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Management of Workplace Cynicism

My morning today started with a discussion on the lack of commitment of employees in an organization, went on with cases of disloyal and dishonest employees; turned into an afternoon of good team discussions and winded up with an evening of distrust and discrimination. So there was cynicism, laughter and frustrations all in a day. Cynicism because in today's world you essentially are programmed to be doubtful about everything, laughter because even in between doubts you can relax and let yourself loose and really learn and grow and frustration because despite the knowledge that there are two sides of the coin, sometimes even the experienced ends up focusing on one. My biggest concern as an HR professional is how to let optimism prevail and the cynicism coexist.  So my solution to that as I perceive it would be to accept. Accept that there are different kinds of people working in the organization. Accept that different people will behave differently and for that matte

Just Like That.....

I loved to write and then I stopped. I loved to talk and then I stopped. Well its not that I don't write. I do and I talk as well but only to the extent of what I need to and now what I want to. Thinking of why I stopped? Why I gave myself the excuse of time, is, I am afraid. I am afraid that what I write is not good enough, what I talk is not worthy of being heard. I have an opinion, always did. It took me a while to be able to get that confidence to say it out loud. I have friends, and colleagues who might have a different say than I do and they might be louder than I am. and now I stopped. So am I doing anyone a favor? Does this post sound angry to anyone? Can it not be termed as a professional post? Do I have to be very careful of where the grammar goes? May be yes and may be no. But right now what is more important to me, is, I bring my voice back. I don't know why I stopped. But I know for sure that I do not have to continue with this break. I can simply spring back