Being direct, frank, authentic and natural self is ok but below is not. We should not be normalizing this:
- Achieve targets literally at any cost
- Repeated bad behaviour in hierarchy
- Messing up people’s personal lives
- Using words like professionalism & seasoned to avoid doing what needs to be done
- Playing mind games with people fresh out of college
- Delegate and then take credit for other’s work
- Judge people without knowing context
- Promote silos, avoid team work and mess up collaboration and creativity
- Pay someone less than market rate if we can afford the real salary
- Treat people like trash and take advantage of them
- Not fix the fixable
- Not doing the right thing
- Bring personal biases into the organization
- Have different set of rules for the same input and output for different groups of people
- We are not at war, we are in information technology / services industry
- Most people lose their cool or misbehave once in a while or have a bad day once in a while but if that is a habit ingrained in the culture of the organization affecting large parts of the organization then there is a problem that needs a relook
Email me: Neil@HarwaniSystems.in
I have travelled to many places in India plus multiple states in US and to Ghana, Africa in the past on short trips. Here are some of my observations and learnings from these trips. This is part – 1 of what I have observed. Hope to follow up with more observations & learnings in future.
Ghana:
- Visited capital city Accra – Some day would want to go back there
- Calm and spiritual people overall
- People are friendly and helpful
- Traffic rules are followed mostly
- All interactions with customers in offices / places of work were friendly, calm and cordial
- Many study in western countries and then come back to work in their country
- You need a car to travel around due to distances
- Cost of living in hotels is high compared to similar hotels in India
USA:
- I have visited New Jersey, New York, California, Dallas – Texas, Chicago – hope to visit more states & cities in future
- They follow queues at the airport
- Most things are kept organized
- Weather was good at the times when I went there
- Many people work with a strong ethic of office hours & off hours which means start at 8/9 AM and leave by 5 or so PM
- People from many cultures come together and work
- Upkeep of public and private spaces is organized and well managed
- Multiple types of options to stay are available
- Healthy options in food were available in office eateries
- People work from home regularly
- Having a car or a network with whom you can go around in private vehicles is an advantage
- Depending on the city – public transport may or may not be available
- Offices generally have open and free spaces
- After 8 to 9 PM traffic and rush on the roads goes down
- You will find people from varied backgrounds and citizenships / geographies in office
Email me: Neil@HarwaniSystems.in
Single ready reference of important links for customers & partners of Liferay:
- Where is the customer portal: https://www.liferay.com/customers
- Where do I find the documentation – Version & Product wise: https://learn.liferay.com/
- Where is the developer portal: https://www.liferay.com/developers
- Where is the partner portal: https://www.liferay.com/partners
- Where can I get online trainings: https://www.liferay.com/learning
- Where are the blogs: https://www.liferay.com/blog
- Where can I get the case studies: https://www.liferay.com/resources/case-studies
- Where is the list of upcoming events: https://www.liferay.com/events
- Where are the details for Subscription services: https://www.liferay.com/subscription-services
- What is DXP: https://www.liferay.com/products/dxp
- What is Liferay Experience Cloud: https://www.liferay.com/products/liferay-experience-cloud
- What are the major Use-cases & Industries that Liferay caters to: https://www.liferay.com/ – Navigate to Solutions
- Where is the MarketPlace: https://web.liferay.com/marketplace
- Where is the resource library: https://www.liferay.com/resources
- Where is the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/liferayinc
- Where is the LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/liferay-inc-/
- Where do I raise a product request for technical support, licenses and similar points: https://help.liferay.com/hc/articles/360018414031
- Where is the page for careers: https://www.liferay.com/careers
Most questions that employees raise are around culture, benefits and salary (CTC) in firms. There is a large space of compliances and other work that business owners, investors & stakeholders need to manage.
To start with – various types of firms exist, will not be explaining those in detail here but listing them for reference: Proprietorship, OPC, Private Limited, Partnerships, LLP, Public Limited and so on.
Intention of this blog is to provide a list of compliances that a private limited firm needs. This will be a helpful guide for those intending to setup their own firm.
- Annual filings with Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- MCA registration for firm
- Income Tax
- GST
- Professional tax
- Medical Insurance
- Group Life Insurance
- EPF & EPS
- Udyam
- Board meetings
- Balance sheet, income statements & accounting
- Appointment of CA & CS
- Director registration with MCA
- AOA & MOA
- Shops & Establishments Act
- Trademarks
- Patents
- Digital Certificates
- Bank accounts
- Salaries
- ESIC
- Shram Suvidha
Each of the topics above is a discussion in itself which we will explore in other parts of this blog sometime in future.
Email me: Neil@HarwaniSystems.in
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