Best Practices for Successful Project Management

Project management requires the implementation of processes, methods, knowledge, and skills.  You also need experience to successfully achieve a project’s objective within agreed parameters. Moreover, planning a project within a finite timescale and budget is another thing that one has to keep in mind while planning a project. Considering these factors, project planning can sometimes […]

A Guide to Career Planning

Self Employment

How to Plan Your Career Dreaming about a bright future and achieving it are two completely different concepts. You need to have a goal in life and work towards achieving it. When someone asks you “what do you want to do in life?”, the answer that comes to mind should be your goal. So you need […]

8 Things You Need to Fail-Proof Your Next Big Project

“Only 2.5% of companies successfully complete 100% of their projects.” Let that sink in for a minute. This means, nearly 98% of projects carried out by companies fail to reach its objectives (produce planned deliverables) within budget and on time. Why? Research carried out by the Project Management Institute emphasizes several reasons for project failure […]

4 Ways Managers Can Use Flowcharts to Be More Efficient

4 ways managers can use flowcharts to be more effective

Management and flowcharts go hand in hand, I speak from experience. As a manager my responsibilities include organizing, directing and controlling the activities and resources of the company I work for. This entails constant decision-making, problem-solving and planning. And if you don’t know, these are the top 3 uses of flowcharts. Basically, a flowchart is […]

How a Personal SWOT Analysis Helped Me Finally Get a Job

In the month after my graduation, I went for job interview at 4 different companies, but none called me back. After the 4th job interview, my mild optimism had turned itself into depression. What if no one would hire me? What if the three years I spent completing my degree in English literature is all […]

How I Survived My First Few Weeks As A New HR Executive

When I finally got the job, I was over the moon. An HR executive post in a renowned corporation was exactly where I wanted to start my career as an HR professional. I had an exceptional educational background, experience as an HR intern, the required skills, and a whole lot of excitement over the opportunity […]