By Vikas Vinayachandran How many times have you heard stories of customer advisors who try to superimpose their ideas without considering the customer’s choice? One cloudy day, I was walking up the high street that had some of the best retailers. As I walked into a store (a popular retailer) and two customer advisors approached…
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Benefits of Team Building Training in the Corporate World
In a genre where businesses are led not only through competitive wars but by cooperative approaches as well, companies are digging out ways for building the team to bring about unity among members. Here are some reasons why corporate companies in today’s world are resorting to team building exercises like fun-filled games and team vacations…
Read MoreThe Link Between Performance Appraisals and Organizational Success
Hey there, have you heard of the link between performance appraisals and organizational success? It’s all about building a strong organizational culture that fosters and rewards high performance. As Douglas Conant said, “To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace“. How do we achieve this? By leveraging performance appraisals to measure…
Read MoreLeadership – Sticking To Your Guns
Walt Disney needs no introduction. The famous founder of Mickey Mouse and co-founder of Walt Disney Productions was an influential thinker during his time. As a young boy, he developed a love and passion for drawing. The journey never stopped even after the setting up of the Walt Disney amusement park, where all his characters…
Read MoreStress – A leadership non-essential
The morning of June 12th 2010 started off uneventfully. I had not seen my dad for over a month and I waited in anticipation as I wanted to share some really exciting things with him. The day was not going fast enough for me. Suddenly the quiet was interrupted by the harsh ring of the…
Read MoreLife Changing Customer Service
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 intelligent and extremely confident…
Read MoreCreating Leadership Readiness Through Animated Movies
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…
Read MoreFollow Your Heart
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam gave a regaling talk to an enthralled audience at a “Times Avenues” event on career options recently. [Kalam Tell Students To Follow Their Heart, Times of India – June 23rd, 2009] Speaking in his typical anecdotal manner, Kalam doled out advice on issues ranging from current prospects for…
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence Leadership – The Key to Success
Assuming that Emotional Intelligence is directly linked to leadership, there are three questions that need to be answered:• What is Emotional Intelligence?• Why is it important?• How can Emotional Intelligence Quotient be increased? We looked at the answer to the first question in my previous article titled, What Is Emotional Intelligence? Let us now look at the answer to the second question.…
Read MoreLeaders – How Clean is Your Window?
It was raining very heavily and the little restaurant where I was having dinner was very crowded. All the tables were occupied and some hungry customers were waiting for their turn. Some children were crying as they had to wait and the harassed waiters were hurrying to serve the diners. Amidst all this confusion there…
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