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IE Business School Announced Finalists for Economic Journalism in Asia Prize
Amy Grant’s courageous medical journey; Fox Nation “Moms” host Rachel Duffy-Campos on parenting 9 kids! Mommy Burnout!
Award Winners 2019
All human beings are born with a dream, which are there goals in their life. Attaining a goal is not that easy and hence there is a need for a clear and correct path for the easy attaining the goals.
Women And Office Politics: Here’s How We Can Change The Mindset At Workplace
Office politics is all about influence, power, and relationships. Enough studies indicate that the distribution of power in the corporate arena is skewed in favour of men.
HT Picks: Interesting new reads
This week’s interesting reads includes a novel that tells the story of a library that contains an infinite number of books that tell the story of an infinite number of realities.
Meet Bhavna Dalal | Founder & CEO Of Talent Power Partners
Bhavna Dalal is the Founder & CEO Of Talent Power Partners, a leadership development firm. Bhavna is a Master Certified Coach and Specialist in helping Mid-Level and Senior Level Executives.
Interview with Bhavna Dalal the Founder & CEO of Talent power partners
We invited Bhavna Dalal the
Founder and CEO of Talent Power Partners. She is a Master Certified Coach and Specialist in helping Mid-Level and Senior Level Executives develop their Leadership Skills to the Next Level
An Insight Into Office Politics
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Adoption rate of emerging technologies are rapidly increasing
Ms Dalal said technology has the power to automate many functions making adopting new skills vital to the longevity of technical careers.
Mommy Burnout
Amy Grant’s courageous medical journey; Fox Nation “Moms” host Rachel Duffy-Campos on parenting 9 kids! Mommy Burnout!
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How to Handle a Mom-Friend Breakup
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When Your Tween Acts Up On Lockdown
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Coach, mentor, advise or instruct: How to develop high-performing teams
Though they may sound more of the same, there is a difference between coaching, mentoring and instructing or advising. Learn the key differences to be a more effective leader
Influence without authority: How to be powerful irrespective of your role, position
In the current matrixed structure of organisations, everyone needs to step up and be a leader. Using one’s innate power to influence without authority helps leaders form meaningful alliances and achieve collective best.
How can we accept criticism better?
Becoming more secure and anchored from within, also known as self-validation, could help overcome the negativity criticism brings along with it
Do you feel taken for granted and undervalued at work?
Outstanding leadership is not about being nice. Like they say, if you want to make people feel good, sell ice cream.
Why regulating, and not suppressing your emotions is the key to healthy living—and leading
By regulating your emotions, you will be able to respond to a stream of experiences you may encounter, with a spectrum of appropriate emotions most suitable for that situation.
How can we accept criticism better?
Becoming more secure and anchored from within, also known as self-validation, could help overcome the negativity criticism brings along with it
How to lead a high-performing team in the age of remote work
Going forward, a leader’s job becomes increasingly demanding as organisational boundaries become more ambiguous, the gig economy more rampant, and partnerships critical.
How to hack productivity and make it available on demand
Quick tips to help you declutter, better manage your time, and find inspiration in the right places
Why some coworkers ramble, and what to do about it
How many times have you come across coworkers who don’t come to the point ever or do so in a very long-winded manner? Here’s how you can deal with it
The balance between being assertive and aggressive
At work, many people want to hold their emotions in check, and many others want to become more assertive. Leadership coach Bhavna Dalal writes about how to understand your behaviour, and how to learn to both listen and stand up for yourself when needed.
How to have smoother layoff conversations
Each employee may react differently, depending on their state of mind and need for the job. Here’s how to pick up on subtle cues and channel the conversation positively.
The scientific reasons why working from home is so exhausting
Adapting to new changes such as video conferences and indefinite uncertainty cause real physiological changes in our bodies, which sap energy. Here’s how to address them
How to keep your team motivated through the Covid-19 lockdown
Different leaders are engaging differently with their teams. Here’s an eight-point plan to keep employees engaged and motivated, while also keeping them reassured
Pushing Through Creative Blocks At Work
Get that extra hour of sleep, spend time in nature or just allow ideas to flow, half-baked and unjudged, to propel your creative juices
How Good Personal Relationships Links To Leadership Abilities
Relationships, whether personal or professional, are the most unobstructed windows into personal development —not always easy but the most transparent. Work on them to understand more of what you need to thrive in all areas of your life
How do I correct discipline issues in my team?
