5th February 2009 I woke up this morning to the best quote, and the likely winner of the sound byte of the year 2009, which is still work in progress anyway. US President Barack Obama , not once, but several times confessed on national television that ” I screwed up” , with reference to his… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
What’s good for the U.S. is good for the New York Stock Exchange. But what’s good for the New York Stock Exchange might not be good for the United States. William Martin , Jr ( 1906-1998) Chairman, US Federal Reserve System Morgan Stanley had just completed a whirlwind road-show across India, ensnaring giddy-headed investors into… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
“Greed……is good. Greed is right. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit—-. Greed—-mark my words—–will save…….the U.S.A.” Michael Douglas (1944–) American actor in Oliver Stone’s 1988 motion picture Wall Street At the moment, Gordon Geckos’, the Wall Street master – brokers’ words are somehow not quite saving the US of… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
In one of the foreign banks I worked in earlier, there was this strange, rather peculiar culture. The big boss discovered his motivation for decision-making only after popular bar-hubs were open for Happy Hours. As we watched the golden sun making a shimmering exit, our hearts sank. At least, mine did. But there was a… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
Sure, every CEO worth every rupee of his precious sound byte says, “people are my most critical assets”; but beyond that famous lip service, do we really see a genuine long-term commitment to that clichéd phrase? To be brutally honest, the answer is a deafening NO. Which is why the moment that we have even… [Read more…]
June 18, 2009
What is the bottom line mission of a good HR unit or a savvy company’s people-team? How does it really add real tangible value to organizational activities, breaking away from the traditional slot of being payroll masters, doling out salary cheques and receiving unending flak for every trivial human failure. If you think of the… [Read more…]
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