Lets look into the positive side of a recession ,the bad is seperated from the good and this is the time when you need ane find the people who are real leaders. Microsoft and Ge started at the (read more)

[...] that can come out which can either avoid layoffs or at least cut them to size. As Mr Bagchi rightly points “Communicate transparently, involve everybody, explore other cost cuts, ask people to do [...] (read more)

Timely post! Empathy plays a great role in shaping up the organizations, specially in tough times like these. Someone told me that slowdown is like a pit stop in a car race. Cars need to stop briefly, get the tires changed, (read more)

Excellent message at the right time ! I am very much delighted to learn that at Mindtree; you show so much concern towards people and help them to evolve progressively. I am sure, others have a lot to learn from (read more)

Dear Subroto, A delicate topic but wonderfully written. Sensitivity and empathy is extremely important. If not handled properly it could mean disaster for the individual and the family. As rightly put by you, identifying your area of passion or what some (read more)

Excellent Gesture. All PSU'S in India follow this method .Nearly 15% can be safely taken as non performer.Half of them are generated by the company and the other half due to disability. This is the reason the salaries are low in (read more)

Beautifully written as usual.... Yes, I really think this hard time is a time when we need to look inwardly as individuals also.....probably this time will tell us something about ourselves that our cushy jobs cannot and have not told us (read more)

Hello Smita, Smita, normally I scoff at this entire concept of "connections" or "forces of attraction" or whatever else it may be called. But something made me click on your name and I landed on the website of your NGO. I (read more)

Dear Subroto, Your blog reminds me of an article that a colleague forwarded today about how Toyota hasn't laid off people in spite of the downtrend in the auto industry. No wonder they are the most respected and profitable auto maker (read more)

Dear Subroto, I guess, if one does ask these fundamental questions and answers them honestly, then even if the scenario is not that of being given a pink slip or being labelled as a poor performer, one should move on, inspite (read more)