It’s essential to have a healthy relationship with your team members where people are happy and productive, while also maintaining the desired level of discipline
Should you stop using the word 'should'?
The word ‘should’ indicates regret, negativity and too many ‘I should’ or ‘I should have’ thoughts can put anyone in distress. For a healthy work environment, here’s how to ditch the word for phrases that are more positive
The fundamental key to solving any problem
Ride the mood elevator and get your emotional quotient in control with these steps, which will help you tackle both big and small problems
Enthusiasm is not enough; to succeed, you need endurance
Passion is vital, of course, but to ride the roadblocks as though you have no choice but to, is what makes endurance difficult—and rewarding
Five ways to make a matrix organisation structure thrive
A matrix organisation is a company in which the reporting structure is set up as a grid or matrix, instead of the typical hierarchy, made popular by tech companies
The best way to work with difficult people
Almost 90 percent of people deal with co-workers they think are difficult to work with, in one standard and common manner—by avoiding them. However, this is ineffective in the long term. Here’s what you should be doing instead
How to quickly assimilate new recruits
Seven questions managers should ask new employees, agenda-free and with best intentions, to get to know them and help them integrate
The first thing to do when there is a management change
New management must set the ground for a reformed company vision. Here are three steps to successful vision reformation, which must be as much an emotional exercise as it is an intellectual one
Steps to building an effective employee experience
Treat your employees like your customers; take a walk in their shoes and ask, what is the dream employee experience?
How to develop your intuition to be a better leader
Trusting your intuition is the fundamental prerequisite to making better decisions, solving problems faster, executing successful projects and accomplishing your goals
How team rituals can improve workforce performance
Rituals can be used to achieve certain expected behaviors both in individuals and teams
Eight things first-time managers need to learn
The transition of moving from an individual contributor to a people manager is a tricky one
What it takes to be a senior executive
Digital disruption has now inculcated an urgency for executives to revisit their strategies and create a new vision for the modern world
Leadership: What the middle-management needs to learn
Mid-level managers constitute the precious internal talent from where the top-level leadership will emerge
How companies can develop solid women leadership
While most of these management skills apply to men too, conducting a codified leadership programme for a cohort of women can form a support system beyond the programme, which could tackle the gender pay-gap
Digital Transformation 101: Build a robust strategy
Most businesses are going through this exercise, which needs to be quick and evolving in nature
How to battle anxiety before that big presentation
Public speaking drives us to expose ourselves to people that matter to our success. It is not surprising that it is one of the greatest fears
Want to be a gig worker? Consider these realities before taking the plunge
While the gig economy allows you to do what you love at your time and pace, it comes with its own set of unique challenges and frustrations
Meditation made easy for corporate leaders
There is no right or wrong way to start meditating, what is important is to meditate how it feels right to you
The significance of research in innovation
Research is an area that needs to get a lot more glamorous focus; something it has not received outside academic circles in the past
Is being too devoted to your job a virtue?
If you’re usually at the receiving end of jokes and statements about your workaholic nature, it’s time to reevaluate your commitment to your job
The difference between tactics and strategy
Senior leadership is responsible for setting the strategy for the organisation in line with the values, objectives, culture and the environment
Why Coaching is the best mantra to develop your employees
For any organisation to thrive, it must develop its strategy faster than the changing world it is operating in
Women in the boardroom: Why now?
As the world has gradually moved towards automation of production, information and communications technology, the internet and now the digital era, a level playing field for women has been formed
Bridging the talent gap in emerging technologies
We live in a world where connectivity is inevitable, and this makes the Internet of Things (IoT) stand out amongst the emerging technologies
Managing your people through change
Communicating changes to your team well, without making it seem like the company is in danger all comes down to how well the information is delivered
Organisational techniques for institutionalising mentoring
Everyone in the organisation is beginning to understand that behavioural change requires time; continuous reinforcement; peer-to-peer learning; and practising on the job in a non-threatening, safe environment
Effective delegation skills prerequisite to rise in leadership roles
Micromanagement may be the reason you are stuck lower managerial positions no matter how capable and efficient you think you are
Are you leading by inducing fear or alleviating it?
