tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26650976322173292812024-03-27T12:45:43.318+05:30Corporate LearningEverything you wanted to know about corporate communication...!Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-60371990503467254172018-06-27T01:42:00.000+05:302018-06-27T01:42:00.427+05:30NLP - Is it really the answer?
Sharon was sitting in the balcony
sipping her customary evening coffee enjoying the beautiful Mumbai rains when
suddenly the doorbell rang.
She welcomed Nina, her friend and
mentor to join her for coffee. While munching those yummy ‘pakoras’, the
conversation started drifting towards some challenges that Sharon’s
organization was facing in terms of employee commitment, engagement and even Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com723tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-68686818577615747302018-05-04T09:06:00.000+05:302018-05-04T09:06:02.015+05:30Gen-Me and Us
“So who are these millennial's
really?” Rohan, one of my team members questioned me a couple of days back
while we were sipping coffee in the cafeteria.
“You are a live example!” I
responded instantly with a smirk on my face.
“Really? So what do think I do
differently”
“Well, lots of things. You think
differently and creatively to start with.”
“But my parents and other older
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Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-75908531144078006842012-06-23T20:00:00.003+05:302013-02-04T15:41:05.349+05:30Learning and Development – Cost Center or Profit Enabling Center? – Part 2
Now that you have taken your first leap and convinced the business leaders that as an L&D professional, you can make a difference to enhance their business, it is time to move to the next most critical phase – prove what you said…in other words, ‘Walk the Talk’.
This is where the real work lies. Remember, in part 1 of this article, you did a lot of research on the business by Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com172tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-91090851042807193572012-06-21T20:52:00.002+05:302012-06-21T20:52:36.980+05:30Learning and Development – Cost Center or Profit Enabling Center? – Part 1
The question is crystal clear,
but is the answer?…Are we part of a fraternity that is an unnecessary cost to a
company’s financials or are we, in the real sense, being able to enhance
productivity towards the P&L graph progressing northward?
Digging some graves here would
mean that we led a function that conducted trainings either because some
employees were sitting free and had Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-64634943820596589842012-05-01T16:01:00.002+05:302012-05-01T16:01:33.560+05:30Gen Z – How will You Handle Them?
In college, while sitting in my Social Psychology class, I had studied the importance that the environment plays in building someone’s personality. Today, I am experiencing it. We have had differences with our parents, elders, teachers and the like in the past; however, what we did not realize then was the difference in values, thoughts and interests between them and us. All generations look Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-14967893696012482222012-03-06T13:58:00.000+05:302012-03-06T13:58:58.634+05:30Name of the Explosive: BOMBER - BIn my previous article you looked at how to leave a first, lasting impression in the minds of your audience. Today, let’s look at the overall strategy to deliver a classic, super successful presentation. “He exploded the dance floor” is what we hear in parties about a great dancer who captured everyone’s attention. Now’s the time for you to explode in the presentation room. Drop the Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com265tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-60917774738749354792012-03-01T17:03:00.000+05:302012-03-01T17:03:17.881+05:30Presentations - Start with a BANG...!Let me remind you of a very old quote, “You never get a second chance to make your first impression”. Believe me, through experience I can tell you that, if you win the hearts of your audience in the first 15 minutes, the show is all yours. God forbid, if you don’t, then, no matter how many magic tricks you perform, you will still be looked at with nasty expressions asking you to JUST STOP. Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-63218646294817100312012-02-29T16:23:00.000+05:302012-02-29T16:23:04.143+05:30Having a Difficulty in Pronouncing Basic Words?
We have collated a list of 306 frequently used and mispronounced words for you, where alongside every word is it's pronunciation in a simplified way, rather than in phonetics. Just put stress on the syllable in capitals to get the right pronunciation. You may either stretch or raise the volume of your voice on the capitalized syllable.
To start off, in case you do not know what Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-81767376734628174692012-02-28T17:15:00.000+05:302012-02-28T17:15:17.826+05:3010 Key Elements to use your Voice to Speak ConfidentlyStudies have shown that people who speak better than others are perceived as being able to attract attention easily, stimulating, exhilarating and intelligent…and oh! Guess what? They make more money as well…name any good speaker you can think of, Shiv Khera, Oprah Whinfrey, etc… One quote, by a very famous speaker that I always remember is, “If everything in the world is taken away from me,Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-84819578469836558982012-02-23T16:38:00.000+05:302012-02-23T16:38:25.660+05:30Nothing to Do...Let's conduct a Meeting!Off to take another meeting for your team members?Think twice…Have you prepared for it? Are you one of those, who decides to meet his team for 30 min, but ends up spending at least 60 min, if not more? If not, do you have a manager who is perceived to be like this? If that’s the case, go on and read…Every meeting is like an election…if conducted in the right way, it results in a beautiful countryRosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-21390105658569439942011-11-30T18:36:00.000+05:302011-11-30T18:36:39.747+05:30Is your career in YOUR hands?So, what do you think – Is your career in your hands? Or your manager’s?
Well, let’s see! Some are of the perspective that it is completely in the individual’s hands; while another school of thought agrees that it is the manager. Let’s look at each angle separately.
