Current Openings:

1. Title:Leasing Manager

Summery:Institutional Sales, Business Development

Detail: Handle retail leasing,Identifying appropriate brand to fit in retailer mix in mall, Negotiate & close lease agreement with communication of terms & conditions with international & domestic brands,Efficiently handle legalities of transaction.

Key Skill: Mature self - starter, Superb Communication skills both written & verbal, Knowledge of managing leasing contracts & negotiations, Strong sales skills, good technical knowledge of leasing commercial facilities.

Exp.: 4,5 years in respective field.

Qualification - MBA marketing


2. POSITION TITLE : Commercial Executive 
 
REPORTS TO : Plant Accounts Manager - Nasik Plant.

Bachelor’s degree in Commerce with specialization into indirect taxation. Hands on experience of 4-5 years in handling excise, Sales Tax, service tax & EPCG licenses knowledge of ERP preferred. incumbent having FMCG experience shall be preferred

10 DEADLY SINS OF NEGATIVE THINKING

10 DEADLY SINS OF NEGATIVE THINKING
The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.” – Dalai Lama
Life could be so much better for many people, if they would just spot their negative thinking habits and replace them with positive ones. Negative thinking, in all its many-splendored forms, has a way of creeping into conversations and our thinking without our noticing them. The key to success, in my humble opinion, is learning to spot these thoughts and squash them like little bugs. Then replace them with positive ones. You’ll notice a huge difference in everything you do. Let’s take a look at 10 common ways that negative thinking emerges — get good at spotting these patterns, and practice replacing them with positive thinking patterns. It has made all the difference in the world for me.
1. I will be happy once I have _____ (or once I earn X).
Problem: If you think you can’t be happy until you reach a certain point, or until you reach a certain income, or have a certain type of house or car or computer setup, you’ll never be happy. That elusive goal is always just out of reach. Once we reach those goals, we are not satisfied — we want more.
Solution: Learn to be happy with what you have, where you are, and who you are, right at this moment. Happiness doesn’t have to be some state that we want to get to eventually — it can be found right now. Learn to count your blessings, and see the positive in your situation. This might sound simplistic, but it works.
2. I wish I were as ____ as (a celebrity, friend, co-worker).
Problem: We’ll never be as pretty, as talented, as rich, as sculpted, as cool, as everyone else. There will always be someone better, if you look hard enough. Therefore, if we compare ourselves to others like this, we will always pale, and will always fail, and will always feel bad about ourselves. This is no way to be happy.
Solution: Stop comparing yourself to others, and look instead at yourself — what are your strengths, your accomplishments, your successes, however small? What do you love about yourself? Learn to love who you are, right now, not who you want to become. There is good in each of us, love in each of us, and a wonderful human spirit in every one of us.
3. Seeing others becoming successful makes me jealous and resentful.
Problem: First, this assumes that only a small number of people can be successful. In truth, many, many people can be successful — in different ways.
Solution: Learn to admire the success of others, and learn from it, and be happy for them, by empathizing with them and understanding what it must be like to be them. And then turn away from them, and look at yourself — you can be successful too, in whatever you choose to do. And even more, you already are successful. Look not at those above you in the social ladder, but those below you — there are always millions of people worse off than you, people who couldn’t even read this article or afford a computer. In that light, you are a huge success.
4. I am a miserable failure — I can’t seem to do anything right. 
Problem: Everyone is a failure, if you look at it in certain ways. Everyone has failed, many times, at different things. I have certainly failed so many times I cannot count them — and I continue to fail, daily. However, looking at your failures as failures only makes you feel bad about yourself. By thinking in this way, we will have a negative self-image and never move on from here.
Solution: See your successes and ignore your failures. Look back on your life, in the last month, or year, or 5 years. And try to remember your successes. If you have trouble with this, start documenting them — keep a success journal, either in a notebook or online. Document your success each day, or each week. When you look back at what you’ve accomplished, over a year, you will be amazed. It’s an incredibly positive feeling.
  5. I’m going to beat so-and-so no matter what — I’m better than him. And there’s no way I’ll help him succeed — he might beat me.
