What kind of business owner are you–Red or Yellow or Green Flag? As a coach to multiple businesses across India, I am observing how business owners are responding to the prevailing uncertain times. “Red Flag” – These are the business owners who have gone into a shell. In fact, even[…]
Have you wondered why you start your day with an extensive list of things to do, and yet you are still unsatisfied with what you did the whole day? Do you feel frustrated? Story: AB is a busy business owner running his business with a tight fist on everything. He[…]
Hello! I am Shivaram From Retail Gurukul, Bangalore. We trust that you, your family, friends, and family are safe and taking all precautions in this time of crisis. Businesses wise, family-wise, lifestyle-wise a fundamental change is happening. It is said, this is the 3rd restructuring that is taking place in the[…]
We invite you again, to regular titbits, ideas and thoughts on how to grow or grow your business Today I would like to talk about a book whose author I met recently. The book is DREAM DARE DELIVER; the author is Subhasish Chakraborty of DTDC fame. I recently went to[…]
Today’s topic is about Sundar Pichai’s comment: In India, I think roughly 50% of small medium enterprises have kind of adopted a digital for the first time in 2020. Maybe the COVID forced the SME enterprise to adopt some kind of the digital. Many of us actually shopped online for[…]
Hello, How are you doing? “I came upon a lighthouse” by S Naidu is a book on the personal side of Ratan Tata. This is my 3rd lesson in the series based on my lessons from the book. If you haven’t read the first 2 lessons, then you can do[…]
Dear Jeweller, Today I would like to talk about this book “I came upon a lighthouse” by Shantanu Naidu. Actually, this is my second learning from this book. He is the assistant to Mr. Ratan Tata. This is the story about how because of his passion of preventing stray dogs[…]
Dear Jeweller, How are you doing? Recently I read this wonderful book “I came upon a lighthouse” by Shantanu Naidu, in about 4 days! Shantanu Naidu is an executive assistant to Mr. Ratan Tata in his Tata Trust and works in his office. Directly with him! What a significant experience[…]
Dear Retailer, Do you do morning meetings in your store? If Yes, that’s great. If No, then why not? You should do morning meeting every day in your store. Every day in the morning around 10–10:30 AM you should do it. The meeting can start 5 minutes after the staff[…]
I met a retailer last year. We introduced ourselves. He asked me what do you do. I said, I improve the profitability of jewellery retailers. He asked how would you do that? I said jewellers have 33% of dead stock. He asked me to visit his store and see for[…]