Ei Cafe with Azeem

Ei Cafe with Azeem

By Mohamed Azeem SaheerEducationSelf-Improvement
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  • Rising strong from rock bottom with Sarinda Unamboowe

    Life is full of ups and downs, sometimes we win and other times we lose. In some cases, the loss is so hard that it drops you to the lowest level possible: rock bottom. It is the point where all the odds are stacked against you and your chances of recovery are slim to none. At rock bottom, you have no one but yourself to rely on. Unfortunately, through life's challenges, many of us will probably reach this level at some point in our lives. However, the experience of each and everyone will greatly depend on how we will perceive such hardship. What if your organization, whole country or the whole world hits rock bottom, what is your role as the leader should be ?

    Sarinda Unamboowe : Chief Executive officer – M A S Kreeda ( Sri Lanka) checked in to the cafe & shared very insightful of course his experiences on Rising Strong from Rock Bottom. 

    Many of the most successful people who hit rock bottom before reaching their personal greatness describe their rock bottom as being the biggest opportunity of their lives. An opportunity to start over. Few people get the chance to rebuild their lives in a design that they love and approve of. Those who have hit rock bottom in their academics, entrepreneurship, career, love life or sports ambitions get the chance to do this. As matter of fact, this seemingly unfortunate times can be the best thing to happen to you.  Remember Once you are at rock bottom, you can only go up. Sarinda did share some amazing insights on this podcast. He did mention that Dream a lot, that dream can be the north start for you. You will have pitstop & it doesn’t mean that dream is over. In terms of an organizational context, sarinda did mention that peoples emotions matter & leaders need to connect emotionally which communication plays a major role in it, specially when in a crisis situation. Keep them inform & update about the journey & the pitfalls.

    You can connect with Sarinda Unamboowe on this Linkedin profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarindau/   , Explore what MAS Kreeda does on https://www.masholdings.com/

    To listen to this podcast  press the play button & check in to the cafe .

    Visit Sri Lanka

    Horton Plain

    Horton Plains National Park is situated in the Central Province of Sri Lanka of Nuwara Eliya District. It is positioned at the eastern boundaries of the Upper Montane Forest Range (1500 meters-2524 meters above sea level) of Central Highland of Sri Lanka. The plateau of Horton Plains which is at a nominal elevation of 2100 meters also bears the 2nd and the 3rd highest peaks of Sri Lanka, The area of the Horton Plains is. or 31.6 sq. km. and is about 8% of the total upper montane forests and grasslands of Sri Lanka. Horton Plains has an average rainfall figure of around 5000mm though the surrounding areas have an average of 2540mm. annual temperature for the area is about 13C . One can expect temperatures as high as 27C during day and 5C during nights. Around 1820s the British came to know about this unique nature resource. It was later renamed as Horton Plains after the then British Governor Sir Robert Horton (Governor from 1832-1837). Sir Samuel Baker made this area popularised during his hunting encounters.

    Make Sri Lanka as your next holiday destination to explore Horton Plane and enjoy the amazing nature