Problem: Competitiveness assumes that there is a small amount of gold to be had, and I need to get it before he does. It makes us into greedy, back-stabbing, hurtful people. We try to claw our way over people to get to success, because of our competitive feelings. For example, if a blogger wants to have more subscribers than another blogger, he may never link to or mention that other blogger. However, who is to say that my subscribers can’t also be yours? People can read and subscribe to more than one blog.
Solution: Learn to see success as something that can be shared, and learn that if we help each other out, we can each have a better chance to be successful. Two people working towards a common goal are better than two people trying to beat each other up to get to that goal. There is more than enough success to go around. Learn to think in terms of abundance rather than scarcity.
6. Dammit! Why do these bad things always happen to me?
Problem: Bad things happen to everybody. If we dwell on them, they will frustrate us and bring us down.
Solution: See bad things as a part of the ebb and flow of life. Suffering is a part of the human condition — but it passes. All pain goes away, eventually. Meanwhile, don’t let it hold you back. Don’t dwell on bad things, but look forward towards something good in your future. And learn to take the bad things in stride, and learn from them. Bad things are actually opportunities to grow and learn and get stronger, in disguise.
7. You can’t do anything right! Why can’t you be like ____ ?
Problem: This can be said to your child or your subordinate or your sibling. The problem? Comparing two people, first of all, is always a fallacy. People are different, with different ways of doing things, different strengths and weaknesses, different human characteristics. If we were all the same, we’d be robots. Second, saying negative things like this to another person never helps the situation. It might make you feel better, and more powerful, but in truth, it hurts your relationship, it will actually make you feel negative, and it will certainly make the other person feel negative and more likely to continue negative behavior. Everyone loses.
Solution: Take the mistakes or bad behavior of others as an opportunity to teach. Show them how to do something. Second, praise them for their positive behavior, and encourage their success. Last, and most important, love them for who they are, and celebrate their differences.
8. Your work sucks. It’s super lame. You are a moron and I hope you never reproduce.
Problem: I’ve actually gotten this comment before. It feels wonderful. However, let’s look at it not from the perspective of the person receiving this kind of comment but from the perspective of the person giving it. How does saying something negative like this help you? I guess it might feel good to vent if you feel like your time has been wasted. But really, how much of your time has been wasted? A few minutes? And whose fault is that? The bloggers or yours? In truth, making negative comments just keeps you in a negative mindset. It’s also not a good way to make friends.
Solution: Learn to offer constructive solutions, first of all. Instead of telling someone their blog sucks, or that a post is lame, offer some specific suggestions for improvement. Help them get better. If you are going to take the time to make a comment, make it worth your time. Second, learn to interact with people in a more positive way — it makes others feel good and it makes you feel better about yourself. And you can make some great friends this way. That’s a good thing.
9. Insulting People Back
Problem: If someone insults you or angers you in some way, insulting them back and continuing your anger only transfers their problem to you. This person was probably having a bad day (or a bad year) and took it out on you for some reason. If you reciprocate, you are now having a bad day too. His problem has become yours. Not only that, but the cycle of insults can get worse and worse until it results in violence or other negative consequences — for both of you.
Solution: Let the insults or negative comments of others slide off you like Teflon. Don’t let their problem become yours. In fact, try to understand their problem more — why would someone say something like that? What problems are they going through? Having a little empathy for someone not only makes you understand that their comment is not about you, but it can make you feel and act in a positive manner towards them — and make you feel better about yourself in the process.
 10. I don’t think I can do this — I don’t have enough discipline. Maybe some other time.
Problem: If you don’t think you can do something, you probably won’t. Especially for the big stuff. Discipline has nothing to do with it — motivation and focus has everything to do with it. And if you put stuff off for “some other time”, you’ll never get it done. Negative thinking like this inhibits us from accomplishing anything.
Solution: Turn your thinking around: you can do this! You don’t need discipline. Find ways to make yourself a success at your goal. If you fail, learn from your mistakes, and try again. Instead of putting a goal off for later, start now. And focus on one goal at a time, putting all of your energy into it, and getting as much help from others as you can. You can really move mountains if you start with positive thinking.

