Back in action 2008!!

Happy New Year friends,

Due to some reason my blog suspended, but now it’s working.

Please visit regularly for latest articles and updates.

Thank you

Hitesh Kapadia

Anxiety at Work: Managing Your Boss

Q. How do you manage the prototypical “difficult boss?”

A. Successfully managing a difficult boss is a challenge but often
feasible. First, you should try to understand the reasons for your
boss’ difficult behavior. Assuming your boss generally behaves in a
fairly reasonable manner, and that his/her difficult behavior seems
to
be a result of stress overload rather than his/her character, chances
are good that the behavior can be modified. If your boss’ behavior
seems to reflect a chronically hostile, abusive style of interacting
regardless of the amount of stress in the worksite, the chances are
less positive that the behavior can change. In fact, you may want to
consider seeking counsel from a trusted mentor or human resources
professional to evaluate your options. Second, you have to manage
your
own negative emotions regarding his/her behavior so that you do not
engage in self-defeating behavior (e.g. stonewalling, or counter-
attacking your boss).Third, once you understand and have managed your
own negative reactions, you may work to communicate your issues/
concerns — but framed in a helpful positive manner — creating an
atmosphere for problem resolution.

Who are you? What your pig drawing, browser type, fav. drinks, etc. reveal about you!

 

1. Draw a Pig – tells a whole lot about yourself based on your drawing of a pig. May sound ridiculous but seems to work extremely well. Currently counts over 1.3 mil drawn pigs, with several hundreds of pigs being added hourly. Check out some of the recently added pigs

Software Engineering Humor

A software engineer, a hardware engineer and a department manager were on their way to a meeting in Switzerland. They were driving down a steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes on their car failed. The car careened almost out of control down the road, bouncing off the crash barriers, until it miraculously ground to a halt scraping along the mountainside.

The car’s occupants, shaken but unhurt, now had a problem: they were stuck halfway down a mountain in a car with no brakes. What were they to do?

“I know,” said the department manager, “Let’s have a meeting, propose a Vision, formulate a Mission Statement, define some Goals and by a process of Continuous Improvement find a solution to the Critical Problems, and we can be on our way.”

“No, no,” said the hardware engineer, “That will take far too long, and besides, that method has never worked before. I’ve got my Swiss Army knife with me, and in no time at all I can strip down the car’s braking system, isolate the fault, fix it and we can be on our way.”

“Well,” said the software engineer, “Before we do anything, I think we should push the car back up the road and see if it happens again.”

Top 10 Greatest Hoaxes of all time

A hoax is an attempt to trick an audience into believing that something false is real. We came up with a selection of the Top 10 Greatest Hoaxes of all time.