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Some Suggested Titles Leadership Development Programs Leadership Skills Training Action Centered Leadership Managing Vision EQ for Business Leaders Coaching & Mentoring Advanced Communication for Action & Results ITAI DOSHIN (Team Work) Team bonding program Team-building training Team Management Training Executive Development Training Communication skills workshop Change Management Time Management Work Smart – Re-Engineering Work Practices Winning ways – the Attitude workshop Goal Setting & Action Planning Planning & Organizing Advanced Communication for Action & Results Executive Effectiveness Programs Conflict Resolution & Management Problem Solving & Decision Making HR for line managers Performance Enhancement Training Effective Meeting Skills Subordinate Development Training Custom...
Is Behavioral Training Any Good?
The frailty of Human Rationale has been the mother of many Innovations and Changes. Training and Development is no exception. One good reason is surely the shortcomings of traditional Performance Appraisal Systems (even the more modern 360*) which always gave more than necessary discretionary powers to the Immediate Superiors and very often became a cause of dissatisfaction to the trainee (participant). Even more democratic T.N.A attempts haven't produced encouraging results for lack of imagination and learning orientation . Measuring training effectiveness has remained a wild goose that you better not chase! History has it, that a person nominated for a training program could have the following considerations. (Most of it is certainly not positive...). Why Me? So you think there is something wrong with me? The guy who nominated me needs this training the most! How is this relevant to my job profile? Must be somebody's idea of making a fast buck! So you t...
What this month-long sadhana will do for you?
WELCOME! to Shravan Maas Celebrations @ gundar.com This month-long sadhana and learning initiative is special in many ways. Here is my attempt to express my perspective on the same. Different sadhana produces different results. For example, Shaktism or Devi Bhakti Sadhana will lead one to Bhog and Moksha. The Soundarya Lahiri Stotram , which has 100 hymns offers different benefits for each of these hymns, likewise, Vigneshwara Puja is done to remove obstacles... and so on. There is a ton of interesting read on the internet on what a Sadhana is and the different types that one can practice or be involved in. Here is one such article on Sadhana that I found in Times Of India (TOI) that is worth reading. Shiva Bhakti Sadhana The perspective that I want to give you, is beautifully expressed in the 4th verse of the Shivananda Lahari composed by Adi Shankaracharya. सहस्रं वर्तन्ते जगति विबुधाः क्षुद्रफलदाः न मन्ये स्वप्ने वा तदनुसरणं तत्क्...
CHATURMAAS - What's so special?
Now, this blog is not about the importance or the significance of CHATURMAAS as per Vedic traditions. That information and a plethora of it, you can find all over the internet. So I am not doing the copy-paste (ctrl-C - ctrl-V) job for you. Here, I will focus on what you may not find... anywhere... 20th JULY to 14th NOVEMBER 2021 - These FOUR are Sacred months, for chanting Sacred Mantras from sacred texts, stories and parables that have been with us since time immemorial, passed on from one generation (de-generations too) to the other From faith to being branded as superstition, from beliefs to being called mythology , from Dharma to be reduced to a religion, from Ancient Science to becoming Unscientific Mumbo Jumbo, the treasures of Vedic Wisdom have lived on and showered their grace on those who cared to explore and go beyond modern narratives and mass beliefs. This CHATURMAAS during the COVID-19 ERA or the CORONA TIMES off...
Does Life Have A Purpose?
Mentor Speaks What is the purpose of life? Is there a purpose at all to life? Have you been searching for your life's purpose? Have you been suffering this question and the related ones? How can I know the purpose of my life? Is there a method, a discipline, an exercise, a process, meditation, or something? Well, there is an enormous amount of information, knowledge, guidance, practices available on this subject. And I tried many of them. While many of them are well-meaning, interesting reads, useful in some ways, and seem all along to be leading you someplace. Someplace good, to the promised land. But do they lead you to the answer? These, at least most, are not trash. No, not even wrong, fraudulent or evil. But they certainly won't get you to the promised land. They did not do that for me; and that I know. After days, months or years of following, falling, failing, and not to forget suffering during this process you will finally give up on 'hope' which has bee...
