Gudipati

Rationale: There was a question popped up when I was interacting with some students in one of the training centres. “Why students show less interest and tend to drop out?” To answer to this question, I reflected on many reasons, apart from all other reasons like; improper counseling, not having interest in classroom sessions, expectations mismatch, incompetent trainers, distance issues and many other, but there is one more unsaid or ‘not much talked’ reason and it is ‘humiliation’. Many students ‘feel’ it but seldom express their experience, they feel rejected and tend to avoid the interaction with their trainer / teacher. The act of humiliation is not necessarily demonstrated by any individual with more conscious but at times it is an automatic act. As a trainer / teacher one needs to self – aware about their behavior and actions and how those are negatively influencing others, especially their students. By closely observing the reactions / responses of their students, t...

What key elements help a Manager to make his / her employees more productive? Everyone wants to meet timelines with qualitative output. However the individual operating plans which are set during their scheduled reviews drive the performances, at times it is difficult for Managers to help their direct reports to achieve their targets. Some of these thoughts may help you in making your direct reports more productive and be accountable for their deliverables. The idea of working with people is largely driven by 'communication'. This key aspect drives the teams towards their achieving goals in organizations. Since communication plays a very important role in this set up, Managers holding conversations with their teams also has a greater value in it. But the other side of this also has some negative impact, some conversations by Managers may lead to disempowerment in teams and that would directly impact their performance. However, Managers try to have better conversat...