Category: management

This is our chance to prove remote work, well, works

Keywords: Coronavirus Crisis, freelancing, future of work, remote work, Work from home

Many entrepreneurs were ahead of the curve and founded their companies with remote work practices in mind. Allowing employees to pick their location fundamentally impacted their bottom line, culture, and ability to scale.

Below, several of these leaders share the value they’ve found in a scattered, diverse workforce. Use their perspectives to inspire your performance and routine while working remotely—and to create a strong case to maintain flexibility in the future:

https://www.fastcompany.com/90481356/were-in-the-midst-of-a-massive-work-from-home-experiment-what-if-it-works

Working on Goals:Setting Intentions

advice, goals, happiness, mindfulness, psychology, techniques

Ana-Alicia's avatarPsychology of Mindfulness

Achieving goals can be rewarding. It can help Improve your well-being and sense of self. Although there are benefits to creating goals, and implementing them. It can be hard for most people to sustain the goals. It can be difficult to remain consistent, and continue to achieve the goals in place.

I have set many goals this year, and I have been able to be consistent and motivated, because of some tools I have set in place. I will list some things that have been helpful in staying on the path to reach my goals. Hopefully these can be helpful for you as well. Some of these listed have also been mentioned by others as well.

1.Be Motivated.Well duh,right? It sounds simple enough, but this is very important. This has to be something you really want to do, not because someone else is telling you to do it…

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How to be a focused listener?

business coaching, Coaching, empathy, focused listening, listening

Anirban Chatterjee's avatarMusings of a Curious Indian

Let me start by sharing a personal experience. A few years back, I went to a reputed software company for an interview. The first couple of rounds of discussions went very well and I felt invigorated from interacting with people who were knowledgable and forward looking. Disaster struck however after lunch when I met the most fidgety recruiting manager I have ever met in my life. He kept twirling in his swivel chair, frequently checking his Blackberry and speaking more than me. His attention was partly on me and partly in his own thoughts. It was a classic case of Cosmetic Listening. He displayed all the attributes of a poor listener. He showed poor concentration, was distracted and was successful in making me feel very insignificant and disrespected. In an hour, he managed to extinguish all the excitement and the positive emotions that I had built up before interacting with…

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Behind every successful person there is a successful coach!!

happiness, life coaching

hopeandhappinesscoach's avatarHopeandhappinesscoach

Recently a friend was talking to me about the work I do, very casually he said “God forbid, if I ever need coaching………”. This prompted me to ask what’s his opinion about coaching?

Thankfully he was very forthcoming and very sportingly accepted his ignorance on the topic. Also the curiosity he showed in learning more about it, prompted this article.

Coaching ignites the insight from your experiences, builds confidence, encourages you to take action and helps you expand your capabilities.

The goal of coaching is to help you bring out your best talents and use your potential to the hilt.

Everyone has the ability to improve, to become better. As coach we use tools and techniques to enhance the thought process and client’s interaction with the world. The coach explores the values and beliefs of clients by asking the right questions, to help them understand what stands between the desired…

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