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How to get noticed by your boss’s boss

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       ‘I am bright, I have good ideas and insights to share, I am also ambitious to take up more but I do not get noticed by my senior leadership team. How can I get attention from my senior leaders?’ - Do you often have a question like this that remains unanswered? As a people person and with my leadership experience let me walk you through few steps which you can adopt to be recognized by the senior leadership team. If followed, these actions can help you grow and move towards greater opportunities without coming off as a braggart. So let’s get started: Invest time in learning outside the office : This is one way to show how serious you are with your commitment and your role. This can be taking outside courses, doing LinkedIn Learning, reading features/articles in areas you want to master. For example, you can tell your manager that you are interested in taking up a special project which will help both you and the company reach its goals. Be a team player : Focus on the team’s

Leadership Series | Rethinking Efficiently

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  We all know that 2020 has impacted and disrupted almost all businesses. Starting from the fundamental structure of work to the technology pace and work culture – everything has changed. Now the only way to move forward is to adopt the new normal and come up with a whole new set of possibilities and opportunities. It offers us the chance to rethink what work will look like, rather than return to what it was. Today if you look around, all companies have to rethink their future direction and GeBBS is no different. So here are few steps that you can adopt to steer up your team during a crisis and emerge even stronger. Rethink work – With the pandemic today there is a lot of change in the work culture. Definitely, full-time jobs are not going away but yes now work is supplemented by a more flexible, dynamic approach, structured projects, assignments, and tasks. Now our people are more encouraged to focus on innovation and automation. Let’s take an example, earlier marketing jobs would de

Leadership Series | Be an inclusive leader during crisis

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  Since 2020 leaders all over the world have been under tremendous pressure. They are always expected to make quick decisions with rapidly evolving information. The pressure of working in a crisis mode is often difficult. Crisis always leads to stress which impacts physical and mental wellbeing. When in crisis employees always look forward to their leaders for empathy, stability, and advice. In such times, leadership matters more than ever. It is during this time that leaders must prioritize inclusion. Leaders should remember that to be truly innovative, input from all employees is a must-to-have. So how do we get input from all employees in an organization? Yes, it is when the leaders use an inclusive leadership approach. Research shows that when organizations practice an inclusive leadership approach, their employees not only survive but thrive. They are more inclined to go that extra mile and openly share their thoughts and feel collaborated to achieve the organization’s goal. So,