    https://www.srilankaview.com/horton_plains.htm

    41 min
  • Can Music be an emotional regulator
    Music listening is an integral and oftentimes purposeful activity in our daily lives. We listen to particular tracks in order to change our current emotional state or in order to maintain it. How we react to a particular song not only depends on the musical attributes of that song but on various situational and personal factors. Well renowned Sri Lankan Music Artist & Entrepreneur Bathiya Jayakody (know as BNS) checked in to the cafe to share his insights & experience on How Music is a vital component & how it can be a regulator of our emotions.  
    Music has a strong connection to feelings of pleasure. Engaging with music can trigger the same biological and psychological responses associated with other highly fundamental rewards, such as food, sex, and money. Our internal rhythms speed up or slow down to become one with the music. The movement is more likely to occur when one is listening to a highly enjoyable song. in the same way that we grasp other people’s emotions, we also feel the emotions from music, because they’re contagious Sad music tends to make people sad; happy music cheers them. That is, listeners tend to adopt bodily postures and attitudes like those expressed in the music. 
    Bathiya did mention sound & music play a vital role. They always make sure the environment & context is set when composing a song. At the same time, they have learned to not to respond to their fans rather listened to them & work on the draw back. further He did share how Coaching young talent & collaborating with them makes so important for the industry. There are many valuable lessons from a corporate perspective in this episode.
    To listen to full episode check in to the cafe by pressing that play button.
    Visit Sri Lanka : Sigiriya
    Sigiriya is located in the heart of the island between the towns of Dambulla and Habarana on a massive rocky plateau 370 meters above the sea level.Sigiriya rock plateau, formed from magma of an extinct volcano, is 200 meters higher than the surrounding jungles. Its view astonishes the visitors with the unique harmony between the nature and human imagination. The fortress complex includes remnants of a ruined palace, surrounded by an extensive network of fortifications, vast gardens, ponds, canals, alleys and fountains. The surrounding territories of Sigiriya were inhibited for several thousand years. Since 3th century BC the rocky plateau of Sigiriya served as a monastery. In the second half of the 5th century king Kasyapa decided to construct a royal residence here.
    Make Sri Lanka as your next holiday destination to explore Sigiriya and enjoy the amazing nature.
    https://sigiriyatourism.com/ https://sigiriyafortress.com/
    40 min
  • How to EQuip our kids for better future with Jay Levins

    As parents, we automatically want the best for our children – to be healthy, to be safe, and to also be equipped with skills and resources that’ll help them succeed in their adult lives. A lot of these lifelong skills are obtained during their early years of learning, Have you ever wondered how independent your child actually is? Will your child be able to look after himself/herself if left alone for a while? Do you think your child is well-equipped with essential life skills to face the world?

    Jay Levins - A Media Leader, Social Entrepreneur, Speaker, Galvaniser of Child & Youth Generations’ emotional intelligence life skills checked in to the cafe to share his experiences & insights on "How to EQuip our kids for better future". 

    Jay levins mentioned that it is important to teach advanced life skills to all kids, it is to protect their goodness heads & hearts. Unicef referred, Social and emotional development equips children with skills for learning and life. Parents and educators play a vital role in this process as Engaging families strengthens children's social and emotional skills and creates opportunities for children to share and express their emotions at home.

    What are the benefits for a child who is well developed emotional skills

    · increase their ability to understand and manage their emotions.

    · set and work towards positive goals.

    · appreciate the perspectives of others.

    · demonstrate empathy.

    · make good decisions.

    · foster positive relationships

    Press that play button & check in to the cafe to explore more


    You can get connected to Jay Levins via his Social media platform or log on to Website: equipourkids.org 

    30 min
  • Can we take Charge in Difficult times, If yes how? with Ambreen Nadeem

    No one wants to think about a crisis taking place. But whenever major, serious events or tsunami-sized waters surface at work, those are the times in which you, as the leader, must visibly take charge as “the leader.” Moreover, while it’s great to count on your team members and empower them to display initiative, you need to be front and center, vividly displaying active and engaged leadership when confronted with such moments of truth. Through your actions and communications, you’ll better control your own destiny and build your reputation as one of those strong leaders who is fearless, caring and competent in the face of such enormous challenges.Question is Can we take charge ? 

    Ambreen Nadeem- Psychologist- Author, speaker & Podcast Host checked in to the cafe to answer the question of "Can we take Charge in Difficult times, If yes how?" .  Difficult times are uncomfortable, when you come from a comfortable zone meeting those difficult times are very difficult. For you take charge in difficult times it is about experiencing the uncomfortable. Ambreen states that you need believe in your self & take responsibility for whatever the action you take. 

