I have been in the same organisation for close to 8 years now. All other times, it was 5 years which was the average. When I was back in USA, I still somehow made the 5 year average work even when there was a risk that quitting and moving to…

Time and again in your career you reach a point where you feel there are more things you could do but don’t have the opportunity in your team. This is not necessarily a situation when you feel you are ready for the next level but when you just feel you…

“I have told this many times and if it happens again, you will be held responsible and action will be taken against you”: Unfortunately this is a real example of an email sent by a manager to a contractor with a few other leaders copied in that email. …

“What are the top qualities needed to become a manager? How will I know if I like to be a manager?How do I transition to be a manager?” — These are some common questions that came up as part of a career day mentorship program where I got a chance…

Time for year end discussions, everyone is trying to pitch in for their best candidate — the question is how do you measure the best candidate? Let us look at some commonly used criteria for measuring Coding No prizes for guessing here. You are reviewing a software engineer and they are…

“Mr Pavan, the kind of rain I saw yesterday, I have never seen it in the last 40 years of my life. Just one week back, the only bridge connecting the mountains was washed away. The situation is bad” said Pradeep who had come to receive us at the airport…

You have a new manager, the domains/applications you were responsible for are not yours anymore, the organisation priority has changed, restructuring, reorganisations — these are all changes that happens in a corporate setup. In some companies you see this occasionally and in a few others you see it regularly. …

You have a presentation or a demo to be given in a week. Just one day before the D-day, you put something together (either a powerpoint or some document). You spend some time in preparing this document and then forget about it. You are pretty sure and confident that you…

Most of us have goals, aspirations and occasionally think about ourselves, our happiness and our likes. There are however people around us who are just beyond this. Happiness of others is what they strive for. That would mean sacrificing every single of their own likes, wishes, aspirations and goals. …