Category Archives: Empathy

People for Start-ups

CAPITAL P While doing my research for this article, I was amazed! When you type ‘resources for start-ups’ the most common and top of the line entries focus on financial resourcing, idea resourcing, design resourcing and so on. So little has been said about ‘people resourcing’. Getting the right people is half the battle won, […]


Manners Matter

Calvin & Hobbes by Bill WattersonImage Courtesy & Source: http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2009/07/20/ Recently, I was putting together material for a leadership development initiative for our client. One chapter in a book I referenced talked about “Manners” and how sometimes the managers who are competent but fail in collaborative work are the ones who simply put, lack “manners”.[*] Seems […]


The Saga of Sales – Team Blog#2

Team Blog by Mala Dhalani – Head, Marketing Services @ IBS For someone who dreamed of the “Brand Manager” designation while at B School, I have spent the first four years of my corporate life in Sales. As if being a Sindhi was not enough, numbers assumed a different level of importance in my life […]