People Metrics Pvt. Ltd

06/07/2015

. WHAT MOTIVATES US AT WORK?
"Individuals differ enormously in what makes them happy--for some, competition, winning, and wealth are the greatest sources of happiness, but for others feeling competent and socializing may be more satisfying. Happiness isn't a one-size-fits-all solution."
http://www.inc.com/chester-elton/the-science-what-motivates-us-at-work.html

After surveying 850,000 people, we've come to understand a few things about happiness at work

03/07/2015

CHANGING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE FOR A CHANGING WORLD
"Stop measuring people's performance by individual quantitative measure. Stop doing the things that destroy community. That is first and last."
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/changing-organizational-culture-world-rob-peters

Humans are social creatures with an innate need to help others. Technology and business process reengineering have made organization’s much more efficient with the need for fewer people to get the work done. The Great Recession was the reason that many leaders espoused to downsize their workforce.…

02/07/2015

THE ONE QUALITY A TRUE LEADER NEEDS TO POSESS
"To become and to remain a (successful) leader you need to be able doing one single thing very, very well: To Lead"
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/one-quality-true-leader-needs-possess-andreas-von-der-heydt

To become and to remain a (successful) leader you need to be able doing one single thing very, very well:To Lead!It´s obvious and logical... really?How many so-called "leaders“ do you know who have no clue about how to lead properly?So, it isn´t so simple, is it?FIRST THINGS FIRST. WHAT IS A LE…

30/06/2015

COURAGE FOR CHANGE
"Change is a Process not an Event"
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/courage-change-sandee-kastrul

You may remember my series on “(T)hugs for Change,” as part of that series I recently sat down for a candid conversation with Roy Singham, CEO and founder of Thoughtworks. Roy is one of those people - another inspirational “t(hug),” whose dedication and energy permeates every room he walks into, mak…

29/06/2015

. PLAY YOUR GAME : WHY YOU SHOULD IGNORE THE COMPETITION
"Good teams adjust and continue to play their game without letting the competition get to them."
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/play-your-game-why-you-should-ignore-competition-geoffrey-colon

Lately I've been playing and watching a lot of soccer (football/futbol). It is summer here in Seattle and that means 72 and sunny days with little humidity for perfect playing weather (21 or 22 degrees for those who use Celsius which is most of the world!). There are some wonderful tournaments curre…

26/06/2015

ACHEIVING HIGH FIDELITY

"Fidelity in Translation -- the translation from strategy to action that can increase the odds of success for that strategy to take hold in an organization and reach the customers."
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/achieving-high-fidelity-ellen-turner?trk=hp-feed-article-title

25/06/2015

HOW TO HANDLE A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION

"It’s only difficult, if you make it difficult."
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-handle-difficult-conversation-james-caan-cbe

I think it’s safe to say that everybody has found themselves in a situation they don’t want to be in at some point in their career. It takes just five words – ‘can we have a chat’ – to immediately inspire butterflies, negative presumptions and nervous anticipation.Handling difficult conversations or…

24/06/2015

TWISTED THINKING AND HOW TO UNTWIST IT
"Twisted thinking describes how some people have a skewed or distorted view and way of thinking about how they see events in relation to themselves, other people and their actions."
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/twisted-thinking-how-untwist-watson-dr-ded-melb-faim-mace

Twisted thinking describes how some people have a skewed or distorted view and way of thinking about how they see events in relation to themselves, other people and their actions.For example; black and white/all or nothing approach, over-generalisation, focusing on a single negative rather than the…

22/06/2015

THE ONE THING THAT DETERMINES HOW SUCCESSFUL YOU CAN BE : ATTITUDE
"With the right attitude, human beings can move mountains. With the wrong attitude, they can be crushed by the smallest grain of sand."
http://www.success.com/article/the-power-of-a-positive-attitude

18/06/2015

WHY WE NEED WORK-LIFE BLENDING, NOT BALANCE?
"Besides, the work-life balance model assumes we seek separation, and today we don’t want the ingredients of life separated, nor do we want to turn off the world. We want to be connected and plugged in most of the time."
http://www.success.com/article/why-we-need-work-life-blending-not-balance

People seem rather fixated on the notion of work-life balance, yet it really is an old-school concept. Before the arrival of technology, our work lives and home lives were separated. We counted the time we spent in both, attempting to achieve balance much like you would on a set of scales. The probl…

17/06/2015

RETENTION - WHOSE 'JOB' IS IT ANYWAY?
"As employees, we are also responsible for engaging ourselves. Don't see it as someone else's job. Go to work and be fully present."
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/retention-whose-job-anyway-bridget-smith?trk=hp-feed-article-title

I was at a visioning session recently when the subject of staff recruitment, selection, retention and engagement arose. For several years now I have had a specific interest in engagement but, I have to say, I think retention goes hand-in hand with it. Teams expect their organization to engage and re…

17/06/2015

WHY LEADERSHIP IS BORN ON THE PLAYGROUND?
"No matter how old or young, never lose site of the value of play time as it’s through these experiences where we all continue to grow, develop, refine our soft skills, and re-energize for success."