Dilip Saraf

March is Women’s Month. We celebrate women by inviting them in the business world and by helping them make it easy to re-enter the workforce. Re-entering the workforce presents its unique challenges, especially after a long hiatus. Because in a typical family a woman’s place continues to play a nurturing role, their challenges are different [...]

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In a corporate job, image is everything. Sometimes, image even trumps performance, making it ever so more important for those who perform well to pay equal or more attention to the perceptions that they create among their circles of influence.
This article is written especially for those who operate under the belief that one should get [...]

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“What lies before and ahead of us are tiny compared to what lies within us.”–Ralph Waldo Emerson
In our life’s journey, we constantly pursue goals and seek to achieve for ourselves what we want. Often, this pursuit is intrinsic, wherein we follow a path or a calling to satisfy our own inner quest, while at other [...]

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Overcoming Cultural Barriers
Cultural barriers are perceived or real impediments to successfully navigating through a job search process or even doing a good job at your place of employment. They typically stem from the cultural value differences between the jobseeker/employee and those in the selection process/the chain of command. These barriers manifest as unspoken signals that [...]

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“No one makes you feel inferior without your consent.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
This article is about how we get in our own way to go and conquer what could otherwise rightfully be ours! These two stories are the most recent encounters I have had with two clients: One in his early 50s and another in his mid-20s.
So, [...]

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