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“The new norms of life are emerging at personal, team, organizational, and country levels. Darwin’s law will play out again. Only the ones able to adapt will survive. The race is on. Let us participate in the same.” – Yogesh Sood (CMD, BYLD Group)

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Yogesh Sood

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12 Questions to Ask for Successful Change Management- Ask Yogesh Sood

Discover why most change efforts fail and how motivation-based strategies can turn the tide. Learn to align people, performance, and process motivations to foster inclusion, build trust, and drive successful, empowering change.
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9 Laws of Personal Effectiveness - Ask Yogesh Sood

**9 Laws of Personal Effectiveness** Discover nine timeless principles to boost your productivity, focus, and balance. Learn how to manage your energy, protect your time, adapt your habits, and tackle challenges with clarity and intention.
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Why People Get Defensive and What You Can Do about It - Ask Yogesh Sood

Learn why people get defensive and how to respond effectively. Discover practical strategies to turn defensive reactions into opportunities for better understanding and stronger connections.
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Crucial Conversations in Customer Service - Ask Yogesh Sood

Crucial Conversations in Customer Service explores how to handle tough customer interactions with empathy, understanding, and validation. Learn to navigate loyalty-killing conversations, rebuild trust, and turn challenges into opportunities for stronger relationships and lasting loyalty.
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3 Skills To Develop As A Servant Leader - Ask Yogesh Sood

Learn how the SLII® model turns servant leadership into action with three essential skills: setting clear goals, diagnosing team needs, and adapting leadership styles. Empower your team to succeed by leading with them.
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Influence Versus Manipulation - Ask Yogesh Sood

How can leaders drive cultural change without resorting to manipulation or forced compliance? Yogesh addresses Ravi’s concerns about creating an empowering, collaborative culture under pressure in this blog. Discover the key differences between intentional influence and manipulation, and explore actionable strategies for fostering trust, alignment, and sustainable change.
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Stepping into the Future: Defying the Weight of Old Ideas - Ask Yogesh Sood

Tired of outdated thinking holding you back? Discover how embracing fresh perspectives and innovative approaches can empower you to navigate a rapidly changing world with confidence and vitality.
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Improve Performance by Setting Goals? Ask Yogesh Sood

Discover the profound impact of setting goals on personal and professional growth. Learn how to harness the power of purpose setting to improve your performance and reach new heights of success.
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Goal Setting

How to Talk to Someone about Their Poor Hygiene? Ask Yogesh Sood

Discussing personal hygiene with someone can be a sensitive matter. This article provides practical tips and strategies for approaching such conversations with empathy, respect, and understanding, fostering open communication while maintaining the individual’s dignity.
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Addressing Personal Hygiene Concerns with Sensitivity and Respect

Addicted with Your Phone? How to Put it Down? Ask Yogesh Sood

Breaking the habit of constantly reaching for your phone takes time and effort, but you can regain control of your usage with determination. Reclaim control of your life and find balance in the digital age.
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Disconnect to Reconnect: Breaking Free from Phone Addiction

Dealing with Forthcoming Layoffs? Ask Yogesh Sood

Don't let the uncertainty of layoffs overwhelm you. Arm yourself with the information and resources to guide your team through this stressful period while upholding engagement and trust.
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Embracing Change: Thriving through Forthcoming Layoffs

Aspiring to Become a Better Counselor/Coach/Guide? Ask Yogesh Sood

There is no guidebook for becoming a mentor in the workplace. Read the recent #AskYogesh for insights on beginning your mentorship journey and using coaching strategies to build trusting relationships with your mentees.
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Want to be a Better Mentor?

Should You Hold People Accountable Publicly? Ask Yogesh Sood

One of the most accurate ways to show genuine respect for another person is to be straightforward and honest.
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The Right Way to Hold People Accountable

Getting Irritated with Everything and Unaware of the Reason? Ask Yogesh Sood

Tolerations accumulate over time. Therefore I recommend compiling a list twice a year and coming up with a strategy to deal with each. It feels fantastic.
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Irritation

Have You Been Disappointed with Your Job Lately? Ask Yogesh Sood

Having to deal with disappointment at work can be quite difficult. After all, you put a lot of effort into your work, and when things don't go as expected, it can seem like everything is falling apart quickly.
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How to Handle Disappointment at Work?