With fear, employees tend to lose interest in company objectives, focusing only on covering their base, not stepping on toes and avoiding risk
Factors that drive innovation in organisations
In a 2015 survey of the Center for Creative Leadership, 94 percent thought innovation was important and only 14 percent thought their organisations were effective at innovating
Why smashing cross-functional silos benefits bottom lines
An organisation has many moving parts. Alignment of each of these can only be brought about when the senior leadership is aligned
Can humour make you a better boss?
Being funny is no funny business; it’s a serious business
Employee Engagement: Three simple solutions Indian firms can use
I am fortunate to get a glimpse into many different types of organisations through facilitating leadership development workshops, consulting or 1-1 coaching.
Executive presence is the key to strengthening your leadership brand
Hard work and results alone are not enough to put you into the corner office
What do organisations with high performance culture do differently?
Creating a high-performance culture requires a strategic and systematic approach to managing the organisation, functions within it, and its individuals
Responsibility of improving MBA education in India lies with corporate leaders
Chasing demand from the industry, several management schools sprung up in the country in the last 20 years. But today, there are many that fail to fill up seats for their programs
Gap analysis of women leadership development in Corporate India
Leaders at the top must be skilled at using the greatness in themselves, engaging the greatness in others and achieving and sustaining extraordinary outcomes for the organisation
Unconscious bias: Roadblock to promoting diversity in the workplace
Unconscious bias, when it creeps into the workplace, can influence our hiring decisions
Improve employee engagement by developing leader manager
Why train your mid-level managers? They are the ones holding the team together
Eight-step process to discover your personal leadership vision
Leadership vision is an essential means to focus attention on what matters most; what you want to accomplish in your life and what kind of a leader you wish to be
Leaders are developed, not trained
Leadership is about behaviour and that’s unique to each individual. Which is why one workshop cannot change things suddenly
Persuading people: How to convince the followers and the controllers
No one decision-making style is inherently superior to the other. The key in getting a buy-in from anyone lies in understanding who the real decision maker is among all the stakeholders
How to convince the Charismatics, the Thinkers, and the Skeptics
Tailoring your arguments to business leader’s decision-making style will give you the best chance of obtaining a desirable outcome
How to obtain buy-in from almost anyone
There are times when your arguments are solid, your logic unconquerable and your data bulletproof. So why do you have a problem to rally the people around you to your vision and towards favourable action?
Conflicts within teams can be a source of transformation and growth
Conflicts within a team are a good thing. It needs to be embraced as a source of transformation and growth.The word conflict typically conjures negative images in your head.
Common issues teams face at the workplace
A cohesive unit yields best results but problems of trust and leadership can erode the sanctity of a group and affects its performance
New age mentoring - MenChing
MenChing” is a new term that I as a Team Leadership Coach have come up with. It combines Mentoring and Coaching. I see “MenChing” as an equalizing way forward that organizations
Knowing and recognizing leadership blind spots
Identifying unknown negative and positive character traits is a delicate but worthwhile effort
Keys to unlock corporate innovation and creativity
A positive mental space is an important ingredient for creativity; it needs to be cajoled out of its shell most times
Who do CEOs turn to for advice?
It is important to have people who can show you the mirror, and are not just mere yes men
What do collaborative leaders do differently?
Only the right leadership can ensure that a collaborative culture will thrive
Paraphrasing and summarising: Two weapons of solid communication
Mastering the two skills will result in fruitful conversations at workplaces
Flat structured organisations aid quick decision-making
They encourage higher levels of communication between the management and employees, and end up being more democratic
Solid questions for identifying leadership potential in an interview
While companies are looking at hiring candidates with good skills, they are also on the lookout for people who can lead from the front
How to create a culture of productive meetings
Having fewer meetings and being selective about the participants can prevent wastage of time and energy
Pandemic woes for women: To work or not to work?
