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I was really impressed by the range of articles on management and leadership topics covered in Ascent, a supplement of the Times of India.

According to the Times of India, beware of being too nice at work. It can make you a pushover and out of touch with reality and, it concludes, gullible, hardworking employees do finish last if things are taken to the extreme.

I have just returned from a trip to India and can share with you some of the interesting things I noticed whilst I was there about employment-related matters. The first relates to a claim of discrimination… for having a ‘Maharaja’ moustache.

I was contacted recently by BBC Radio London 94.9 for comments about the bill proposed by Labour MP Andrew Miller which would give agency workers the same rights on pay and conditions as permanent employees. MPs voted for the changes by 147 to 11 and as a result ministers are proposing an inquiry into the issue.

I recently came across the video on You Tube of a speech that Steve Jobs of Apple gave at Stanford in 2005. It contains some very powerful messages…. about life, death and getting fired.

Want to get ahead in your career? Then get a mentor – someone who’s been there, done that and got the t-shirt to prove it. Identify someone in your target job and ask him or her if s/he will be your mentor.

I have a lot of sympathy for employees in the public sector like nurses, Police and teachers about the current situation they find themselves in with regard to their pay increase.

What a resource the Internet is!

My latest find is an article by Marshall Goldsmith which describes a process of using feedforward rather than feedback and explains the benefits.