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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 4:32 PM

Executive education and a sense of pride

Mint's pull-out on executive education shows that good companies will invest in people even in bad times. Executives who participate in mid-career progarmmes not only brush-up old skills, they acquire new ones. And they acquire something else which...
Posted by Aparna Kalra | 2 comment(s)
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:53 PM

Wanted old hands!

The other day my father asked me if I could help him with creating his resume. It was a perfectly normal request but coming from a 63-year-old man, who has been really enjoying his post-retirement life- dividing time between Kolkata and New Delhi with...
Posted by Rajeshwari Sharma | 6 comment(s)
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Monday, September 15, 2008 8:54 PM

Supermom, sexy or sexist?

There's a debate waging over Sarah Palin on another blog run by an organization with which I am quite familiar, or at least used to be. One reader posted my last week's column comparing Palin to India's own Mayawati, which triggered this comment...
Posted by S. Mitra Kalita | 1 comment(s)
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Monday, September 15, 2008 9:51 AM

Discussion on MBA rankings - join us today!

We have gotten lots of feedback to our MBA issue and welcome more of it. Check out the very long list of comments here and keep them coming. A reminder that Premchand Palety, director of C-fore, which conducted the rankings, will be online with me at...
Posted by S. Mitra Kalita | 9 comment(s)
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Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:30 PM

Talk to us about our MBA rankings

Premchand Palety, director of C-fore which conducted Mint's business school rankings will be available for a live chat here on “On the Job” on Monday, 15 September. Prem also is the author of the popular Mint column “Business Case.” I hope you caught...
Posted by S. Mitra Kalita | 22 comment(s)
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:54 AM

Should the company pay for your kids' travel?

I've been watching the coverage of Sarah Palin, the vice-presidential nominee on the Republican ticket in the US, with great interest. Overnight, she has become America's most famous working mom, giving birth while in office (I mean, literally...
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