Syeda Adiba Arif

Despite emphasising the equal weightage of business and people, many organisations end up overlooking the negative impact of these ambitious talents on team morale. When left unchecked, they can have serious consequences on long term business results. Watch out for these 5 bad habits commonly found in high-potential employees.

In the frenzy of daily tasks, employees often prioritise performance conversations with their managers. Don’t let “crucial tasks” that perpetually pop-up take precedence over your self-growth and follow the below tips on having conversations that truly matter.

To avoid fatigue and burnout during a 9 to 5 workday, it's important to be mindful of your work habits. Utilising these techniques can help maintain energy levels, which is crucial for both wellbeing and productivity.

Pursuing postgraduate studies while having a full-time career can be very daunting. Here are six strategies that will help the process of balancing the two during this important point of your life.

While there are many more strides to be made to reach equality, higher representation in top management indicates that women have a much stronger voice at the workplace today, leaving no excuse or rationale to get away with entertaining lewd locker room talk.

The author started her professional career with an aspiration to work for a global business that would enable a borderless career. Last year, she had the chance to live and work in South Korea for three months on an assignment. Here are four lessons she learned during that time.

Imposter syndrome is a psychological phenomenon arising from the unshakeable feeling of inadequacy, where individuals doubt their abilities and achievements, despite evidence of competence, capabilities and experiences.

Work-life integration happens when career, family, community & well-being become non-mutually exclusive.

Co-ordinated social media celebrations fueled by the collective adrenaline rush that comes with an international victory - are scenes spotted during the aftermath of a breathtaking performance by our cricket team tigers.

I’m scared of heights - morbidly terrified of heights. Looking down at the fleet of cars from the Farm-gate over bridge gets me a little rattled. So naturally, I decided that I wanted to jump off a bridge overlooking a 160m gorge at The Last Resort in Nepal. I like to think it was a calculated decision I made to conquer my fear of heights, but in reality, it was a decision I made on a whim, the consequences of which I put off thinking about until I absolutely had to.

There are certain questions that interviewers often ask while interviewing potential recruits. These range from asking them about their personal lives, why they want this job, why they are the right fit, and where they see themselves in the next 5-10 years.

People love it when they are given agency. That extra freedom goes a long way to boost their performance.

Not everything went your way last year – this year won’t be any different. Instead of acting up on every little noise, learn to look past them.

Organisations have come a long way today in ensuring congenial workplaces for women. However, there’s still a lot of gaps that need filling. With a goal to learn and advance by leveraging competencies, 7 organisations (Unilever, Grameenphone, BAT, Nestle, Robi, SCB and HSBC) have formed a cross-industry council and started an initiative called “Inspirit”. We sat with three representatives to explore the inspirations that paved the way for the initiative.

BJIT started its journey on 1 July 2001 in Dhaka, Bangladesh with a team of 10 engineers. Later BJIT Inc was founded in Japan as a group company of BJIT Group.

Throughout the years, information technology has penetrated the lives of millions of people all over the world. Bangladesh is no exception to this phenomenon.

Sometimes, even when the interns think they've done everything right, the feedback they receive is unexpectedly bad.

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A recommendation letter is a crucial part of any application. It works as an endorsement by those who personally worked with you in order to reinforce aspects you've highlighted in your application. Watch out for the following red flags while you ask someone for a recommendation letter.

Many people perceive introverts as unkempt hermits shying away from the world while hating everybody they meet.