Learning has many definitions. Some define it as a permanent change in behaviour, others offer the explanation that it occurs due to a person’s experiences. The crux of all these definitions is ultimately that learning is a life-long process wherein an individual grasps or at least tries to grasp and inculcate the abundant knowledge they acquire in the world. However, …
Setbacks are a part of life. As humans we face and try to conquer them. Individuals try to handle stressors, to be mentally stable, overcome the challenging situations, and thrive to be better every day. These things can be mastered efficiently by recognizing the competences, being compassionate towards “self” and being resilient while embracing imperfections. Resilience is the ability to …
Conflicts in clinical teams can be an enormous barrier to providing patients with optimum care. Not being able to resolve conflicts leads to anxiety and poor trust among healthcare practitioners, leading to more errors at work than professionals who do not have conflicts. This can lead to adverse outcomes and compromise their work and the quality of patient care (Sexton …
Being a part of any work team, a certain amount of knowledge and skill set is required. But, it is not only limited to that. In this era of betterment mentally, the psychological aspects known as Human Factors are equally significant. These factors make working in collaboration with people more accessible and better, resulting in growing productivity, individually and as …
“A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.” – John C. Maxwell Management and leadership are two terms that become very common as we grow up. We first encounter these concepts in the classroom, both in school and college, and later in organisational settings, where we see very few …
The APA (American Psychological Association) defines performance as “any activity or collection of responses that leads to a result or has an effect on the environment”. However, in the current fast-paced and result-oriented business world, performance can’t be equated with simply a result or an effect. It has to be a good, rather exceptional result for you to be qualified …
Emotions illuminate various levels of human engagement. In daily life, human interactions are influenced by both positive and negative emotions. Interaction between humans requires the coexistence of emotions. Team building requires emotional intelligence, according to Randy Taran’s book “Beyond Words”. A team’s success is dependent on emotional intelligence, as demonstrated in the book “Beyond Words,” while the opposite can lead …
To be human is to be part of a group in one way or another. And in most cases, belonging to a group also means having to take some collective decisions. Have you ever observed people keeping their thoughts or opinions to themselves because they differ from that of the group? Have you ever refrained from challenging a certain decision …
It happened four years ago. But I still remember it as if it is happening right now Maybe I was so embarrassed that my brain captured a live video and saved it safely. I was working with a start-up company as an HR and I was sent to Delhi along with my IT team of seven people to pitch our …
The concept of Self Handicapping was introduced by Edward Jones and Steven Berglas in 1978 to answer the question of why people tend to sabotage success or outcomes they seem to value the most. It refers to putting a barrier to one’s own success where in an event of failure is attributed to a lack of ability being diminished because …
