Tag: #leadership

• Looking back… at the Other Side

  

  In September 2023, I had posted my first article on LinkedIn that marked the beginning of the series “The Other Side by Aparna”. 11 months later, I am posting my 50th article – a fitting milestone for taking a look back at how it all started and an opportunity to share some analytics. On a…

  theothersidebyaparna

  August 15, 2024

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  #corporateblogger, #corporateculture, #corporatelife, #corporateworld, #leadership, #life, #theothersidebyaparna, #workculture

• And Just Like That… I was on the Other Side

  

  When I was pursuing my M.Sc. in Pune University, I had once nicked my left forearm. The cut was so small that I disregarded it, not realizing that over the days that followed, it had festered into a pus-filled mess that made my entire arm swell like a loaf. I kept ignoring it in spite…

  theothersidebyaparna

  August 1, 2024

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  #corporate, #corporateblogger, #corporateculture, #corporatelife, #corporateworld, #leadership, #life, #theothersidebyaparna, #workculture, family, grief, love, writing

• Speaking up! … has Another Side

  

  Whenever there is a mishap or accident on the road, have you noticed that no matter whose fault it is, the driver of the bigger vehicle always gets beaten up? If a pedestrian is crossing the road even when there is heavy influx of traffic, without paying any heed to passing vehicles, if a person…

  theothersidebyaparna

  July 20, 2024

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  #business, #corporate, #corporateblogger, #corporateculture, #corporatelife, #corporateworld, #leadership, #life, #management, #speakingup, #theothersidebyaparna, #workculture, communication

• The Other Side of Creating a Culture of Accountability

  

  Creating a culture of Accountability in the Business Process Outsourcing industry is best done when you build a strong foundation for your business during the early days of transition. This requires a paradigm shift in the thought process with the onus on the customer rather than the service provider to ensure that the relationship between…

  theothersidebyaparna

  February 29, 2024

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  #accountability, #BPO, #business, #corporate, #corporateculture, #corporatelife, #corporateworld, #fmcg, #kpi, #leadership, #management, #pharma, #theothersidebyaparna, marketing

• The Other Side of Leadership

  

  When I got into a leadership role for the first time way back in May 2004, I was a wannabe tigress. Reality quickly turned me into a scaredy cat. Circumstances made me a conniving fox. Ambition had me soaring like a fierce falcon. For the ones who put their trust in me, I was a…

  theothersidebyaparna

  January 11, 2024

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  #business, #corporate, #corporateblogger, #corporateculture, #corporatelife, #corporateworld, #leadership, #management, #motivation, #theothersidebyaparna, #workculture, work

• The Other Side of Inclusivity

  

  What is inclusivity? It is ensuring that you provide equal opportunities to everyone regardless of their race, gender or physical disabilities, treating them fairly and not marginalizing the minority communities. Nowadays you see a lot of organizations harping about their culture of inclusivity. Many a time, this culture is reduced to a statistic where leaders…

  theothersidebyaparna

  November 22, 2023

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  #corporate, #corporateblogger, #corporateculture, #corporatelife, #corporateworld, #diversity, #equality, #inclusivity, #leadership, #theothersidebyaparna

• The Other Side of Ethical Dilemmas

  

  In my opinion, there are no such things as “ethical dilemmas” because ethical behavior does not present us with just two choices – either this or that. Being ethical is not that simple – it’s an intertwined mesh of options presented to us with the decisions that we take not falling into the conventional brackets…

  theothersidebyaparna

  November 14, 2023

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  #corporate, #corporateblogger, #corporateculture, #corporatelife, #corporateworld, #dilemma, #ethicaldilemma, #ethics, #leadership, #theothersidebyaparna, #workculture

• The Other Side of a Soft Landing

  

  The other side of starting your career in a small firm, be it a start-up, an agency, or even the service industry, is the opportunity that you get to do everything. Such companies put the onus on the business owners to run their respective businesses as their own. While on the one hand, they are…

  theothersidebyaparna

  November 11, 2023

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  #career, #collaboration, #competition, #corporate, #corporateculture, #corporatelife, #corporateworld, #leadership, #softlanding, #startup, #theothersidebyaparna, #workculture

• The Other Side of Community Dogs

  

  It’s more than a decade now since I, along with my sister, started feeding community dogs. It all started with one – Mystique (Mishtu in short) – who mysteriously disappeared one fine day; but what stayed with us was the phenomenal feeling of inner peace that comes out of spreading selfless love amongst these voiceless…

  theothersidebyaparna

  November 11, 2023

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  #animals, #communitydogs, #corporate, #corporateculture, #corporateworld, #dogs, #freeroamingpets, #leadership, #streetdogs, #theothersidebyaparna, #workculture

• The Other Side of Gardening

  

  I have a small little garden on my balcony – it’s more of a collection of mismatched pots and containers than anything else, and it’s created through foraged seeds collected on my morning walks or when I go out to feed my gang of community dogs. So it’s far from a well-manicured mini Mughal garden…

  theothersidebyaparna

  November 10, 2023

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  #corporate, #corporatelife, #corprateworkculture, #growth, #leadership, #mentoring, #theothersidebyaparna