I made a conscious choice to work from home when I started Nucleus Insights. I knew I would be traveling often on work and be away from home, so the days that I am in town, I wanted to be home. The start was bumpy. I had to figure out the boundaries with my family. …
International Women’s day is coming up and I see a frenzy of activities across organisations. Social media is rife with #eachforequal and #sheinspiresus. Starting with roses for women when I began working, to the depth and quality actions today towards enhancing diverse workforce, things have come a long way. There is a real focus on …
Gender balance has become a priority. Many organisations want to increase the number of women at the mid and senior leadership levels. Finding women from outside the organization is not an option, as the pool is small, hence an urgent need to grow the pipeline of women leaders from within the organisation. Leadership development with …
On this International Women’s Day there will be numerous events and activities to mark the day. It is necessary to have such days to create awareness and start conversations around key issues. Unfortunately, many of the activities on IWD are organized and managed by women, for women. I believe International Women’s Day is not just …
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International Women’s Day is around the corner and I got two requests from two different companies to speak to their women employees on March 8. One of them invited me saying they were looking for an eminent speaker to motivate their women employees. I felt flattered being tagged as an eminent speaker but turned down …
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Today is Women’s Day. When I asked some of the women that I work with, how this is marked in their organisation, the response is “we get gifts”, “there are talks by seniors”, “ we get flowers”, “we go out for team lunch” and “most men crib saying what is so special?”. These are the …
Organisations are launching many initiatives to create a balanced ratio of men and women at the workplace and to increase the number of women managers at the mid and senior levels. While structured initiatives are necessary, it is the interactions at the team level, that affect an individual the most at workplace. These experiences have …
Few days ago, I read an article about mental workload women carry which was part of a discussion initiated for the women participants of a programme we conduct at nu-i. The article talked about the immense burden women carry of household tasks along with everything else they do. Both the written word and the graphics …
I am a bicycle living in Mumbai. I believe my ancestors once ruled the roads in this city and everywhere else in the world. But today we are an endangered species and I am lucky to be alive and get around in this busy city. I am a bicycle that goes on recreational sporting trips …
I am not good at selling and I do not enjoy selling. It doesn’t come to me naturally. And that can be disastrous for an entrepreneur. For the very existence of an entrepreneur resides on her ability to dream and sell that dream to others. The others whom she may bring on her journey as …
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