AQumen Training Services: Can Leadership Abilities be Detected in Brain Scans

AQumen Training Services: Can Leadership Abilities be Detected in Brain Scans

Can Leadership Abilities be Detected in Brain Scans

Can leadership abilities be detected in brain scans?

Whilst the debate about good leadership source is engaging a larger and larger number of HR professionals and business leaders, and is becoming the more and more passionate in a bid to ultimately find out if leadership is an inborn quality or can it actually be learned, scientists are investigating if it is, instead, a cerebral matter.

Debate about leadership has so far being limited to two main aspects: the “human factor” and the “trainability factor”, scientists believe that leadership abilities might, instead, relate to a “biological factor”.

If a day will come in which head-hunters, in order to take decisions about recruiting senior managers, will be prompted to ask brain scans instead of scrutinising CVs and organising assessment centres is anybody’s guess. Nonetheless, the pioneering study underway at Reading University (UK), whatever the outcome and although it is too early to deem it promising, seems to be, if anything, really interesting.

The investigation is conducted by Dr Kevin Money, of Henley Business School, now part of Reading University, who explains the aims and objectives of the investigation: "We hope to look at how leaders from different sectors make decisions, what actually leads people to move from making good to bad decisions, what goes on in people's minds and how they make those choices."

The outset of the investigation has seen protagonist Sir John Madejski, a leading British business leader, who after having been prepared by a team of scientists was gently wheeled into a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan, where he spent 45 minutes.

During this time Sir John Madejski was not just passively waiting for the machine to perform its scan activities, on the contrary, he was called to perform decision making activities, by completing a number of exercises.

The activities carried out by Sir John were looked on by Professor Douglas Saddy of Reading's Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics.

Sir John was basically taking a series of financial decisions which were confirmed pressing the buttons of a special keypad put inside the MRI scanner.

"In this case", explains Professor Saddy, "what he is being asked to do is make a judgement about whether given a certain set of information a short-term reward would be better than a long-term reward".

While Sir John was performing his decision making activity into the scan, by pressing the keypad, his brain activity was measured by the cutting-edge £1m MRI scanner.

Obviously the investigation carried out with the help of Sir John will not be enough to reach reliable conclusions; he was, in fact, the first volunteer who contributed his availability to start the experiment. It must be said that Sir John was not a completely casual choice; in fact, Sir John endowing a Centre for Reputation at Henley Business School is one of its main, possibly the main, University’s private supporter.

Sir Madejski was enthusiastic about the experiment and has promised to support the study encouraging other leading businessmen to lend their brains to the University for scanning purposes.

The experiment will, in fact, be obviously replicated a number of times in order to gather a relevant quantity of results which will, then, be aggregated in order to find out if it is actually possible to draw out some significant lessons from the experiments.

More specifically, neuroscientists, psychologists and management experts at Reading University aim to examine the brains of business chief executives and leaders in other field like the military or voluntary organisations.

Dr Money, who suggests to treat the experiment with some caution at the time being, especially as for what concerns the immediate results of the study, stresses the importance of carrying out a relevant number of experiments before being able to draw conclusions: "It's way too early, we can't look at one person's brain and conclude too much. What we can do is look at different groups, say military and business leaders, and compare leadership education within those different groups."

Using technology to examine what makes a good leader is not actually a completely new technique. For decades, in fact, organisations around the world have used psychometric tests to select candidates for senior management positions, and to try to understand what constitutes a good leader.

However, psychometrics is a controversial science, having supporters and detractors as well.

