Corporate Culture

Ah, the daily grind in the corporate world — where memos fly, deadlines loom, and coffee becomes our trusted ally. It’s a world of meetings that could’ve been emails and email chains that could’ve been avoided altogether! Let’s face it: we’ve all been there, navigating through the labyrinth of office…

Some years ago, I wrote a few things people said to me in the corporate world, and I keep them as a reminder. — Reflecting on my corporate journey, I keep some invaluable lessons I have acquired. But I also experienced some of the not-so-good best practices that I’ve encountered along the way. Let us begin with my intriguing banking job interview: “Tell me, why are you applying for this vacancy? You do not need it”.

Or, “Remembering that you’re always the most important person in the room”. In an ideal world everyone would be honest with each other all of the time. Unfortunately this would most likely end up with us very quickly murdering each other over the smallest things, for example the use of…

Working in a corporate environment is a way of learning and gaining a lot of experience. 1. As a new employee, just be involved in everything; participate, communicate, and express yourself as much as you can. This is because learning a lot of new information is quite important when you…

Abstract Research into diversity and inclusion in the workplace is not a new topic. However, the focus has largely been on theoretical or sociological impacts of diversity and has tended to be anecdotal. Typically, diversity and inclusion at organizations is viewed through the lens of it being the “right” thing…

What is cognitive distancing? If you are someone who reads self-help books and goes to therapy — firstly, I love you for doing it and secondly, you probably know what I am talking about. For those of you who do not know what it is, I will try to explain…

Seriously? According to the dictionary, the definition of compassion is sympathetic consciousness of others suffering or distress along with a desire to alleviate it. Compassion differs from empathy or altruism because not only do you feel the other’s suffering, but you take steps to alleviate it. I read an article…

Lay out plans and think strategically about your outcomes and enemies, whether it is a professional or personal life I used to think that the world was black or white, that there is no overlap between these two, something changed when I entered my professional life. …

It is not always like this. — I am bad at multitasking. I become worse on the days when the work scene is all over the place. So even though I would have time in the evening, instead of thinking about a draft I think about my fears. My mind is so focused on worrying about all…