How will becoming an inclusive leader help me grow personally and professionally? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Leadership isn't a one-size-fits-all endeavor. Inclusive leaders are sympathetic to the needs of every team member.
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Leadership Isn’t A One-size-fits-all Endeavor

How can I do better when having crucial conversations with a client who has not liked my service? Ask Yogesh Sood

Customer service is an interesting application of Crucial Conversations. These skills are necessary and effective whenever you face differing opinions, high stakes, or strong emotions.
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Crucial Conversations in Customer Service

Wondering if you too should be part of quiet quitting corporate culture? Ask Yogesh Sood

If you look closely, as researcher David Witt suggests, the root cause of quiet quitting may be more than just hard work. Read the blog to know more.
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Wondering if you too should be part of quiet quitting corporate culture? Ask Yogesh Sood

Do not Let it Bring You Down.

Are you amazed at people who let things slip off their shoulders? Worried that you are unable to do so. Don't let it bring you down.
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Do not Let it Bring You Down.

Conjecturing what to do when you are utterly burnt out at work? Ask Yogesh Sood

Do you feel swamped with work at the workplace? Or have your managers given you new tasks every other day?
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Conjecturing what to do when you are utterly burnt out at work? Ask Yogesh Sood

Unsure how to cope with boss' uncomfortable conversations? Set social boundaries!

Is your boss talking too much? Use these crucial conversation skills to make your boss realize they are talking too respectfully.
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Unsure how to cope with boss' uncomfortable conversations? Set social boundaries!

Needing to Be Liked Obstructing You? Ask Yogesh Sood

Is it childish to think you can make anyone like you? Check out the blog to find out how people can like you in ways that do not cost you anything.
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Needing to Be Liked Obstructing You? Ask Yogesh Sood

Why People Choose Silence and How to Help Them Open Up? Ask Yogesh Sood

Do you know why some people choose silence or verbal violence? Check out this blog to explore people’s behavior in a crucial conversation.
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Why People Choose Silence and How to Help Them Open Up? Ask Yogesh Sood

Team Member Accused Another of Disrupting Their Work? Ask Yogesh Sood

Is your organization facing adverse consequences due to internal conflicts? Explore this blog and take corrective steps to maintain a cordial environment.
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Team Member Accused Another of Disrupting Their Work? Ask Yogesh Sood

Bring Your Creativity with a GTD Weekly Review

Are you eager to add creativity to your current to-do list? Check out the blog and take the corrective steps for a major work overhaul through a weekly GTD review.
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Bring Your Creativity with a GTD Weekly Review

Not Sure You Want to Stay with Your Company? Ask Yogesh Sood

Can’t decide whether to leave or continue in your existing organization? Check out the blog to assess your situation and make the right decision accordingly.
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Not Sure You Want to Stay with Your Company? Ask Yogesh Sood

When Your Supervisor Goes Back On Their Word? Ask Yogesh Sood

Are the broken promises of your superiors affecting your career growth? Check out this blog to know how to deal with this critical situation at work.
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When Your Supervisor Goes Back On Their Word? Ask Yogesh Sood

Boss Just Keeps Asking You To Do More and More? Ask Yogesh Sood

Struggling with a pushy boss who adds random tasks to your existing workload? Explore this blog and learn how to tackle this corporate problem effectively.
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Boss Just Keeps Asking You To Do More and More? Ask Yogesh Sood

Don’t Have a Vision for Your Business Unit? Ask Yogesh Sood

Having a vision in mind is to get clarity on how you want to progress and why you want to progress.
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Don’t Have a Vision for Your Business Unit? Ask Yogesh Sood

Why Do People Choose Silence and How to Help Them Open Up? Ask Yogesh Sood

People tend to choose silence over tough conversations when feeling unsafe. How can you act in a situation like this? Read the blog to know more.
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Why Do People Choose Silence and How to Help Them Open Up? Ask Yogesh Sood

How to Communicate Boundaries that Do Not Affect Your Relationship Negatively? Ask Yogesh Sood

Setting expectations and boundaries in a respectable way helps you keep a smooth relationship.
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How to Communicate Boundaries that Do Not Affect Your Relationship Negatively? Ask Yogesh Sood

Tired of Telling Little Lies to Smooth Things Over? Ask Yogesh Sood

There are times in our life when we have to choose what is right and what is convenient. Read the blog to know more about a different perspective.
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Tired of Telling Little Lies to Smooth Things Over? Ask Yogesh Sood

How to Address Repeated Bad Behaviour? Ask Yogesh Sood

If you do not talk about the right issue or the root of the issue, the problem will go unresolved and may even get worse. Read why having the right sources of influence and conversation can help resolve things.
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How to Address Repeated Bad Behaviour? Ask Yogesh Sood