Professor Peter Saville, who belongs to the former group, claims that such a technique stretches back to the techniques used by Samuel Pepys to select naval officers, and insists that psychometric tests make a valuable contribution to the process of selecting right candidates to fill available roles: "You still find interviewers who judge people on the first minute of an interview", he says (which definitely is a no-no). "All we are doing is reducing the odds of choosing the wrong person. It's science versus sentiment".

It is difficult to say today if it is, actually, realistic believing that there is a chance that the recruitment industry, which already uses psychometrics, will have the option to resort to brain scanning or other technological means in the future.

Virginia Eastman head-hunter of Heidrick and Struggles, who recruits candidates for senior roles in global media organisations, for instance, appears to be pretty sceptical. She claims that new technologies are helping to make the process of communicating with and assessing suitable leaders more rapid, but it only goes so far: "Our whole profession is built on one thing, the consensus that we all know what good looks like, and that we make that judgement. No machine can replace that".

According to Mrs Eastman, although neuroscientists and psychologists believe they can make a real contribution to head-hunters’ understanding of what makes leaders effective, those whose job it is to select leaders still believe it is more of an art than a technology.

However, it is extremely important do not forget that, whatever technology will be able to achieve and bring to the profession, brain scans (provided the final finding of the study carried out at Reading University will be successful) and tests, of whatever kind they could be, should not be used to make final selection decisions.

Both the CIPD and the British Psychological Society (BPS), in fact, recommend that tests have not to be used in a judgmental, final way. Torrington et al. (2008) stress the idea that tests results have to be used only to stimulate discussion with candidates and that every time recruiters use tests, feedback needs to be given to candidates.

The CIPD also warns that using test results to take final recruitment decision could contravene legal regulations (in the UK the 1998 Data Protection Act), so that they can only be used as part of a wider process where suggestions and indications received from tests results could be backed by other resources.

Additionally, Ceci and Williams (2000) have also warned of the risks related to the use of norm tables, pointing out that norm tables change over time, so that using an old test with old norm might very likely result to be deceptive.

Tests and scans might possibly be used with moderation and even when using them, especially if you are an experienced recruiter, do not neglect what your personal feelings and sensations suggest.

Last but not least, brain scans are very likely to be extremely expensive if you require a £1 m scanner to perform them and, very likely, also not so immediately available even once you have decided to resort to them. To cut a long story short, it is not likely that you will be able to use them any time soon.

Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." -Winston Churchill
"Positive anything is better than negative nothing." -Elbert Hubbard
"Once you replace negative words with positive words, you'll start having positive results." -Willie Nelson
"There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge." -Napoleon Hill
"Train your mind to think in terms of 'possible' and 'can be done'." –Unknown
Our lives have been influenced by these words and more but here are a few things I picked up along the way of my life experiences.
1. A very wise teacher told me, "Be where you are." She meant it in terms of yoga training (push your own limits and don’t spend time looking at the people way ahead of you or behind you), but I’ve found it’s an important piece of life wisdom to stay positive.
when we worry and fret and immediately start planning for the worst-case scenario; when we set too high standards for ourselves and get upset that we did not reach them "Be where you are" addresses it.
2. “Wear a smile”: have you ever had to go out socialize or simply be at a job where no matter how upset you are feeling deep inside you have to ‘smile’? While you are wearing the ‘smile’ you realize that the ‘smile’ becomes you. Changing our physiological state can also influence our emotions. That’s why it may sometimes be better to go out wear a smile and have some fun when you are feeling low,.
3. “Do good”: doing something for someone else at a moment of extreme low. Sounds impossible, how can I do for others when I myself need help? Just give it a shot. At a time when I was facing complete turmoil within I was given a research project with the kids at a remand home. Just doing for others; volunteering to assist in areas that drew on one of my strongest skills; amassing the positive vibes from the kids and the other volunteers has been an amazing mood lifter for life in general.
The list could go on and on and I am sure you have many more life’s learning’s to share with me well just a few more points as I stop penning my thoughts:
1. Quit getting upset on situations beyond your control
2. Change your internal dialogue when dealing with fear
3. Change your vocabulary as a daily habit
4. Get out of the habit of criticizing yourself
5. Avoid criticizing others
Simply put just be HAPPY and make others HAPPY.
Live and let live.
CHEERS

