Rajen Garabadu

As a manager, did you have to make the unfortunate choice of asking some of your team members to go? Every organisation may need to make some tough decisions for the sake of its business…

“What keeps you going?” A former colleague asked me this when she learned I completed 18 years in my current workplace. “A few things, but mostly, it’s the team,” I replied. “Like…

“Sir, my mother is no more.” I woke up to find this text on my phone sent by a team member at the start of this week. My colleague’s mother had been suffering for the last few months.…

How do you cope with decisions contrary to your first instinct, especially concerning your child? My wife and I received an email from our daughter’s school that shared details about an…

Have you experienced a feeling of deep satisfaction seeing a fellow awardee win that feels greater than your award? I felt this on April 30, 2023. That evening, I was honoured, and so…

A lot can happen in less than a month. April was one such month. Some were professional, some personal, and some in between. Juggling Roles I have been playing a dual role at work…

I woke up one day to find a DM on LinkedIn. It was from Kavin S, a recent connection. "It would be great if you could share some posts about a few transformative events in your…

Do you procrastinate tough conversations? You’re an efficient team lead; you know your and your team’s strengths and weaknesses well and allocate jobs based on individual skill and…

Are you the big boss who reaches out to a team member in distress or ill health? Not just those who are in your inner circle or directly report to you, but two or three levels below or…

Let me guess: You feel stress has compounded manifold in the current times compared to how it was during your growing-up years, and your parents had a much easier time in school and college…