My Personal Blog - Sarada Ramani

While everybody in India is talking about the corruption in high places, the amount of money (how many zeros will be there to denote the huge amount that is being touted), I found it very refreshing to have met  this young boy last month. A tiny one room on the top of a old building - climbing up the stairs strained with pan spittings on both sides, somebody taking a nap on the landing - Not a definite winner of a Great Place to work.  But this guy  Tanvir was enjoying his work and was so proud of what he and his other coworkers were doing..   "Polishing Silver and Gold articles" Yes this was the profession he was undertaking as a family business and which has been traditionally done by his ancestors - What was refreshing was the pride he had and the happiness he found in this calling.  He was proud of the fact that they were dealing with almost all the major jewellers in TNagar.  So like Robin Sharma talks about  Being the Best in wh...

A good and educative article, which I have taken from the connectitnews website and sharing 10 common body language traps for women in the workplace 31 May, 2011 By Mark Cox A female executive was having problems dealing with her male colleagues. "They like me, but they never take me seriously," she complained. "It's as if they think I'm flirting with them. Which I definitely am not!" After watching her interact with various men on the senior management team, I saw the problem. She was trying to discuss work-related issues while using a "social gaze." Here's what I mean . . .. It all depends on where you look If you create an imaginary triangle on someone's face, with their eyes as the base and mid-forehead as the apex, you will have mapped out the "look of business." When you keep your gaze in that area, you non-verbally signal a no-nonsense, business-like approach. But when you invert the triangle and move y...