How to Identify and Tackle Hierarchy in the Workplace

Amidst concerns with diversity and inclusion, digital transformation of workforce, personal branding and learn organizations, office hierarchy are often overlooked topics because we think power dynamics in the workplace are about to change and top-down structures are losing relevance. However, hierarchy and power will continue to define working relations regardless of the industry, organization or […]

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Part 2: Can you be too kind at the workplace?

There is a common misconception that being too kind at work will lead to you being a pushover, whereas being too assertive will earn you a negative reputation. However, is it ever so simple? Often, there is no one-size-fit-approach as to how kind or aggressive one should behave. It depends on the situation on hand, […]

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Part 1: Can you be too kind at the workplace?

There is a common misconception that being too kind at work will lead to you being a pushover, whereas being too assertive will earn you a negative reputation. However, is it ever so simple? Often, there is no one-size-fit-approach as to how kind or aggressive one should behave. It depends on the situation on hand, […]

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Book Review: Never Split The Difference

Chris Voss, a former international hostage negotiator for the FBI, offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations—whether in the boardroom or at home. Voss joined the FBI as a hostage negotiator who dealt face-to-face with bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacle of his career, he became the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator. In, Never Split the […]

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