    You to realize what is happening in the present, bring your attention towards you because your thoughts can help you to develop positive thinking. We as human being tend to think negatively due to our experiences & trauma we had in the past even it might not have connection to the present event. The more you are going to think about negative experience it creates a pathway in your brain to create a magnet to your negativity. 

    Further Ambreen states that you need to forgive yourself & have peace with your past to create transform yourself. Further she states thoughts create frequency, if your thoughts are not aligned to your emotions & feelings, it will not create that impact for you to change in any situation. Be calm in tough times, increase active listening, create silence & increase yourself awareness to develop positive frequency & thinking to take in charge. 

    Ambreen did share many tips to take in charge & to listen to full episode click that play button & check in to the café. 

    Click to  connect to Ambreen Nadeem on linkedin & you can explore her work log on to thepsychologytalks.com . You can grab her latest book on https://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Life-Code-Choose-Destiny/dp/B0B7H949DY

    40 min
  • ව්‍යවසායකත්වය සඳහා නිර්මාණශීලිත්වය සහ නවෝත්පාදනය අත්‍යවශ්‍යද?

    ආයෝජකයින් ආකර්ෂණය කර ගැනීමට, අනික් තරඟකරුවන්ට  වඩා ඉදිරියෙන් සිටීමට නිර්මාණශීලිත්වය සහ නවෝත්පාදනය අවශ්‍ය වේ. ඕනෑම ව්‍යාපාරයකට  තරඟකාරී වාසියක් ලබා ගත හැක්කේ නවෝත්පාදන සහ නිර්මාණශීලීත්වය තුළින් පමණි. තීරණ ගැනීම, නිර්මාණශීලීත්වයේ සහ නවෝත්පාදන ක්‍රියාවලියේ වැදගත් කාර්යභාරයක් ඉටු කරයි.  එහිදී ව්‍යවසායකයින් තම අතීත අත්දැකීම් වලින් ඉගෙන ගත යුතු අතර හොඳම අදහස තීරණය කිරීමට පෙර විශ්ලේෂණය කළ යුතුය. නිර්මාණාත්මක විශ්ලේෂණයෙන් පසු ඕනෑම අදහසක් සාර්ථකව ක්රියාත්මක කළ හැකිය. ව්‍යාපාරයක සාර්ථකත්වය රඳා පවතින්නේ ව්‍යවසායකත්වයේ සහ නිර්මාණශීලීත්වයේ පරිපූර්ණ සංයෝජනයක් මතය. ඕනෑම ව්‍යාපාරයක සාර්ථකත්වය සඳහා නිර්මාණශීලීත්වය අත්‍යවශ්‍ය කාර්යභාරයක් ඉටු කරන බව අවබෝධ කර ගැනීමට ව්‍යවසායකයින්ට දැන් කාලය පැමිණ තිබේ.


    Unicorn Factory හි නිර්මාතෘ, ව්‍යවසායක සහ නිෂ්පාදන සංවර්ධන විශේෂඥ ජෙහාන් විජේසිංහ EI Café වෙත පැමිණ, “ව්‍යවසායකත්වයේ නිර්මාණශීලිත්වය සහ නවෝත්පාදනය පිළිබඳ තම අවබෝධය සහ අත්දැකීම් බෙදාහදා ගත්තේ මෙලෙසය. මෙහිදී ඔහු ව්‍යාපාරයක් පවත්වාගෙන යාම සහ ව්‍යවසායකයෙකු වීම අතර වෙනස ඉස්මතු කළේය.
    සමාජයේ පවතින ගැටලුවක් හඳුනාගෙන භාණ්ඩය සහ සේවාව සමඟ විසඳුමක් ලබා දීම (Solution), අගය එකතු කිරීම(Value Addition) සහ එය අලෙවි කිරීම ව්‍යවසායකත්වයේ ක්‍රියාවලියයි.
    එම ක්‍රියාවලියේදී නිර්මාණශීලිත්වය(Creativity) සහ නවෝත්පාදනය(Innovation) වැදගත් අංගයකි. නිර්මාණශීලිත්වය සහ නවෝත්පාදනය ( Creativity and Innovation) යනු කුසලතාවයක් බවත් එය වර්ධනය කළ හැකි බවත් ව්‍යාපාරය දියුණු කිරීමට සහ වර්ධනය කිරීමට එය අත්‍යවශ්‍ය බවත් ජෙහාන් සඳහන් කළේය.