Thinking about Giving Up and Quitting? Ask Yogesh Sood

There are times in our life when we have to make the tough call of staying or moving on. What should be done in situations like these? Read the blog to know more.
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Thinking about Giving Up and Quitting? Ask Yogesh Sood

Who’s Responsible for Psychological Safety in a Crucial Conversation? Ask Yogesh Sood

Psychological safety in a conversation is dependent upon a number of things. Read the blog to know more about it.
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Who’s Responsible for Psychological Safety in a Crucial Conversation? Ask Yogesh Sood

Frustrated by All the New Software Platforms You’re Expected to Use? Ask Yogesh Sood

Read the blog to know how you can move forward with the constantly moving technology and be the one who adapts.
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Frustrated by All the New Software Platforms You’re Expected to Use? Ask Yogesh Sood

How to Know Whether to Let Someone Go? Ask Yogesh Sood

Letting someone go is a hard decision to make but should be made only after careful consideration and direction. Read the blog to know more.
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How to Know Whether to Let Someone Go? Ask Yogesh Sood

Disappointed in Your People? Ask Yogesh Sood

Setting the right expectations and clearly mentioning what you want is a big factor required for a leader to perform. Here is why you should do it too. Read more.
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Disappointed in Your People? Ask Yogesh Sood

Others are Being Paid More for the Same Job as Yours? Ask Yogesh Sood

Have you ever felt that there are things at the workplace that just doesn’t seem fair? Well, here is one such answer from Mr. Yogesh Sood.
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Others are Being Paid More for the Same Job as Yours? Ask Yogesh Sood

The Long and Short View of Accountability

There are times when accountability can seem a tricky subject. Here is a situation that talks about accountability and the vision of leaders.
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The Long and Short View of Accountability

Working with Employee Input

Dealing with employee inputs can lead to situations where leaders are left clueless about how to take it constructively and make the best use of it.
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Working with Employee Input

Not Sure How to Answer, “Why Did You Leave That Company?” Ask Yogesh Sood

At times, we fail to understand people and how they operate. Read the blog to know how you can deal with a subordinate or senior when it comes to having opinion clashes.
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Not Sure How to Answer, “Why Did You Leave That Company?” Ask Yogesh Sood

How to Work with a Domineering Boss? Ask Yogesh Sood

At times, we fail to understand people and how they operate. Read the blog to know how you can deal with a subordinate or senior when it comes to having opinion clashes.
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How to Work with a Domineering Boss? Ask Yogesh Sood

Not Sure Whether to Stay or Go? Ask Yogesh Sood

When struggling in your work, what are some of the important aspects you should look into? Here are brief tips on what you should look for.
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Not Sure Whether to Stay or Go? Ask Yogesh Sood

Angry with Your Boss over a Bad Performance Review? Here’s What You Should Do!

Conversations can turn costly when not handled properly. Here is what you can do to avoid that situation.
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Angry with Your Boss over a Bad Performance Review? Here’s What You Should Do!

Need Your Team to be More Innovative? Ask Yogesh Sood

As a leader, you might feel stuck at points when it comes to bringing changes within the team. Here are some tips for the same.
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Need Your Team to be More Innovative? Ask Yogesh Sood

How to Lead a Work-from-Home Workforce

Working in the virtual setup is challenging since we have to fundamentally rethink how we work and how we communicate in a hybrid work environment. Read the blog to know more.
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How to Lead a Work-from-Home Workforce

Manager Keeps Shooting Down Your Plans? Ask Yogesh Sood

There are times when people reject your ideas as they do not know or trust you. What can you do to make the situation better? Read the blog to know more.
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Manager Keeps Shooting Down Your Plans? Ask Yogesh Sood

How to Tell an Employee They Talk Too Much? Ask Yogesh Sood

Asking someone to speak less is as difficult as asking someone to speak up. What can a manager do in this situation? Explore more with this blog.
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How to Tell an Employee They Talk Too Much? Ask Yogesh Sood

Not Sure about Blowing The Whistle? Ask Yogesh Sood

What can you do when you have moral obligations as well as important duties to do? Know more about the dilemma and the details of how it can be dealt with.
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Not Sure about Blowing The Whistle? Ask Yogesh Sood

How to Lead a Struggling Team? Ask Yogesh Sood

Managing a team with broken team spirit and dysfunctionality can be challenging for managers to handle and bring effective change. Here are a few tips you can follow.
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How to Lead a Struggling Team? Ask Yogesh Sood

Colleague is Edging You Out? Ask Yogesh Sood

There are situations in our life where we feel vulnerable and are left with no choice. In a situation like this, what should be done? Read the blog to know more.
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Colleague is Edging You Out? Ask Yogesh Sood

How to Have a Crucial Conversation with Your Boss

In our work life, we sometimes have conflicted opinions about the people we work with. What should be done in a situation like this? Read the blog to know more.
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How to Have a Crucial Conversation with Your Boss

People Aren’t Stepping Up? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Managers often just tell their people about the expectations and anticipate their team to turn in the direction. Well, it takes more than just that. Read the blog to know more.
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People Aren’t Stepping Up? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Need to Look Confident and Credible? Ask Yogesh Sood.

