Dilip Saraf

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 standards, this [...]

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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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A senior software engineer, who has been a high-level architect for several years and with nearly 20 years’ experience, came to me the other day with a frustrated look and an angry tone. He was complaining about how upstart engineers at prospect employer companies put him through a demeaning mill of interviews asking questions about [...]

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The doctrine of the material efficacy of prayer reduces the Creator to a cosmic bellhop of a not very bright or reliable kind. -Herbert J. Muller, educator, historian, and author (1905–1980)
In tough economic times, as many of us are facing these days, we often pray; more than we do when things are going well [...]

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