Back to Business (Trips): 3 lessons

Made my first business trip (India) after a 24 months hiatus. Apart from nostalgia (“breathes there a man with soul so dead”), dreading the immigration in DEL (which I must say was super-smooth), to finally meeting colleagues, friends and family, the journey and investment of time was well worth the effort. Here are 3 reasonsContinue reading “Back to Business (Trips): 3 lessons”

Global Pay for Global Work

Is it time to dump the pre-pandemic pay principles? Career-wise: Geography is now history. COVID has not only accelerated the acceptance of work from home (WFH) but as also spawned a new subset: work from anywhere (WFA). For Businesses and HR, WFH came along with complexity of employment laws, principles, taxation (home vs. office location)Continue reading “Global Pay for Global Work”

The 4 Quadrants: Balance your Time

I learnt about the 4 Qs, an eye-opening approach towards time, while working on the company’s strategy and plans on Work-life balance during my stint in Hong Kong. Perhaps the simplest concepts teach us the most. During discussions, agreeing on what is work-life balance took its time: Is it a myth, an unreasonable target, howContinue reading “The 4 Quadrants: Balance your Time”