‘Your career is your hands’: Oh yes…very much it is and in fact we get to listen to this statement almost during every review Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-11084004945289276372011-11-18T15:26:00.000+05:302011-11-18T15:26:37.016+05:30Today’s Tacit Management RulesFor the last couple of days, I have been thinking about this topic for quite sometime now and finally came to a conclusion which I thought that I should share with you. MBA students undergo proper sessions on management for 2 years which carry lots of credence in their resume. If studied well and diligently, you might even do well professionally; however, what is not shared there are some very Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-48012962815697444672011-11-18T12:12:00.000+05:302011-11-18T12:12:12.485+05:30Finding it Challenging Staying Fit @ Work? Read and enjoy...This one is especially for all you office people out there – how many of you feel fatigued, low on energy and slack when at work? Is it because most of us have sitting jobs? Well, if the answer is yes, then you have reached the correct page to find out practical and self-tested ways to feel energetic at work.
“0930 hrs – Lemme quickly prepare my to-do’s list for the day” …and once, we start, the Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-1989720770054037192011-11-16T17:04:00.000+05:302011-11-16T17:04:19.288+05:30Preach and Practice - Which is Easier?Life is a paradox in itself…there are contradictions at every step. While making your New Year resolutions, one of them is surely linked with health – mine too was to eat less sweet, and here I am, just can’t come out of sweet. Similarly, people say that they want to work in organizations that provide them with job contentment, but don’t most of them end-up chasing the paycheck with the maximum Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-11552691360551271912010-07-31T05:22:00.005+05:302010-07-31T05:28:20.797+05:30‘I am a Manager…but my people are unmanageable’“My manager keeps micromanaging me all the time. He just does not give me my space”“Boss is just so non-receptive to feedback…main kya karoon (what should I do?)? Bahut irritating hai! (He is just so irritating!) He just does not give me a chance to speak”Have we heard these statements from our friends around us? Or have we said them ourselves, at least at one point in time? If yes, well then Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-55583408905423341312009-12-17T17:50:00.004+05:302009-12-17T18:16:23.611+05:30Enjoying one of the most challenging games in life – WORK! (Part 1)Well, I am sure that most of you will second my opinion on work being one of the most challenging games in life! A great deal of us wend our weary way to office each day with about as much enthusiasm as I used to feel as a kid when approaching the inevitable daily dose of a glass full of milk every night. Let me try and help you with few of my experiences on how to add spice to your life through Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-26086124257534801872009-10-21T21:19:00.005+05:302009-12-18T21:40:55.205+05:30YOU are the Biggest Brand Dove, at least one of its products is readily available in most of our toiletry kits. As a portfolio, Dove delivers ~400 crores INR as sales per year, being the largest premium brand in the Hindustan Unilever umbrella (Ref: The Economic Times). Yes, undoubtedly, a huge chunk of the population delivered sob stories on how the soap finished in just 1 week or how expensive it was, etc, etc…however;Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-57789888621388725502009-09-10T23:39:00.005+05:302009-09-11T00:53:08.339+05:30Hey Boss...Let's Party!Susan: “Oh My God! Did you see Janice on Friday during the annual office party? Never knew that she was so flirtatious and vulgar after she sucked in barrels of beer. Her office image is that of a staid and professional person; but I must say, I seem to have lost that respect that I carried for her as an individual or even as my manager.”Jeremy: “Absolutely Susan, I agree with you. Did you see Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-40467584374630978582009-08-31T23:38:00.003+05:302009-09-07T17:33:01.238+05:30Are all professionals at the Senior Manager and above level, good orators?Are all professionals at the Senior Manager and above level, good orators?The answer to this is ‘No’.That brings you to my next question…Is oratory skills imperative for all senior managers? The answer here is ‘Yes’. Let’s try and understand why we label this skill as one of the vital organs of a leader’s anatomy.As you rise in life, “…your ability to understand the environment and communicate Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-9037606606449390872009-08-17T00:37:00.003+05:302009-08-17T00:44:15.756+05:30Work: Distress or Eustress?It’s Sunday night and you’ve been out with your family to watch Ice Age 3 at the nearest cinema. Everyone enjoyed it…"Oh…It’s such a cute movie!”; however, what’s going on in your mind is “I hope I am ready with all the data for tomorrow’s weekly meeting…or infact, I think, a better idea is that something happens and I do not have to go to work tomorrow!” Does going to work really scare you? DoesRosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-54322165903625997882009-08-15T01:48:00.005+05:302009-08-15T18:40:52.306+05:30Be your Own Trainer...! - Part 2As soon as you become part of the corporate world, it is YOUR job to undertake the responsibility of self-development. You cannot afford to lazily linger for your manager / business unit head to either foot the bill or initiate something for your development.This corporate world will make you experience a lot of learning and development initiatives including:· 'on the job' learning·Rosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com88tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665097632217329281.post-19549260142590677342009-08-13T22:58:00.012+05:302009-08-15T17:47:10.198+05:30Be your Own Trainer...! - Part 1'Being your own trainer' talks about making a life-long commitment to you, to find and use those self-empowering skills that cultivate personal and professional magnitude. These days, business is more competitive and challenging than ever; which means, we need to continually improve our skills if we want to maintain a competitive ascendancy. Also, because of the dynamism that business emits, whatRosy (Singh) Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258499909100248749noreply@blogger.com13