    අවාසනාවකට මෙන්, බොහෝ ප්‍රමුඛ ආයතන නිර්මාණාත්මක චින්තනය සහ නවෝත්පාදනයට වඩා බුද්ධිය කෙරෙහි වැඩි අවධානයක් යොමු කරයි.  නිර්මාණශීලී මනසක් ඇති සේවකයින් ඕනෑම ආයතනයක තීරණාත්මක කාර්යභාරයක් ඉටු කරයි. සමාගමට ගැලපෙන ආකාරයට  ඔවුන්ගේ කුසලතා හැඩගස්වාගත හැකි නම් නිසැකවම ඔවුන් සමාගමට වටිනා සම්පතක් වනු ඇත.

    ව්‍යවසායකයෙකුට ව්‍යාපාරය මුහුණ දෙන විවිධ ගැටළු සඳහා නව්‍ය විසඳුම් ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා තවමත් ගවේෂණය කර නොමැති   විෂය පථ අත්හදා බැලීමට නිර්මාණශීලීත්වය ඉඩ සලසයි.


    ජෙහාන් විජේසිංහ මෙම කථාංගයේ අපූරු ඉඟි සහ ශිල්පීය ක්‍රම කිහිපයක් බෙදා ගත්තේය.  ඔබ කළ යුත්තේ Play බොත්තම ඔබා EI Café වෙත පිවිසීමය.  

    ඔබට ජෙහාන්ගේ UnicornFactory Youtube channel සහ සමාජ මාධ්‍ය වේදිකා හා සම්බන්ධ වී ඔහුගේ නවතම කටයුතු ගැන දැනගැනීමට දැන් පුලුවනි..

    https://www.facebook.com/jehan20


    37 min
  • Visual Thinking, Can it make a difference in Strategy development with Tim Hamons

    Thinking with pictures sounds a bit silly, reminds us of kindergarten flash cards as we memorised our letters. And yet, it remains a crucial instrument of complex thought, even a simple diagram can tell you much more than a naked explanation. The very moment of becoming mentally aware is beautifully expressed with a heartfelt, “Ah, I see.”

    BUT WHAT IF I ASKED HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT VISUAL LISTENING ? HOW IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE ?

    Tim Hamons : FOUNDER: ART OF AWAKENING , CREATIVITY & VISUAL THINKING CONSULTANT checked in to cafe to share his knowledge & experineces on Visual Listening & why it is Important.


    Visual listening is showing people how you are listening to them by drawing what you’re hearing as you listen. Visual listening is a “pull” strategy. It is similar to judo or aikido. As people are coming at you with their ideas, you are in a receptive mode, showing them that you are receiving them by diagramming what they are saying.

    Basically, it is about you tracking what you’re paying attention to, with the other person being able to see right away what you are getting from what is being said, as well as what you aren’t noting that may be important to include. If it is a key oversight, the person you are listening to will automatically repeat it to make sure you hear it.

    Visual listening can be a game changer for an organization to communicate their strategies to their employees. A visual interpretation can be more effective rather a word document or Power point presentation. We often see organization have their vision as a statement but we never see as a visual which can make a great impact. Organisational Leaders can bring lot of cohesiveness through Visual Listening


    Tim did state that it is a skill which can be developed. Listening is an important element in Visual Listening & it is not doodling. You need to capture the ideas & sketch note it. Be more present when your are developing visual elements. Tim’s one of tip was be your self, just try it out one of your meeting notes as a doodle or sketch. Visual Thinking can be used in various professions like, coaching.

