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Workplace Bullying: What should organizations be doing about it?

By Deepa

From our recent HR News and Views newsletter: Workplace bullying in much more prevalent than recognized or even acknowledged. In an age, where aggressive behaviour helps achieve results, where workplace pressure is at an all time high in terms of responsibilities and deadlines, it is all to easy to cross the boundaries and becoming ‘ruthless’ […]

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“Why should you be concerned about Social Networks?”

By Deepa

From our current issue of HR News and Views: It seems that the old adage, “It is not what you know but whom you know” is being proven true through mathematical models now. To modify that a little bit, what you know will give you the starting point and who you know will enable you […]

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A Great New Year

By Deepa

Dear Readers, Thank you for making the time to visit this blog. I have been sporadic in my posts especially the last few months, so I am grateful to those who do visit this site from time to time. Thank you especially to John Nielson of Charthouse Learning ( The FISH! Philosophy ) for sending […]

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The Specialist Vs the Generalist.

By Deepa

I would not have written about “The Emperor of Scent” by Chandler Burr here but for the debate that often come up – The Specialist Vs the Generalist. The “Emperor of Scent” is about Luca Turin, a scientist who offers a new theory of smell. He arrives at this theory based on his ability to […]

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Are you a prisoner of your point of view

By Deepa

From the rapid changes in the way business is done to the new skill sets that are being required, never before has so much been asked from us as individuals, as employees, as entrepreneurs, as parents and as teachers. Familiar boundaries are vanishing; new ones are being drawn only to be erased before we have […]

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Warm Wishes for a peaceful and disaster free 2005!

By Deepa

2004 ended on a solemn note with the Tsunami taking a heavy toll in this part of the world. While Singapore, the country where I reside has been spared, Tamil Nadu my home state in India has been ravaged. This blog was the best thing that happened last year and with it I had the […]

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More on Innovation

By Deepa

The recent Boston Consulting Group?s 2004-2005 Senior Executive Survey on Innovation shared the following preliminary findings from the study: 73 percent of participants worldwide said their companies will increase spending on innovation in 2005, up from 64 percent in 2004. On average, participants said their companies plan to boost spending on innovation by 15 percent. […]

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Being able to differentiate

By Deepa

It?s all about being able to differentiate. Check out this r?sum? of Alexandre Gu?niot. Via Tom Peters website.

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Food for Thought

By Deepa

“If you want to baffle HR show them numbers, and if you want to baffle Finance show them people.” From John Weak’s column in October 2003 issue of Management Today.

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Policies that dampen your spirits

By Deepa

Keppel Corporation is among the first companies in Singapore to create a policy to protect whistle blowers (Search for ?Making every Keppelite accountable’) While such policies are supposed to represent enlightened management, I can?t help but feel that organizations should be focusing on creating a culture that thrives on trust, integrity and openness. The need […]

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