Home Organisation Choices Research Publications Insights Treat others how you would like to be treated: Why it doesn’t work! “The key is just to treat your staff how you would like to be treated.” Richard Branson. Applying the Golden Rule in business makes sense or does it? Consider this case: My program coordinator stepped into…
Home Organisation Choices Research Publications Perspectives 4 Reasons why you should stay with a Bad Manager According to a Gallup study around 50% of employees leave their company to get away from their bosses. In addition, Jack Ma advised that “When you are 20 to 30 years old, find a good boss. A good boss is better…
Home Organisation Choices Publications Analytical Studies Analysis of Business Performance Practice A business leader or a manager needs to review his or her business’ performance from market as well as organisational perspectives. Our approach to analysis of business performance covers the following 3 aspects: Market, includes reviewing the performance from customer and competitive perspective. Operational, includes the…
Home Organisation Choices Research Publications Perspectives Managing Costs to Manage Growth & Profitability I consider managing cost to be as important as managing growth. Since costs are inputs for generating sales, we expect them to grow slower than sales. Only then the profitability, as measured by the margin on sales, will go up. In other words,…
Home Individual & Family Choices Research Publications Insights Capability Building in a Community: A Story from Pre-Independence Indiaaz What is involved in building capability? For instance, can a community mired in seemingly insurmountable difficulties and wallowing in helplessness build capabilities to take charge of its problems and implement solutions from within? Some years back, I…