    To listen to this Episode press that play button & check in to the cafe.

    You can watch Video Version https://youtu.be/s599a-9P-6U ( recommended as some visual examples available)

    You can get connected to Tim Hamon via his linkedin & log on to www.art-of-awakening.com

    35 min
  • නව පරපුරේ නායකත්වය , තමන් තුළ වර්ධනය කරගත යුත්තේ මොනවාද ? - ආචාර්ය රනිල් සුගතදාස

    නව පරපුරේ නායකත්වය යනු, අධික කැලඹීම්  සහිත කාලවලදී පෙරමුණ ගැනීම වන අතර, සාර්ථක නව පරපුරේ  නායකත්වය  , වෙනස්වීම්වලට මුහුණදීමේ සහ අභියෝග හමුවේ  නොසැලී සිටිමේ ප්‍රවීණයන් වනු ඇත.


    21 වන ශතවර්ෂයේ නායකත්වය නිරන්තර වෙනස්වීම්, භූ දේශපාලනික අස්ථාවරත්වය, තාක්‍ෂණික බාධා කිරීම් සහ ආර්ථික හා දේශපාලන අවිනිශ්චිතතාවයන් යන බලපෑම්වලට හසුවනු ඇත.

    මෙම බලපෑම් තමන්ගේ පාලනයට ගෙන, ඒවාට ඉහළින් වැජබීම නව පරපුරේ නායකයන් නිර්වචනය කරන ප්‍රධාන ලක්ෂණය වනු ඇත.


    එසේනම් ඔවුහු, ඔවුන් තුළ වර්ධනය කරගත යුත්තේ මොනවාද? 

    ආචාර්ය රනිල් සුගතදාස: The Motivator හි නිර්මාතෘ,කළමනාකරණ සහ නායකත්ව පුහුණුකරු  pasugiya dhinaka EI cafe වෙත ගොඩවැදුන අතර නව පරපුරේ නායකයන් පිලිබඳ තම අවබෝධය සහ අත්දැකීම් බෙදාගැනීමට උත්සුක විය .

    එහිදී ඔහු නව පරපුරේ නායකයන් තමන් තුළ වර්ධනය කරගත යුතු ගුණාංග පිලිබදව සිය අදහස් පළ කළේය. ඔහු පවසා සිටියේ නව පරපුර ඉතාම නිර්මාණශීලී සහ අතිදක්ෂ බවය.

    ඔවුන් සතුව ඉහළ  තාක්ෂණික දැනුමක් ඇති අතර නව ප්‍රවණතා වලට ඉතා ශීඝ්‍රයෙන් අනුගත වීමේ හැකියාවද අවුන් සතුව ඇත.

    ඔවුන් වර්ධනය කර ගත යුතු ප්‍රධාන කුසලතාවයක් ලෙස ආචාර්යවරයා දකින්නේ ඔවුන්ගේ හදවතින් සවන් දීම, හදවතින් සිතීම සහ අන් අයගේ දෘෂ්ටිකෝණ කෙරෙහි වැඩි අවධානයක් යොමු කිරීමයි.

    චිත්තවේගීය බුද්ධියේ කුසලතාව ඉතා වැදගත් බව ආචාර්ය රනිල්ගේ අදහසයි.

    ගැටළු නිරාකරණය,  සමාජීය ගැටළු  නිරාකරණය ක්රීමේ ආකල්පයේ සිට ගැටළු විසඳීම තවත් විචාරශීලී  කුසලතා වලින් එකක් විය යුතුය. සෑම පුද්ගලයෙකුටම රටේ ක්‍රමවේද  වෙනසක් අපේක්ෂා කරනු වෙනුවට රටේ අභිවෘද්ධිය සඳහා දායක විය හැකි සහ දායක විය යුතුයි.