communication

A young girl and her father were on a pilgrimage. When they reached the temple of Shiva, her father said, “Lets collect bilva leaves and dhatura flowers and offer them to Shiva to show our devotion.” This is what the father and daughter did. Then, they reached a Vishnu temple, and her father said, “Lets collect tulsi leaves and offer it to Vishnu to show our devotion.” This is what the father and daughter did. Then they reached a Ganesha temple. On the father’s advice, the daughter offered blades of grass. At the temple of the Kali, the daughter was told to offer neem leaves and lemons. At the temple of Hanuman, she offered sesame oil.

The daughter was confused, “You say all gods are actually one.” “Yes,” the father confirmed. “Then why different offerings to different gods?” “Because,” said the father, “Each form is different and different forms need to be told the same thing in different ways. Each time we have expressed our devotion but the vehicle of communication has changed depending on the preferences of the recipient. That is why: the wild bilva and poisonous dhatura for the hermit Shiva, the fragrant tulsi for the romantic Vishnu, the rapidly regenerating grass for Ganesha who was resurrected with an elephant head, the sour lemon and bitter neem for Kali who consumes all things, negativity included, and sesame for Hanuman, the mighty wrestler, feared even by death.”

Often we want to communicate an idea to our customers. But we do not pay adequate attention to the method of communication. The method chosen should be the function of the customer. Different customers need different methods. But most corporations find the idea of customizing methods of communication rather inefficient. So they try to come up with an efficient standard method of communication, often at the cost of effectiveness.

How to improve employee loyalty

Apart from the newly emerging culture of job hopping, where it is considered necessary for career advancement. Indians are naturally loyal. However since they are emotional too, a negative environment, relationship problems etc can make them want to leave. Dissatisfaction at work is the prime reason of course, but usually this does not only stem from money. What we could do to improve the satisfaction level:

Specify your expectations:Changing expectations keep people on edge and create unhealthy stress. They rob the employee of internal security and make the employee feel unsuccessful. I’m not advocating unchanging jobs just the need for a specific framework within which people clearly know what is expected from them.

The quality of the supervision an employee receives is critical to employee retention. People leave managers and supervisors more often than they leave companies or jobs. It is not enough that the supervisor is well-liked or a nice person, starting with clear expectations of the employee, the supervisor has a critical role to play in retention. Anything the supervisor does to make an employee feel unvalued will contribute to turnover. Frequent employee complaints center on these areas.

--lack of clarity about expectations,
--lack of clarity about earning potential,
--lack of feedback about performance,
--failure to hold scheduled meetings, and
--failure to provide a framework within which the employee perceives he can succeed.

The ability of the employee to speak his or her mind freely within the organization is another key factor in employee retention.

Talent and skill utilization is something your key employees seek in your workplace. They want to be able to contribute beyond the call of duty, it energizes people to be able to use their skills and abilities but when thwarted and restrained it leads to further dissatisfaction.

The perception of fairness and equitable treatment. Reward good performers but recognize the impact it will have on others. There can be no favorites in an organization. There just has to be a policy for rewards, recognitions and promotions. While u maybe encouraging someone another person may also be getting discouraged, recognize that and be fair.

Most importantly:

Your staff members must feel rewarded, recognized and appreciated. Frequently saying thank you goes a long way. Monetary rewards, bonuses and gifts make the thank you even more appreciated. Understandable raises, tied to accomplishments and achievement, help retain staff. Commissions and bonuses that are easily calculated on a daily basis, and easily understood, raise motivation and help retain staff.

Yes as a bottom line money does matter too, that's why the person came to work in the first place.How the money made him feel is what we neglect to work on.

Why are you looking for a job change? and the best answer would be?