There are times in our lives when we just don’t feel confident enough. What are some of the physical and mental tricks we can use to be more confident? Read the blog to know more.
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Need to Look Confident and Credible? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Managing a Negative Influencer

There are times when we encounter a clash of opinions and friction between the team members. How can you handle the situation and discourage disagreement with management? Read the blog to know more.
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Managing a Negative Influencer

Some Field Notes on Working (and Living) Purposefully

The secret to living and working a purposeful life is not as tough as we think it is. Read the blog to know more.
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Some Field Notes on Working (and Living) Purposefully

New Friend at Work Betrayed Your Confidence? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Trusting people can be a learning for life or a friendship for life. How can you judge someone on the basis of a few conversations? Read the blog to read one such scenario.
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New Friend at Work Betrayed Your Confidence? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Not Sure You Want to Be Groomed as an Executive? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Choosing the right path for ourselves can be a tough road to take. It brings uncertainties and confusion. What you can do in a situation where you are stuck between career choice and personal interest. Read the blog to know more.
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Not Sure You Want to Be Groomed as an Executive? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Tips on Influencing Your Team Through Change

It is important to align your team with your expectations and it might happen that these changes are tough for them to accept. Read the blog to know more about how you can do that.
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Tips on Influencing Your Team Through Change

Speak Up to Keep Up: One Trick to Manage To-Dos

In a tough situation where you have an abuser who treats everybody with disrespect and thinks it is the only way to bring change, how can you hold the crucial conversation to help that person understand? Ask Yogesh Sood.
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Speak Up to Keep Up: One Trick to Manage To-Dos

What if Someone Believes in “Might is Right”?

In a tough situation where you have an abuser who treats everybody with disrespect and thinks it is the only way to bring change, how can you hold the crucial conversation to help that person understand? Ask Yogesh Sood.
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What if Someone Believes in “Might is Right”?

What to Do When Your Employee Fails to Perform

When it comes to addressing problems, we need to take more than one way. Read the blog to find out more.
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What to Do When Your Employee Fails to Perform

One of Your Employees is Too Emotional? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Some people can be way too emotional to deal with and hard to understand. Read the blog to understand how you can communicate better when it is difficult to make a conversation.
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One of Your Employees is Too Emotional? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Need to Slow Down the Rumor Mill? Ask Yogesh Sood

Frequent and rapid changes can sometimes lead to unnecessary talks and gossip. This can create a divide among the team members and put a stop to productivity. Read what Mr. Yogesh Sood, the CMD of Blanchard India has to say about it.
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Need to Slow Down the Rumor Mill? Ask Yogesh Sood

Feeling bad about acting like a monster? Ask Yogesh Sood.

There are times when we overreact to certain situations that lead to bad effects on the team working as well as our overall image. When facing situations like these, there are always things you can do to fix things. Read the blog to find out.
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Feeling bad about acting like a monster? Ask Yogesh Sood

New Hire Not Meeting Expectations? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Sometimes, It might happen that your team is competent but is not aligned with the work goals. This can lead to chaos and unmet expectations. Read the blog to understand how you can better communicate and express what is desired
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New Hire Not Meeting Expectations? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Exhausted Physically, Mentally, and Psychologically? Ask Yogesh Sood.

When you have a lot of work on your plate and no time for relaxation, you might think pushing your limits is the only option. But this is not how it works. Read the blog to know more.
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Exhausted Physically, Mentally, and Psychologically? Ask Yogesh Sood

Don’t Let it Bring You Down

There are times in our life when we need to work on our work needs and priorities. But, sometimes it can become a little difficult to do that.
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Don’t Let it Bring You Down

Completely worn out? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Have you been working day in and day out and have no time to relax? Well, this is what you can do. Read the blog to know more.
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Completely worn out? Ask Yogesh Sood.

How Can I Get My Adult Child to Make His Own Living?

There are times when parents have to make hard decisions for their children. These can be in terms of asking them to move out of their house or questioning their abilities.
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How Can I Get My Adult Child to Make His Own Living?

