Combining the PoSH Act with a company’s framework and rules for abidance is only half of the work done to produce a more protected workplace for females. Taking actions to ensure and implement women’s safety in the workplace is the real and constructive solution. Furnishing infrastructural amenities such as upgraded surveillance for security, female cab drivers, late-night shuttle service, are some developments coming up in the work culture. Yet, changing mindsets is the fundamental solution. Few concrete steps for creating a more protected environment are as follows: 1. Generate and…
Category: Entrepreneurship
5 Motivating Factors of Increasing Women Entrepreneurs in India
In this age in India, we can proclaim proudly that women entrepreneurs in our country is not an uncertain phenomenon. While Indra Nooyi, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, and the likes paved path for women to step forward and conformed their spots in the boardrooms, a couple of decades ago, women in our country have adopted entrepreneurship in small and medium scale from ancient times though most of it began with a compulsion to manage their families and homes. Women Empowerment The contemporary Indian woman is no more in a want-based environment…
Why we Celebrate International Women’s Day? Their Empowerment and Leadership!
Women’s Day is a worldwide celebration of women around the world. This is a global occasion decided by the UN and is celebrated every year on 8th March. Although, it’s celebrated more wholeheartedly in different countries due to many technological, cultural, as well as sexist reasons, it is quite a crucial part of the feminist as well as women’s rights movement and it has a long history behind it. International Women’s Day The occasion came into action ‘officially’ in the year 1911. Both men and women in countries like Germany,…
Why Family Business Succession Planning is Important
Most family-owned business owners put off their succession planning because they don’t want to think about their retirement, disability or death, however, business succession planning should be a priority in every family owned business. A family owned business owner’s decision to eventually retire is not as simple as no longer going to the office. Key questions need to be answered before the family owned business owner can “leave” the business: i) will he or she have enough money at retirement; ii) who is going to own and manage the business;…
COVID 19 – A Catalyst for the Next Wave of Innovation
The phenomenon, such as pandemics and economic recessions, change the track of businesses, economies, and on a larger scale of government’s decisions thus change the course of history. SARS Pandemic 2002-2004 similar to COVID-19 Talking about recent times, the pandemic of SARS of 2002-2004 brought about a spectacular growth of a then- not so big e-commerce company titled Ali Baba and aided in establishing it at the top of retail in Asia. This growth was made even larger by underlying eagerness around human contact and traveling, very close to the current situation…
Why Millennials Switching to Entrepreneurship from Traditional Working
Today entrepreneurship is more lucrative and challenging both. In this age of digitization where the global economy is led by entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs, Dhirubhai Ambani, Azim Premji, and more, many millennials are preparing to enter this market. More than 6 million audiences across the world are gathered in shows like Shark Tank, a multi-Emmy Award-winning entrepreneurial-themed reality show, where aspiring entrepreneurs get an opportunity to succeed. Also in 2008 financial slowdown, the conventional career routes were unpredictable. As a result, millennials consider entrepreneurship more than traditional working. Some of the primary…
8 Challenges Every Entrepreneur Should Overcome
You need to be ready if you are planning to quit your regular job to start your venture because it is not a piece of cake. The challenges are many that you might come across before venturing into the less-traveled path of entrepreneurship. During your first venture, you are responsible for many things from being flexible between long working hours to devising new ideas. Although, you will be easily able to gain rewards if you know how to surmount these challenges. Below are some of those challenges that will help…
8 Differentiators Every Successful Entrepreneur Cultivates
Entrepreneurs are quite an exclusive league of people. Some would sit and daydream about the joy of being boss of their own and create their business while those who are deep inside the business and have already considered all the rewards it has to offer, also think that it is quite a difficult path to walk on. The most profit-making entrepreneurs of the world are those who instantly quit their job whenever they have a visionary idea and chase it. The ones who have an entrepreneurial attitude with a collection…
Why Entrepreneurship is Important Today
The term “Entrepreneur” seems to be in all genres of industries and has vividly different backgrounds. Some work tirelessly on a product that they believe in while others build personal brands. Anyone can convert entrepreneurship into a functional business as many people refer to it as “innovation”, “passionate”, “trailblazing”, “problem-solving” and much more. These are the traits that entrepreneurs look for. According to Harvard University, “The pursuit of opportunity beyond controlled resources” is entrepreneurship. The basic definition can be – someone who spots a need and risk financially to satisfy…
PROFESSIONALISING THE FAMILY BUSINESS
Professionalizing the family business is critical for growth, continuity and perpetuity through multiple generations. What is a Family Company? A family company is one whose ownership is controlled by a single family and where two or more family members significantly influence the direction and policies of the business, through their management positions, ownership rights, or family roles. Current family owners intend to pass on control to another generation of the family CHICKEN OR EGG? 1. Do we hire non-family professionals to prepare the work culture? OR 2. Prepare the work…
