Pourquoi?

Why does an employee leave an organization. Is it because of salary? No. Less or no hike? No. Promotion or none in a year? No. Not enough leave benefits? No. Not good benefits with the job? No. If you really will understand why an employee will leave an organization, just look at the immediate supervisor of that employee. An employee leaves his/her manager - never an organization. If the manager is a leader and a charismatic one on top of it, the employee will always be loyal by default. And give in the best at work.

I can share my examples. When I started working, I had a great immediate supervisor - I won't publish any names here - let's call him S. He had a great rapport with all his team members and always backed his team, sorted their issues, helped the team members as and when required. A great asset for the team. And I did not want to leave my job, despite the low pay package, because I had a great supervisor! Then my project completed. I got a new project to work on and I got a new supervisor and a new team member. Let's name the supervisor S again. And at the fag-end of the project I cried - thanks to the team member & the supervisor. That's the point I nearly left my job. Thankfully, the project was about to end and got delivered successfully. And I got a much better supervisor after many more projects. Let's name her G. Even though the team was a pain in the wrong place. G left the organization after some time and so did I. We've remained friends till date. Whenever I would resume work, I'll follow G for sure & be loyal to her come what may. Great leader and a supervisor.

So, you can say an employee leaves his/her manager - never an organization. Organizations - buckle up! Ensure good leaders as supervisors. Not managers as supervisors.

Unrelated to this post - I read somewhere...
"If you succeed in cheating someone, don't think the person is a fool. Realize that the person trusted you much more than you deserved!"

Dream.

What is it that saddens a parent the most? As a parent and the phase I am going through, I think it is when the child is not doing well, health-wise. Being a mother of a toddler, the most unhappy moments are the ones when my toddler is down with fever or cough & cold, or the most recent one - stomach infection. I introduced a new food last week - perhaps it did not suit him and it led to stomach infection. He is recovering; however, the recovering it's taking its own sweet time. And seeing him go through such pain is extremely painful for me.

As a child grows, I am sure parents have different set of issues to deal with at different points of time. Which school is the best for my child? Will my child get admission into a good school? Once admitted, is my child giving in his/her best at studies and extra-curricular activities? And always hoping that children don't fall into bad company. Will my child be able to understand right from wrong, good from bad, ethical from unethical?

I think the answer to the last question and the statement before it is more to do with the upbringing. What children watch at home and comprehend according to their understanding help them not cross the thin line between right & wrong, good & bad, ethical from unethical. And it is the upbringing that helps a child not bend to peer pressure.

I've seen so many parents asking their children to do things because of what the society will say. "Aisa karoge, toh log kya kahenge?" People will say things anyways. Someone will try to bring down another, maybe because someone could not do something himself/herself. The main thing is follow your dreams and let people say things. If people don't say anything about your dreams, I feel your dreams are not worth following. If people don't say anything about your dreams, you are doing what everyone else is doing.

Dream. And rock on!