| Blog By Jamshed Wadia
I would think there is no need for me to elaborate on what mentor-ship means and what’s it about. I think most of us know it to be some form of coaching, hand-holding and sharing of experiences from someone who has been there and done that. The mentor – mentee relationship is special and most successful men and women will point out that if it hadn’t been for their mentors they wouldn’t be enjoying the fruits of their success.
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It’s common knowledge and backed by research that people don’t leave organizations but people leave managers. Extensive research of exit interviews across organizations cite different reasons for a person leaving, but when you dig deeper, most often than not it has been related to a bad experience with a manager.
Continue readingA few days back i participated in the monthly ECI index survey conducted by Jobstreet.com. The JobStreet ECI is a measure of a jobseeker’s confidence in finding a job within the Singapore market. It ranges from zero (very poor) to 100 (very good). It’s not surprising that the index is showing a decline in the tough economic conditions we are in. The October figures are not yet published by jobstreet but
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A question that was asked today in my LinkedIn network – Do we really need to play safe in organisations? So i decided to post my response back here as well.My immediate response to a question like this is, take the risk if your inherent personality is that of a risk taker. If you curtail that natural instinct then it will bring in frustration eventually. Some people call it a
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