Is Your New Boss Just Not Competent? Ask Yogesh Sood.

We have heard of situations where employees don’t act the way they are supposed to. But what happens when your boss is an incompetent person with their work and priorities?
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Is Your New Boss Just Not Competent?  Ask Yogesh Sood.

Are You Confused on What to Do and What Not to Do? Ask Yogesh Sood.

In life, there can be situations over which you have no control. These situations might as well leave you anxious and drained.
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Are You Confused on What to Do and What Not to Do? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Is returning to the office making you crazy? Ask Yogesh Sood.

After working from home for almost 1.5 years, people are now skeptical about joining the office again. In a conflicting situation like this, managers need to upgrade work plans and perceptions to face this challenge.
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Is returning to the office making you crazy? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Restoring Respect! A Common Workplace Issue and How to Deal With It.

Having respect issues among teams and employees is common in the workplace. But, if not addressed properly, this issue can escalate and create major blunders.
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Restoring Respect! A Common Workplace Issue and How to Deal With It.

Boss isn’t helping you prioritize? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Is your boss too oblivious to your efforts? Ask Yogesh Sood how you can make your boss understand that you cannot do every single task and that your boss should help you prioritize the most impactful projects.
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Boss isn’t helping you prioritize? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Is confidence ruining your career? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Meaningful Conversations lead to resolving an ample amount of issues that we face at work. At times when your confidence backfires, it’s the crucial conversations that help you gain the trust of your coworkers.
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Is confidence ruining your career? Ask Yogesh Sood.

How to make Employees respond to Feedback

Are your employees reluctant to engage with feedback? Sometimes when we are passionate about the destination, we forget the path that carried us there.
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How to make Employees respond to Feedback

Trying to help but getting nowhere? Ask Yogesh Sood.

When you’re repeatedly trying to help someone, and the other person refuses to accept your help, maybe you need to first make them realize why they need help.
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Trying to help but getting nowhere? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Do Not Want to Write a Letter of Recommendation? Ask Yogesh Sood.

One day, your former employee suddenly turns up and asks you to help them with a letter of recommendation. Knowing that they have not been very comforting or performing in the past, how would you revert?
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Do Not Want to Write a Letter of Recommendation? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Feeling Anxious and Nervous Before Giving a Presentation? Ask Yogesh Sood.

If you are facing a problem in giving a presentation successfully, then you should read this to overcome your fears.
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Feeling Anxious and Nervous Before Giving a Presentation? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Goals: How to set realistic goals, and how to achieve them? Ask Yogesh Sood.

If you are facing challenges with proper goal setting in life, then you should read this blog to overcome your difficulties in confronting, planning, and setting goals effectively.
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Goals: How to set realistic goals, and how to achieve them? Ask Yogesh Sood.

CEO Offered You a Job You Don’t Want. Ask Yogesh Sood.

If you are feeling depressed about the job appraisal and feel that the job position offered to you is not satisfactory, then you must read this to know more.
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CEO Offered You a Job You Don’t Want. Ask Yogesh Sood.

Feeling Overworked and Overwhelmed? Ask Yogesh Sood.

With the work-style changes and scattered teams, the work-life balance goes haywire. Please read on the blog to know how to handle it tactfully.
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Feeling Overworked and Overwhelmed? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Is Your Direct Report Trying to Make You Look Bad? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Office conflicts are common and, most of the time, get resolved fast. But, if you are under stress and depression because of it, it is time for action.
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Is Your Direct Report Trying to Make You Look Bad? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Are you getting bored while taking reviews? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Boredom while attending a meeting is quite common. Most of the time, this is due to inefficient planning. Meeting with a purpose can get great results.
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Are you getting bored while taking reviews? Ask Yogesh Sood.

How to manage the anxiety that comes with change? Ask Yogesh Sood

This COVID-19 pandemic has forced organizations to alter their work style. Employees are stressed and find it difficult to handle such a sudden change. Read on the blog and find out how to positively engage in change.
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How to manage the anxiety that comes with change? Ask Yogesh Sood

What to do when you continuously face disrespect at work? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Workplace conflict can place great stress on you. Handling it requires tact and firmness. This blog explains how silence is not the solution to constant disrespect by someone at work.
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What to do when you continuously face disrespect at work? Ask Yogesh Sood.

Do you think you are losing cool more often? Ask Yogesh Sood.

This blog explains how personal issues if remained unrecognized, can ruin your mental health and affect your work.
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Do you think you are losing cool more often? Ask Yogesh Sood.