If someone is asked such a question in the interview I feel he should be honest enough to put forward the real reason for his search- people see through a lie and they know when the person is using a glib reply just to impress the interviewer. Now the question remains what if there is a totally unacceptable answer (can't get along with people, politics in the company etc) I think at such a time the person needs to rethink his decision -- if all else is OK in the company and just ppl skills that is damaging your longevity U need to introspect more and really find out if there maybe any other reason for leaving, if u find one. YES go ahead and leave ...... else ppl will be ppl and they will be in the new place too ... watch it!!!!

I have had this experience ... when I left my previous organization (outwardly) it seemed it was because of the politics: believe me I stepped out of the environment (took leave) just to introspect and really understand why I wanted to leave and the answer was not PEOPLE but the fact that considering the type of personality I am --- I need challenges and opportunities to explore my potential and take more initiatives "which was being fulfilled in my old job" till things changed and I started looking too capable to the top management - then my NEED stopped being fulfilled. I got thwarted from self discovery and further challenges. That was the day I got my BEST ANSWER ..

Chazing Dreams

                  Value what is yours!

The owner of a small business, a friend of the poet Olavo Bilac, met him on the street and asked him

“Mr. Bilac, i need to sell my small farm
The one you know so well. Could you please write an announcement for me for the paper?”

Bilac wrote:
“For sale, a beautiful property, where birds sing at dawn in extensive woodland, bisected by the brilliant and sparkling waters of a large stream.
The house is bathed by the rising sun.
It offers tranquil shade in the evenings on the veranda.”

Some time later, the poet met his friend and asked whether he had sold the property ?

To which he replied: I’ve changed my mind. When I read what you had written,
I realized the treasure that was mine.

AQumen Training Services: Eighty Floors

AQumen Training Services: Eighty Floors: "There were once 2 brothers who lived on the 80th floor of a tall building. On coming home one day, they realized to their dismay that t..."

Eighty Floors

There were once 2 brothers who lived on the 80th floor of a tall
building. On coming home one day, they realized to their dismay that the lifts were not working and that they have to climb the stairs home. After struggling to the 20th level, panting and tired, they decided to abandon their bags and come back for them the next day.
They left their bags then and climbed on............

When they have struggled to the 40th level by this time they had gone sufficiently mad and irritated. The younger brother started to grumble and both of them began to quarrel. They continued to climb the flights of steps, quarreling all the way to the 60th floor.

They then realized that they have only 20 levels more to climb and decided to stop quarreling and continue climbing in peace. They silently climbed on and reached their home at long last. Each stood calmly before the door and waited for the other to open the door. And they realized that the key was in their bags which were left on the 20th floor.........

This story is a reflection on our life and times. All of us climb the
tall building called life........... some till all the 80 floors and some less. Many of us climb under the expectations of our companion.

Time to time these are our friends and parents till the 20th floor,
then our spouse and our dear ones till the next level of the building.
We seldom get to do the things that we really like and love and are under so much pressure and stress so that by the age of 20, we get tired and decided to dump this load. Being free of the stress and pressure, we work enthusiastically and dream ambitious wishes.

By the time we reach 40 years old, we start to lose our vision and dreams. We began to feel unsatisfied and start to complain and criticize. We live life as a misery as we are never satisfied.

Reaching 60, we realize that we have little left for complaining
anymore, and we began to walk the final episode in peace and calmness.
We think that there is nothing left to disappoint us, only to realize that we could not rest in peace because we have an unfulfilled dream..........a dream we abandon 60 years ago.

So what's your dream.....?

LIFE-

ONE PARAGRAPH THAT EXPLAINS LIFE! Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon tennis player was dying of AIDS which Was due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983. From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which Reads :o "Why does GOD have to select you for such a Deadly disease"? Arthur Ashe replied: " world over -- 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to The semi final, 2 to the finals, And when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And today When in Deep pain I should not ask GOD 'Why me?' " Happiness keeps you Sweet, Trials keep you Strong, Sorrow keeps you Human, Failure keeps you humble and Success keeps you glowing, but only Faith Keeps you going..