The transition to the work-from-home model has not been seamless for women. Result: Figures suggest that women in large numbers are leaving the
The need for connection while working remotely
It is important for leaders to connect with their team members who are working from home. Here’s how to do it.
Women and their relationship with power
When women discover how to step into their power, they become more emotionally mature, stronger, independent, balanced, and better leaders.
A masked form of sexism
subjectively positive, but in reality, are damaging to people and gender equality at a broader scale.
Learning to be ordinary in extraordinary times
The need to have faith and remain in the present moment is now needed more than ever before.
Evolve your relationship with gratitude at work
Expressing gratitude is an emotional process. What you are trying to do is deliver the emotion. Don’t rush it. Say it slowly and meaningfully.
Why do we put up with bad behaviour at work?
The fear of not belonging lies underneath this need.
Typical presentation mistakes we make
If you think that by using a lot of jargon you will impress your audience, think again.
To get ahead quickly, slow down.
It is not about how well or how fast you do things; it is about how good an enabler you are.
How to network like a pro
You can meet the most influential people and have a great relationship with them, but it’s no use to you strategically if you don’t have a clear goal in mind.
How to present to senior leaders
Even the most restless of leaders will let you finish uninterrupted if they know the presentation is short, and they will get a chance to speak soon.
The leadership skill of letting go
It is about liberating yourself of anything that is not serving you in achieving your goals.
The leadership skill of acceptance
Leadership is about consciously applying acceptance.
When strengths become weaknesses
While empathy is an excellent leadership quality, taken too far, it may hinder your perception as a leader.
Seven strategy questions every leader must ask
The success of a business rests on a reliable strategic roadmap.
How to become a thought leader while doing your day job
Thought leaders are people that can draw from the past, analyse the present, and make predictions for the future.
Working away from the headquarters
Set your personal vision and you will start finding many opportunities right where you are.
The secret to effective leadership
To be able to inspire and motivate people you must understand them first.
21 insights to maximise your L&D investment
Learning and development budgets are up, but learners aren’t happy. Here’s why.
Is being emotional at work good or bad?
Increasing your emotional quotient is a fundamental leadership skill.
Corporate presentation trends to watch out for in 2019
Successful presentations must have stories woven into them.
Tips to navigate office politics
Staying out of office politics altogether is not an effective strategy.
Building a unified team vision
The critical thing to recognise while setting a collective vision is that the individual is just as important as the collective.
Improving goal setting for your team
Boredom will set in if you have trivial goals.
Best way to answer the question: “Tell me about yourself”
First of all, this question is not an invitation to narrate your entire life story.
I have so much experience, why won’t my team listen to me?
Your team will listen to you when you start listening to them.
Being a mentor for the first time
Mentoring like any other skill is learned through practice and experience.
Dealing with negative feedback
Use it for deeper introspection and exploration.
Cultivating healthy professional relationships
The corporate culture in this gig, digital, VUCA (volatile, uncertain, changing, ambiguous) world recognises that talent lies in teams, not just in individuals.
Victim mindset comes in the way of goals
The victim mentality is a technique to look good in the middle of failure.
Overcoming interpersonal barriers for workspace collaboration
Inability to find shared goals makes it
difficult to collaborate.
How to get the best out of yourself and your team
When goals are set for individuals in line with their deepest desires, the chances of them getting fulfilled are higher.
The dotted and dashed lines of virtual teams
Virtual teams are more dynamic than the teams where all the employees are in one location. They can be formed easily, and also be disbanded quickly.
Is long-term commitment to a company outdated?
While jumping from company to company may bring you short-term gains, it may be more beneficial in the longer run to stay committed to a single organisation.
The importance of role clarity and role ambiguity for leaders
In complex corporate structures, people can have ambiguous roles but leaders find a way to manoeuvre through these ambiguities.
What do women leaders bring to the table?
The leadership skills of persuasion and negotiation come quite naturally to women leaders.
Execution excellence: Are you actively addressing it?