    නව පරපුරේ නායකයින් වෙත “වෙනස් වීම“ සහ “වඩා හොඳ වීම“ යන පරමාර්ථයන්  පැවරී ඇත.

    ඔවුන්ගේ දක්ෂතාවය සහ චරිතය පරීක්ෂා කරන බලවේග තවදුරටත් එක් එක් සංවිධානයන්ට විශේෂිත නොවන අතර ඒවා වෘත්තිය  හෝ කර්මාන්තයට විශේෂිතද නොවේ.


     ආයතනික උපාය මාර්ග සහ සංවර්ධන මාර්ග හැකියාව අනුව ඒවා වඩා විශාල, පුළුල් හා වඩා බලපෑම් සහගත වේ.

    ආචාර්ය රනිල් මෙම කථාංගයේ, විශ්මයජනක ඉඟි සහ ක්‍රමවේද කිහිපයක් බෙදා ගත්තේය. මෙයට සවන්දීමට  පහතින් ඇති Play බොත්තම ඔබා EI Cafe වෙත පිවිසෙන්න.

    ඔබට ආචාර්ය රනිල් සුගතදාස මහතාගේ www.themotivator.lk වෙබ් අඩවිය වෙත පිවිසී  ඔහුගේ නවතම ක්‍රියාකරකම් පිලිබදව වැඩිදුර තොරතුරු දැනගනීමට දැන් අවස්ථාව ඇත .

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    36 min
  • Workplace wellbeing-why does it matter? with Tamara Buckland

    To truly build a more resilient workforce and rebuild the economy, employers should prioritize well-being, which is the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy. Businesses should treat well-being as a tangible skill, a critical business input, and a measurable outcome.

    Tamara Buckland - Chief Visionary Officer at Bloom HQ & designer of Riders & Elephants The Wellbeing Deck, checked in to the cafe to explore on "why does well-being matter in the workplace" 


    Well-being has now become a large spectrum, from physical, mental, social, spiritual & financial wellbeing, Employee well-being is about connecting all these elements. Workplace Wellbeing relates to all aspects of working life, from the quality and safety of the physical environment, to how workers feel about their work, working environment, the climate at work and work organization. In today’s corporate world employees don’t just go out for remuneration, they are looking organisations which looks after employee’s wellbeing.

    Tamara did mention, that it is not about wellbeing is a common platform for everyone. the organization needs to identify individual perspective of wellbeing for their employee, because it is not one size fit all. Further she stated that "Productivity is important but dont develop Well-being strategies focusing on productivity which may results in ineffective. start investing on learning on your own wellbeing, what works for you to thrive. don’t think wellbeing is different for you. Try to find those moments which can help you to reflect yourself. Experiment different approach which will fit your lifestyle.

    There are many benefits for an organization who invest on Employee wellbeing. 

    1.The increased engagement team members will show is a win-win for all. Simply being happy makes an employee 12% more likely to be productive.

    2.Dozens of studies show how a carefully organised employee well-being program lowers absenteeism rates.
    3. Develops a resilient workforce. A healthy program focuses on teaching people how to handle unexpected events even when a family member, or friend isn’t around

    Tamara did share some amazing tips on Wellbeing & on the Wellbeing deck, to listen to this episode, press that play button & check in to the cafe.

    You can get connected to Tamara Buckland via her Linkedin profile & to learn more about Well being deck click https://www.ridersandelephants.com/the-wellbeing-deck.

