OFFICE SECRETS BY HARISH BHAT

 

Author : Harish Bhat 

Publisher: Penguin India

Genre: How-to

Book buy link : Amazon

The book OFFICE SECRETS by Harish Bhat throws light on all the things in office with an extra ordinary talent and with "A power to see what is not evident to the average mind.”  

Casually this is quite often stated that “You are not your mind; mind is only thoughts. If there are no thoughts, then there is no mind. Instead of looking outward to the world for happiness, we need to turn and look inward; it's only in that direction that we will find everything we're looking for.”

This   is applied here in an admirable way to explore & understand the professional nuances in the office itself rather than searching it outside.  That’s the Secret. Then this will lead us to land up on the style of perception to find a secret.

 If someone calls you perceptive, they mean you are good at understanding things or figuring things out. Perceptive people are insightful, intelligent, and able to see what others cannot. Perceive means "to see"; so, perceptive is a word to describe someone who is good at seeing.

The manner and the nature of looking at certain things in office needs to be altered. There by moving to a new path or perception will help you to focus on things in a better way.

The book guides to work on managers, meetings, cubicles and all the entire stuff that surrounds every employer and employee in a different angle. The author has expressed his views with varied perception.

Perception refers to how your employees are seen, and how they see each other. It is how people tend to operate and behave in the world, based on what they believe to be true. It's important to remember everybody has their own beliefs and unique mix of traits, preferences and perceptions.

Harish Bhat, currently the brand custodian at Tata Sons, has held many roles in the Tata Group over the past thirty five years, including as managing director of Tata Global Beverages, and chief operating officer of the watches and jewellery businesses of Titan Company Ltd. He writes extensively and is a columnist for THE HINDU BUSINESS LINE and MINT. He has authored five books. In 2019, LinkedIn selected him as one of their top voices in India.

This book humorously speaks up about work place dynamics and hard core meetings with PPT’s. I quote from page 124 of the book “If the best of movies, with all their scintillating actors and emotive appeal, cannot hold our attention for more than three hours at a stretch, do heavy – duty speeches and power points delivered by corporate men and women really have a hope in succeeding beyond this time limit?

HOW OFTEN DO YOU PRAISE OTHERS? is one of the 50 secrets shared in the book. Human beings have a psychological need to be respected and accepted. We need affection to satisfy the need to belong, we want praise so we can feel admired, and we want recognition to satisfy our need for personal worth.

Expressing praise and gratitude is particularly important for keeping up morale. Gratitude makes people feel valued, and positive feedback has been shown to mitigate the negative effects of stress on employee performance.

 When you praise someone sincerely, it leads to a physiological desire to recreate that feeling. In the simplest terms, that is why praising someone cements good behavior and work habits. A side benefit is that, when you learn to enjoy praising others, you experience that same chemical reward. The author clearly presents six points of your benefits on praising others.

 I quote “Even birds return to their nests by dusk” is an exemplary connect which the author gives to humans and birds and expects the humans also to do so. Here the author draws attention to the need to maintain proper office timings as well as to be in the responsibility of other roles in life apart from office.

 Learning is a lifelong process and it surely helps in personal development as well. The author suggest to consider a young mentor to horn new technical skills. The mentor need not be an elder person. I recollect a Sanskrit Subhashitams (Wise-Sayings) and prefer to add it here:

“युक्तियुक्तं वचो ग्राह्यं बालादपि शुकादपि”

 

Like these, the book takes the readers on a trip to office and introduces the entirety to them in new light.

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