Ravi Bhuthapuri

There are times when we do not wish to talk to someone. It could be that the other person is highly opinionated and disagreeable, with a way of talking that condescends, slights or even dismisses. Or it could be that their words are brusque and crude. Or we may feel that they love the sound

This is a guest-post by Soundarya Sridhar, an aerospace and aeronautical engineer. Three years ago, I was in this place. My heart was heavy as I held my tears back, and the red-bricked building across the parking lot was becoming more and more daunting. A few minutes ago from that memory, an advisor of mine

Many years ago, when I was a graduate student in Texas, I learned to stretch a dollar. My friends and I helped each other out. Few of us had a car back then, and the ones who did, did not hesitate to chauffeur friends around, sometimes to the local Walmart or to the Schulman’s Movie

Over the years, I have had many occasions when I’d wanted to set others straight. It could have been when someone at work used jargon inappropriately or remembered a project detail incorrectly. While these moments are not terribly complicated and a gentle, “I don’t think that is how that word is used” or “Actually, this

When I moved to India from the US back in 2002, I was a little apprehensive. I knew I would land a job fairly quickly – outsourcing of IT work to India was at a record high at the time – but I worried if I would fit in as a leader. Would the people

This is a guest-post by Hema Srinivas, a coach, trainer and consultant. Look at the LinkedIn posts of the people who are your Level 1 connections, the ones you follow and those whose posts pop up on your feed. How often have you felt that posts seem self-centered, verging on attention seeking and exaggerated achievements?

This is a guest-post by Sangamithra Nataraj, a writer and poet.  Here is a link to her blog. Introverts. The word leaves a bad taste in your mouth. It reeks of the solitary and the unpopular, a high-school hangover, of the outcasts of the classroom, of those who were always left behind. Introverts. Every office

It is pretty clear that we are not going to return to our pre-Covid-19 life. Several families have lost loved ones and have experienced sharp drops in income in these past few months. As we take measure of where we are and steel ourselves for the long arduous road ahead, we need to be mentally

A workshop participants asked one of us, “I feel that giving negative feedback strains the relationship. What should I do?”. In this panel discussion, G N Radhakrishnan, Suresh Verghis, Sridhar Krishnan and I take turns to share how we would advise the participant.  Here is that video. I hope you enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKxUOa6HQ&

Many years ago, when my experience was modest and my confidence not that much greater, I was asked by my boss in the IT department of a Fortune 100 company to visit their vendor, a software product company, for a day. My employer had decided to implement their enterprise sales software and my task was