by Shilpi Singh | Jul 18, 2018 | Empowerment, Gender, Inspirational Women, Leadership, Mentoring Matters, Woman of Influence, Women Matters
Tennis superstar Serena Williams had a message for mothers after her loss at Wimbledon: “I was playing for you today.” In an interview after the game, her voice quivering, Williams told mothers that she was playing for them at Wimbledon and they can...
by Aparna Sethi | Mar 1, 2016 | Career Advice, Empowerment, Inclusion Matters
It was October 1999. I had just finished MBA and joined as a business development executive in prestigious training company. In six months of joining, I close a huge deal of an IT company for XML training. Training kicked off well. Vikas Malhotra, HR head of the same...
by Aparna Sethi | Dec 30, 2015 | Empowerment, Inclusion, Inclusion Matters, What's New
In a welcome move, the Centre has announced that maternity leave in private sectors will be increased to 26 weeks from the stipulated 12 weeks. According to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 female workers are entitled to a maximum of 12 weeks (84 days) of maternity...
by Sarika | Jul 21, 2015 | BD Voice, Empowerment, Leadership, Mentoring Matters, Professional Development
Businesswomen in India have moved a step closer to greater representation in the boardroom after the new company law made it mandatory for one woman to be present in every boardroom in the country. While many have hailed this new law as real crack in the glass...
by Rashmi Mandloi | Jul 2, 2015 | Empowerment, Leadership, Personal Development, Professional Development
Hilary Clinton in her latest released book says – “All of us face hard choices in lives. Life is about making such choices. Our choices and how we handle them shape the people we become”. She couldn’t have put it more aptly as we all make ‘hard choices’ in our life –...
by Shilpi Singh | May 21, 2015 | BD Voice, Empowerment, Uncategorized
By Shilpi Singh I grew up in an altruistic environment where ‘I’ was not considered to be good. ‘I’ was equated with selfishness, lack of empathy and insensitivity towards others. I remember the first time I read The Fountainhead, I almost hated the author Ayn Rand. I...
