Dilip Saraf

When making critical life’s decisions doing detailed analysis and checking on your feelings is a good start. But, in the end you must learn to trust your intuition!

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I recently received the following story in an email from one of the Yahoo! groups I am part of! The email did not say who wrote this narrative, but after reading it, and witnessing the harried life of those, whom I see every day in my practice, I thought it was worth sharing. I have [...]

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Becoming a first-level manager is a major shift in how one applies their skills to become an effective leader. Understanding the four management functions is a good start.

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Recently, when the long-drawn-out Health Care Bill was finally passed and was in front of President Barack Obama for signature, the biggest news was not about the new law, but was about the “F” bomb that Vice President Joe Biden dropped by whispering in the President’s ear! This article is about another “F” word that [...]

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I often have clients who come to me asking, how is that when I answered ALL the interview questions and aced them I was not offered the job?! During an interview most candidates pay so much attention to their verbal responses that they do not keep the most important part of the interview in proper [...]

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The other day a client of mine came to see me, crestfallen, having been rejected from going further in the interview process right after the first round. So, I asked him what happened and he went on to tell me his tale of woes and how it got worse as the interview proceeded. I asked [...]

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Entrepreneurship is a state of mind! Take this simple test to see if you have what it takes!!

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How executives must create clear accountabilities to succeed and to make others successful.

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These responses appear (launched with bolded phrases)  in the December issue of ExecuNet’s CareerSmart Advisor as a part of a bigger article to which Dilip contributed. 1. What are some organizational goals executives should focus on accomplishing before the end of the year? Should they revolve around team building, cost cutting, improving efficiencies? By any [...]

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As a career coach I have well-placed clients who are in executive positions at prominent companies in the Silicon Valley and elsewhere. I also have an extensive network on LinkedIn carefully cultivated over the years, which is my stock-in-trade.  So, when a client is looking for an opportunity at a company where I have some [...]

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