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Dronacharya: The Mentor. The employee who doesn't like working himself but is always ready to guide and train new joiners. Bhishma: The Loyal. The employee in a relatively senior position who happily assists the boss in spite of knowing his incompetence (because of some strange oath maybe) Dhritarashtra: The blind boss. He knows that everything is wrong with his project but will still let it function, without making any changes to the current processes. Gandhari: The Yesmen/Women. Boss's immediate juniors who know that they are a part of an evil plan but will stay blindfolded and pretend as if nothing is happening. Yuddhisthira: The ethical guy. Poor chap would never fudge timesheets and call in sick only when he is dying. Bheema: The angry resource. Always ready to pick up a fight with his peers, subordinates or even the bosses. Arjuna: The cool dude. The star performer who also knows how to sell his skills. A natural charmer, very famous among the ladies. Nakul ...

MANAGEMENT LESSONS FROM A FIVE HUNDRED RUPEE NOTE Prakash Iyer, MD, Kimberly-Clark Lever and Executive Coach shares two important management lessons he learnt from a 500-rupee note. Read on. 1. It happened some years ago but I can recall the evening like it happened just last week. I was in an audience listening to a motivational guru. The speaker whipped out his wallet and pulled out a five hundred-rupee note. Holding it up, he asked, "Who wants this five hundred rupee note?" Lots of hands went up. Including mine. A slow chorus began to build as people began to shout "Me!" "Me!" I began to wonder who the lucky one would be who the speaker would choose. And I also secretly wondered -- and I am sure others did too -- why he would simply give away five hundred rupees. Even as the shouts of "I want it" grew louder, I noticed a young woman running down the aisle. She ran up onto the stage, went up to the speaker, and grabbed the five hun...