The fundamentals of managing fast paced start-ups

Oct 01, 2014

Ajai Chowdhry, one of the six co-founders of HCL and a Padma Bhushan awardee, reminds entrepreneurs leading fast-paced ventures about some of the basics of dealing with challenges that comes with scale

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Overcoming the threat of e-retailers

Sep 01, 2014

Kiran Kothekar, the founding director of Vector Consulting Group and a recognised global expert in Theory of Constraints, shares the varied strategies that brands can adopt to avoid being caught between ecommerce and traditional retailers, while addressing the needs of

(Almost) Everything we think about employee engagement is wrong

Sep 01, 2014

Employees and the business outcomes they generate

Building stronger businesses

Sep 01, 2014

The author highlights why companies must move from risk management to resilience thinking

The entrepreneurial secret sauce for customer service

Sep 01, 2014

Certain ingredients that will work in their favour is to provide employees with enough freedom and empowerment to take decisions, make them approachable and ensure that organisation’s values and culture is a part of their DNA

Is India taking the right steps towards creating a start-up ecosystem?

Sep 01, 2014

Ajai Chowdhry, one of the six co-founders of HCL and a Padma Bhushan awardee, recommends that we build an Indian entrepreneurship ecosystem that is more holistic in nature. While we are witnessing several innovative ideas, most of them are

Born or made? Wrong question. Relevant leaders are increasingly self-made

Aug 01, 2014

5 steps toward becoming a self-made leader

Advantage ‘A’ Team

Aug 01, 2014

Ajai Chowdhry, one of the six co-founders of HCL and a Padma Bhushan awardee, discusses the crucial attributes of an effective core team at a startup

Get cracking on your customer feedback

Jul 01, 2014

Being active on social media and mobile, having face-to-face interaction with customers, and building conversations through personalised emails are some key tactics that brick and mortar and online retailers can use to secure customer feedback

Why diversity initiatives are crucial for a great workplace

Jul 01, 2014

Given that today, workforce diversity is a key driver of innovation and success, companies across the world need to place an emphasis on diversity training and develop conducive policies to support them