EduMIND - B.Ravichandran

As most parents have careers, jobs have become one of the main sources of stress. Stressed parents are easily irritable, irrational and unduly worried. Such negativity will quickly be affect the children and soon, the home atmosphere becomes hostile. When that happens, the home will no longer be the sanctuary it is supposed to be. The negative energy will multiply, infecting everyone. How nice it would be if we all truly love our jobs. There would be no stress or drama. We would be waking up every morning smiling and eager to go to work. However, in reality, even the best jobs come with their downsides. There will be mornings when we wish we don’t have to get up, or days when we fell like giving up and trying new things. But soon, common sense prevails and we drag our feet to the office. The good news is that we can make our jobs interesting and exciting. Let me share how we can all make this a reality. ·          Take break – when ...

A husband and wife were at a party chatting with some friends when the subject of marriage counselling came up. "Oh, we will never need that. My husband and I have a great relationship," the wife explained. "He was a communications major in college and I majored in theatre arts. He communicates real well and I just act like I'm listening." Good evening to Toastmaster of the Evening, President & dear fellow toastmasters. Improving our communication skill has been talking about many years. In my memory, almost every meeting, such as staff meeting, I have been told, communication skill still is the most important area we should improve. Maybe, you will think communication is not as hard as we have emphasized. Communication is the lifeblood of any organization.   Employees and managers spend a large part of their workday in some form of communication. It is the crucial task of the manager to communicate the goals to the workers to attain suc...

"Thank you Mr/Mrs. Toastmaster" “Fellow toastmasters and future toastmasters........ I have been thinking long of what to tell all of you, today. When I started preparing the speech, I was under the impression that talking about oneself was the easiest thing to do in the world. However, only when I started penning my thoughts, I realized that it is not that simple....and also that I have come a long way in my life. Let me now gives, you a glimpse of my life in a fast-forward mode. Dear toastmasters.... I was born and bred in the Sungai Petani - Kedah and have fond memories of that place... My dad was an army officer and mother is a home maker. I did my schooling all over many places in Malaysia as every 2 to 3 years, my dad being a government servant will be posted. I was actually a very mischievous boy back then. I recall an incident that happens when I was 11 years. When I was studying in the standard 5 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, I was deeply involved in the chalk piece fight...

In management, fairness is a virtue. Numerous academic studies have shown that the most effective leaders are generally those who give employees a voice, treat them with dignity and consistency, and base decisions on accurate and complete information. But there’s a hidden cost to this behavior. We’ve found that although fair managers earn respect, they’re seen as less powerful than other managers—less in control of resources, less able to reward and punish—and that may hurt their odds of attaining certain key, contentious leadership roles. When Can Fair Bosses Get Ahead? Our research, which included lab studies and responses from hundreds of corporate decision makers and employees, began with the age-old question “Should leaders be loved or feared?” We went a step further, asking, “Can you have respect and power?” We found that it’s hard to gain both. Consider Hank McKinnell and Karen Katen, two rising stars at Pfizer during the 1990s. McKinnell, who’d served as CFO and run the company...