote that reinstates the importance of effective questioning in verbal communication: Two young men were walking home after having attended a religious service by a renowned priest. One man said to the other, “I wonder whether it would be alright to smoke while praying.” The other replied, “Why don’t you [...]
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April 18th, 2010 Pramila Mathew Here is a story that will highlight the importance of clarity in written communication: A blind boy once sat at the side of a busy pavement with a hat placed in front of him. He had a hand-written sign that said: “I am blind. Please help.” Passers-by hardly took notice of the boy and there [...]
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