Implementation is doing what we need in order to turn a strategy into reality. Execution is the next step.
Creating a collective vision builds successful teams
A well-crafted vision can energize a team to move forward in a unified direction
Understanding leadership
Some leaders are introverts, while others are extroverts, some are thrifty, others spend lavishly, some drive results, others collaborate. What are the collective set of behaviours that most describe someone on the right track to be a good leader.
Vision shows you the destination but goals pave the path
What differentiates great leaders from average ones is the ability to clearly define their goals.
Excessive corporate travel may lead to loneliness
The impact of frequent work-related travel on your health can be detrimental, especially when done over a longer time period.
Why meditation is good for business leaders
One of the most fundamental leadership skills that meditation sharpens is self-awareness.
Lying on résumés - 5 ways to avoid a bad hire
Tight timelines for hiring and cost-consciousness often tempt recruiters to go easy on checks and verification.
How to increase ownership through accountability
Holding your people accountable is the building block of inculcating a sense of ownership in your team.
Career progression in a low employee engagement environment
Having selected top talent, it becomes hard work to draw out its potential, develop its capabilities further and satisfy it to make it want to stay.
How do you prepare for the future of leadership: the digital leader
Leaders of the future will need to incorporate data, agility and design-thinking aggressively to redefine strategies and business models.
5 Ways To Navigate Through Office Politics & Take Back Your Control
No one likes to deal with office politics, yet it’s a very integral and undeniable part of corporate life.
4 Ways To Turn Team Conflict Into Motivation & Inspiration For Your Employees
Conflict within a team can be a good thing. In fact, it needs to be embraced as a source of transformation and growth.
6 Key Steps To Mentoring Your Employees Every Day
How does mentoring employees contribute to an organization’s overall success?
Why Coaching Is The Best Method To Professional Development
As a people manager in any industry, the most critical thing, along with consistent growth, is developing your people.
Why Including Women In The Boardroom Is So Vital Right Now
There’s so much conversation around diversity, especially in the workplace.
The Difference Between Tactics And Strategy — And Why Success Depends On It
Chinese strategist Sun Tzu once said, “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
How (Good) Managers Support A Team Through Uncertainty & Change In The Workplace
Leaders sometimes have to drive intentional drastic change for the growth of their organizations or lead people in times of inevitable unavoidable change that stares them in their faces.
4 Reasons Being Too Devoted To Your Job Is Not A Virtue
Many people spend a lot of waking hours of their lives doing the work that they do. Their careers are a significant part of who they are.
They might even identify as a “workaholic.”
Want To Be A Gig Worker? 6 Realities To Consider Before The Plunge
The gig economy is a significant trend emerging from the conversations about the future of work.
How To Battle Anxiety & Jitters Before Giving That Important Presentation
Do you have public speaking anxiety? Almost everyone has encountered that nervousness before a presentation, big or small.
How Companies Can Support Women By Developing Solid Women Leadership
Women comprise less than one-third of the workforce, especially in middle management and above, although they are as qualified as their male counterparts
Senior Executive Leadership: Do You Have What It Takes To Fill This Role?
Well, you can only completely understand what it takes to be a senior-level executive after you have become one.
8 Things First-time Managers Need To Learn To Be A Great Boss
Becoming a manager for the first time is a crucial turning point in an individual’s career.
How To Build An Effective Employee Experience, No Matter Your Business
Human resources and learning and development experts are up-skilling in design thinking to create effective people processes.
How To Survive A Management Change At Work
How do you survive a management change at work? A change in an organization, at any level, causes ripples, like a stone skipping across the water in a shimmering lake.
How To Deal With Difficult People You Can't Avoid At Work
Take the case of Tom. At this particular meeting, his face was shades of red as he shook his head in dismay. “There’s no time to do this!” he said, slamming his notebook on the table.
How To Build An Effective Employee Experience, No Matter Your Business
Human resources and learning and development experts are up-skilling in design thinking to create effective people processes.
5 Fundamental Steps To Solving Absolutely Any Problem In Life
We’re faced with obstacles every day, from simple issues like, “How do I finish my tasks on time?” to more long-term problems like, “How do I get promoted?”