    36 min
  • What does it mean to be a compassionate leader with Steve Hargreaves
    Compassion can be defined as ‘a sensitivity to suffering in self and others with a commitment to try to alleviate and prevent it’ (Gilbert 2013). We can experience compassion in different ways: we can feel compassion for other people; we can experience compassion from others; and there is also the compassion we can direct towards ourselves. How do compassionate leaders behave? What does it mean to be a compassionate leader ?
    Steven Hargreaves : Founder & Managing Director - The Compassionate Leadership Company , Author of Compassionate Leadership Playbook, Riders & Elephant Specialist .checked in to the cafe to share his insight & experience on "What does it mean to be a compassionate leader ?"  Steven to describe compassionate leadership as an approach to leadership & philosophy that place an high level of importance on the elevation of suffering. Enabling get the work done successfully & effectively to make sure they thrive. The main purpose to create better work condition where people can do their best. Compassion leader spend more time on relationship than performance.
    Steven reflects about the eight dimensions from his book which he believes important qualities, values & believes a compassionate leader should have. out of it he gives more prominence on "Self Care". If leaders dont take care of themselves, it is very unlikely to take care of his or her people. Steven states that Compassion leadership is not hug and hope approach, it is about take meaningful action.
    Steven did share some great tips to develop compassionate leadership which some are .
    1. Ask your self how much of time we spend in terms of relationship,
    2. Could we develop curiosity about our people ?,could I take more time to notice my people & their behaviours?
    3. It is about how leaders' presence & consciousness, What small steps I can take to develop this relationship ?
    Compassionate leadership involves a focus on relationships through careful listening to, understanding, empathising with and supporting other people, enabling those we lead to feel valued, respected and cared for, so they can reach their potential and do their best work.
    For leadership to be compassionate, it must also be inclusive. Compassion blurs the boundaries between self and other, promoting belonging, trust, understanding, mutual support and, by definition, inclusion (West 2021). This creates an inclusive, psychologically safe environment in which diversity in all forms is valued and team members can contribute creatively and enthusiastically to team performance.
    You can get connected to Steven Hargreaves via his linkedin profile & log on to www.thecompassionateleadership.company to explore his work.
    Get the Compassionate Leadership Play book from this link :  
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Compassionate-Leaders-Playbook-compassion-ensure/dp/1739823702/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=compassionate+leaders+playbook&qid=1638959212&sr=8-1
    36 min
  • Office Politics, Is it good , Bad or something else with Jennifer Randive
    What do you think of when you hear the words "office politics"? Is it all about "backstabbing," spreading malicious rumours, and "sucking up" to the right people? If so, you'll likely want to stay as far away from it as you can!. But, like it or loathe it, office politics are a fact of life in any organization. And it is possible to promote yourself and your cause without compromising your values or those of your organization.
    Jennifer Randive :THE MAVERICKS CEO, checks in to the cafe & shared some interesting insights & experiences on office politics.
    The truth is, politics is how business gets done in organisations. Learning how to navigate through your firm and influence others to get your ideas accepted is how you rise. And, let me be clear: you don’t have to be something you are not to win the political battle. Be transparent. Be great at what you do. Soar with your strengths. Use all of your gifts and talents to their fullest. But while you do, pay close attention to your surroundings and listen carefully. Use your political instincts to sort out the real line of authority in your organization.
    Jennifer stated that Politics has been given a bad wrap ,it is about getting people’s perspective & how can it make work. What make something good or bad? It is your perspective, Is it an individual or it is our personal EGO creating the Politics. Further she goes on stating that it all starts with self,People require a mindset reset. The whole concept of politics in the office is all about how to make the office working in a good way where it benefit for everyone. Jennifer did share that not to look at office politics as good or bad. Ask yourself as what you can do as a contributor to the organization to enhance everyone everyones experience.
    "Remember the time you called in a favor to get your daughter into a class with the teacher everyone considers a rock star? That was nice political manoeuvring. And when you were able to talk that vendor into putting your order at the top of his list and thereby solve your timeline dilemma? That was political savvy" -Break Your Own Rules, authored by Jill Flynn, Kathryn Heath and Mary Davis Holt
    To listen to full episode press that play button & check in to the cafe
    You can get connected to Jennifer Randive via linkedin log on to focusdirect.net  to explore some of her work.
    36 min

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