BLOOMING INSIGHTS

We all must’ve wrestled around the thought in our mind that how CEOs or other strong personalities take big decisions. Do ideas just come to them in their sleep or something? Or is it some kind of sacred knowledge we can’t get our hands on?  But one thing is for sure, when they do take decisions they use their authentic values, deepest instincts, a selfless persona, and open-minded strategies. The state they are in while doing that has been dubbed as the 'Fundamental State of Leadership' by Robert E Quinn. Naturally, it gets triggered when a leader (or a person in general) faces significant and potentially life-changing moments, which could either be professional ones like promotion opportunities and proving themselves at the workplace or personal ones like the death of a loved one or a serious illness. Everyone, including leaders, tends to go back to more comfort centered zone, externally directed, self-focused, and internally closed behaviour, which is called the 'normal ...

Let's bust a myth that only MBAs can bag high level corporate jobs. M. Com. students too can bag fancy yet high profile jobs in the corporate sector. With our immensely rich academic background, we can rock the world. So, presenting to you a fancy and rich corporate career for master of commerce students: Financial Analysis . In today's scenario, position of financial analyst is becoming one of the most coveted and demanded by the employers. From situations of outbreak which leads to market crash to situations of Sensex crossing 50000 mark, financial planning and analysis is utmost to ensure the very survival of businesses. Financial analyst bank jobs include investment banking, research, sales & trading, and commercial banking. Institutional jobs include private equity, research, and portfolio management. Jobs at corporations include investor relations, corporate development, treasury, and financial planning and analysis (FP&A). SCOPE: The market for mutual funds is ex...

One of the biggest companies in the world, which advertise itself in India as ‘Aapki Apni Dukan’ (your own shop) has gotten itself into a bit of a mess lately. A couple of days ago, a few rather confidential documents of Amazon corporation were surfaced. The controversy caught fire when Reuters (news organization) posted an exclusive article about Amazon dodging Indian regulators in circumventing local laws on foreign direct investment (FDI) in e-commerce. The report states that the documents have clearly had it written in them that Amazon, despite its claim of changing one life at a time, does favour only less than 3 dozen of its preferred seller, out of a pool of over 4,00,000 sellers on the platform. Around one-third of all selling, proceeds come from 35 big pocket sellers. Despite the company’s statement that it treats every seller equally and does all in its power to empower the small seller, documents told a different story. One allegation also made the statement that Amazon only...