Learn from mistakes and put in place measures to avoid making them again. Evaluate where trust has been broken, communicate in those areas, and then establish processes so that employees are regularly informed about progress updates.
Author - Dr. Upinder Dhar
Adopting an agile workplace requires a delicate alignment of people, digital transformation, and business goals. The organizational changes need to occur to facilitate agility in the workplace.
This is a common scenario in many organizations where forgiveness is not practiced. However, with the right approach, leaders can turn these challenges into opportunities for growth and healing.
Psychosocial support may include counseling the mentee about anxieties and uncertainties, providing friendship and acceptance, and role modeling. Career support includes career guidance, skill development, and publicly acknowledging the mentee's achievements.
The challenges of life can influence the workplace. Whether a personal crisis or a professional setback, offering support during difficult times instils a sense of compassion and fellowship. Simple gestures, such as checking in on colleagues or providing them with assistance, can make a significant...
Hope is not a luxury in leadership - it is a necessity. Without it, teams disengage, innovation stops, and progress slows down. With it, organizations thrive, employees rise, and leaders leave lasting legacies.
We need to understand how it is their signaling for support that actually triggers the compassion process. It's their emoting - their fears, concerns and worry - that needs to be empathized with. It's their narrating or explaining the context of their struggles that enables appraisal.
Mindfulness stands as a powerful tool that any employee can use. It changes how people experience and do their work each day. It is now seen that how mindfulness affects employee performance and wellbeing, leading to increased investments in workplace mindfulness programs.
In an age where organisations need deeper conversations-not just faster decisions-SAMVAD offers a thoughtful pause. Authored by Dr. Upinder Dhar, Distinguished Professor of HR and Management and former Vice-Chancellor of leading universities, this monthly column will engage readers in meaningful...
Three essential qualities need to be nurtured by any organisation to become an ethical organisation. These are - looking at ethics; institutionalizing processes and making business ethics a way of life in the organisation.