Why Saying ‘Should’ Sets You On A Negative Path Of Criticism
Why is saying “should” problematic?It’s the word I continuously aspire to remove from my vocabulary.
How To Discipline Employees To Create Fair & Democratic Boundaries
Why is it important for companies to learn how to discipline employees in a fair and democratic manner?
7 Strategies For Busting Through Creative Blocks & Increasing Sterling Productivity
Everyone experiences creative blocks. But do you know what creativity means to you?I’m always amazed by the varied and diverse responses I receive to this question.
5 Ways To Keep Your Team Motivated While Working From Home
Do you find yourself and your team devoid of motivation while working from home? In the midst of unseen and unimaginable times, the standard way of doing things has suddenly changed.
12 Leadership Qualities Every Effective Boss Should Have
When you think of an effective leader, what are some leadership qualities that come to mind? I come across several aspiring leaders who often question themselves.
Women And Power: How Women Can Foster A Healthy Outlook On Power & Authority
Women and power in the corporate world have become a norm, but many still find it difficult to exert their power and authority in the workplace.
How To Improve Company Culture With Team Rituals
If you’re looking to learn how to improve company culture for your team, look no further than team rituals.
3 Ways To Handle 'Benevolent Sexism' & Subtle Discrimination At Work
Studies about sexism indicate that it has two components. One is hostile sexism and the other is benevolent sexism.
What's More Important, Your Vision Or Your Goals? An Expert's Take On How To Succeed
When it comes to figuring out how to achieve your dreams, there’s a debate about the effectiveness of vision vs. goals.
Lessons In Leadership: Learning To Be Ordinary In Extraordinary Times
Leadership has always been talked about as being extraordinary in both ordinary and exceptional times.
The Scientific Reasons Why Working From Home Is So Exhausting
Working from home challenges have become extremely common in the pandemic age — and they’re downright tiresome.
Why Meditation Shapes A Successful Career
How does meditation for success work?First, it’s important to clarify your understanding of meditation.
How To Develop Your Intuition To Be A Better Leader
Developing intuition and learning to trust it is a fundamental prerequisite to making better decisions.
6 Ways To Encourage Accountability As A Manager
When it comes to managing — whether in a team or even in a family unit — learning how best to instill accountability in your group is an important part of making tasks flow smoothly and getting everything done.
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Lessons for women entrepreneurs
Once upon a time there was a little girl who took care of all her responsibilities and did exactly what everyone expected of her.
Bhavna Dalal
Bhavna Dalal Leadership Specialist, Executive Coach (PCC) Author, Forbes & Fortune Columnist, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Speaker, Board Member & Founder and CEO of Talent Power Partners
Managing Multigenerational Workforce
A “Millennial” is a person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000. The Millennials, also known as Generation Y, are often described as a generation of sociable, multi-tasking and confident people.
Bridging the talent gap in emerging technologies | Forbes India Blog
Bhavna Dalal ( www.bhavnadalal.com) is the Founder and CEO of Talent Power Partners [www.talentpowerpartners.com] a Leadership Development company based in Bangalore.
Politics in the workplace
Office politics is a reality that exists in every organisation, big or small, writes Bhavna Dalal as she shares a few tricks on how to deal with corporate politics.
Digital Book Release: Checkmate Office Politics by Bhavna Dalal
SAGE Publications India hosted a live digital launch to celebrate the release of ‘Checkmate Office Politics” by Bhavna Dalal, Founder – Talent Power Partners, in conversation with Shirish Andhare, Head of Product, India – Uber.
How to Navigate Office Politics | with Bhavna Dalal
Bhavna Dalal is the founder and CEO of Talent Power Partners, a leadership development consulting company—and she’s highly aligned with the work I do in my own consulting and coaching practice.
Office politics कैसे करें, इस किताब से सारे गुर सीखें
SAGE Publications ने Checkmate Office Politics नाम की नई किताब छापी है. इसे लिखा है Bhavna Dalal ने. ये किताब दफ्तर की राजनीति के गुर और corporate corridors में navigate करने के तरीकों पर बात करती है.