Managers, Students

5 Bullet Tuesday: How To Influence People You Don’t Know?

Hi All, Here’s your weekly dose of “5-Bullet Tuesday”, list of things I’m enjoying or pondering. Viral post I loved: This is a hilarious video of how Obama shook hands with a security guard outside 10 Downing Street, while the host country's own President grandly ignored the guard. Imagine the way 15 seconds episode influenced the people all through the world. The point is that as you go higher up in the organizational hierarchy, how you behave with any person creates a perception about you with everyone else. https://youtu.be/hG0gm2QBtDY Quote I'm pondering -

Managers, Students, Toastmasters

How To Prepare a Script For A Speech?

As someone who has delivered short speeches for Toastmasters to full day workshops, I have come to realize this trick mostly through my experience. The most critical part of preparing the content is same regardless of whether it is a 5-7 minutes speech or a 2 hour presentation or even a full day workshop. I'll come to what that is, but let me first tell you what it isn't. It's not researching the content. As a matter of fact, we can get into an endless research trap which is to be avoided. Just to give an idea - If you have an hour to prepare the script, don't spend more

Managers, Students

How To Network?

Networking is considered to be one of the top three skills essential for MBA students. But it's tricky to understand how does one network. It's easy to get a feeling of FOMO, and trying to be present everywhere to avoid missing out. But does such your being present everywhere, parties, conferences, events, inter alia help? It just wears you down with little benefit in expanding one's network. Follow the tips given below for genuine networking. Credits: Deepti Sawhney both for image and research. As a student, I wasn't sure who to network with and who not. Here's a re