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The Importance of Perception Management

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The Importance of Perception Management
The first step in perception management will be to ensure that the little time that you spend with the ones who you wish to influence is positive in all sense. Let me take the example of the regular employee. What is it that is influencing the superiors to form a negative perception about the good employee? It is the lack of interaction of this employee with his superiors, during the days that he is in office. The superiors don’t see much of him on such days and add to it the few days that he is on leave and a perception is made that the employee is never available. How will you change the perception here? Just start interacting with your superiors a bit more on the days you are in office. Let them see a bit more of you. They will start to see a lot of you and would not miss you when you are on leave. Another thing you could do is to make people realize that you are never on leave. Before you go on a leave, make it a point to go to your bosses and engage in a chat during which you let them...

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Being Empathetic – Traits of a Good Leader

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Being Empathetic – Traits of a Good Leader
What is the single most important thing that distinguishes a good leader from a bad one? You will find numerous leaders around you – in your organization, in your country and even in your family. Leaders influence you and your actions and in some way becomes responsible for your goals in life. They pave the way...

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Winning job interviews – A review of the book

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Winning job interviews – A review of the book
Can a book really prepare you for an interview? I never believed it could and to be very frank, I had never read too many such books. But some time back one of my readers suggested that I should refer books that could help them in appearing for their interviews. This is when I decided that...

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Anger – It can help boost your career

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Anger – It can help boost your career
If you are wondering how anger can boost your career, then you are at the right place. Read on to know how. Negative emotions such as fear and anger are inborn and are of tremendous importance. Negative emotions are often crucial for survival: careful experiments such as ours have documented that negative emotions narrow and focus...

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Aggression – Its Importance in your career

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Aggression – Its Importance in your career
Is aggression good for your career? Many a times I have seen people in the top management being a bit too much aggressive. I have also come across quite a few employees in the lower management levels also who have exhibited excessive aggression. How good is aggression and what level of management does it benefit? It is...

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Tell me something about yourself

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Tell me something about yourself
What is the first question that you get to hear from an interviewer? “Tell me something about yourself”. Most of the interviewers start with this question and most of the interviewees take it the wrong way and respond to it. A poor first impression!! Why is this question the favorite of these interviewers? What is the response that...

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The Tobacco-free Revolution

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The Tobacco-free Revolution
The BPO and Call center culture has brought about quite a lot of changes – some positive and some negative. Though critics and well-wishers are right in saying that there the changes are more of negative, especially in India, there would be no denying the fact that there a lot of changes that are positive...

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Finally an Obama Outsourcing Policy

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Finally an Obama Outsourcing Policy
As was being expected, Barack Obama finally fulfilled his promise of formulating policies that will discourage “Outsourcing”, so that there are more job opportunities in the United States. So what is this policy? Barack Obama finally initiated a bill that is still pending approval at the US Congress, is aimed at providing tax-cuts to companies that...

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Success as a Team

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Success as a Team
How can you enhance performance within a team? Businesses in BPOs and Call-centers are more of team-work and less of individual efforts. So when it comes to the success of the business, the focus is more on TEAM BUILDING. Why is team-building important? It is said that TEAM means “Together Everyone Achieves More”. The most important...

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The Tech Mahindra takeover of Satyam

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The Tech Mahindra takeover of Satyam
Finally there is some respite for the employees of Satyam. They were hanging in imbalance till about a few weeks back. All of a sudden TechMahindra came in and won a bid for their takeover and breathed fresh and new life into the otherwise dying organization. What had happened to Satyam? Was it so weak that...

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Resume writing – Is it a good option?

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Resume writing – Is it a good option?
Should you get your resume written by professional resume writing services? The importance of a resume cannot be undermined when you are gearing yourself for applying for a job. The competition is so fierce that every job that is advertised gets more thousands and thousands of applications. In such a situation, it becomes a difficult...

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