Dilip Saraf

It is hard to accept failure, but it worse never to have tried to succeed–Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), U. S. President, Nobel Peace Prize winner.
We often wonder about those who have made it big in their profession. Their very names epitomize excellence and they are regarded with envy by others and are seen as the standard [...]

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“The human moment has two prerequisites: peoples’ physical presence and their emotional and intellectual attention.”—Edward Hallowell, author of The Human Moment
Today’s business world is becoming increasingly more virtual in which humans are becoming growingly more alienated. What has accelerated the disappearance of simple human contact in many business interactions and transactions is growing use of [...]

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“The best politics is right action.”-Gandhi

In today’s business climate it is impossible to avoid getting tangled into the office politics. Why? An organization is a social entity, where people gather to conduct business. Although, the role of the leader that runs that business is to unify actions of all who gather and participate to make [...]

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In today’s job market employers are playing it safe by on-boarding employees on a temporary basis (“temping”) with the hope of keeping a flexible workforce. This accordion model of employee workforce gives them the flexibility and saves the added burden of having to pay the benefits owed a full-time (there are no permanent jobs anymore!) [...]

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When Katie Couric left her high-flying job as a co-host of Today and became the first solo female anchor of any major TV network desk by joining CBS Evening News, her show was doing quite well, both on NBC and among the crop of the early morning line ups. Real motivations apart, she admitted on [...]

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