Difference Between Coaching and Mentoring-When and how to use them

One of the most commonly misunderstood and interchangeably used terms are coaching and mentoring. It is perhaps manageable when you use them interchangeably in informal conversation but in an organizational context, it’s extremely important to know the difference between mentoring and coaching. Once you understand the distinctions it will be clear that you don’t need to be coaching mode all the time – there will always be situations where a…

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The Eisenhower Matrix: Work Efficiently by Managing Time

Most effective tools are often the simplest one. One such tool is The Eisenhower Matrix, often also known as Urgent-Important Matrix. The US President Dwight D. Eisenhower supposedly once said: ‘The most urgent decisions are rarely the most important ones’ and he was very right in his assessment. Many people don’t know that Eisenhower is considered a master of time management, i.e. he had the ability to do everything as…

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How to be creative? – Creativity and innovation Techniques

Do you want to know how to become a creative leader? Edward de Bono one of the proponents of lateral thinking sees creativity as a skill which can be learnt over a period of time. Unlike prior beliefs that innovators are born creative. He proposes that parallel thinking is a more useful and effective means of putting creative talent to work. Let us learn the way to improve creativity and innovation. Formal…

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