"People leave managers not companies"

These lines written below have implications for organizational design, remuneration policies, motivational issues and more.
The main point of these well-written lines is encapsulated in the title of this post: even if a company is prestigious, pays its employees well, trains them well and provides good career prospects, employees often leave because their immediate supervisors don't treat them well.
I think what is most important here is that supervisors have a direct and daily impact on their immediate subordinates. One's salary once known is a relatively fixed expectation that should neither incentivise nor demotivate an employee. So an overbearing boss has a much greater impact than other positive influences. Conversely, I believe it is often possible for a great boss to make up for deficiencies in other areas.
The bit that really hit home in this article was:
It isn't the 100th blow that knocks a good man down. It's the 99 that went before.
Another nugget focused on the loss to the company from the departure of an employee. Apart from the financial costs of replacing the dearly departed, the article highlights
...the loss of the company's reputation. Every person who leaves a corporation then becomes its ambassador, for better or for worse. We all know of large IT companies that people would love to join and large television companies few want to go near. In both cases, former employees have left to tell their tales.
More than anything else, I am creating this post to remind myself how to treat any of my own future subordinates. I don't want to be the author's next case study!!!
In Association with Arun & Mahendra...Thanks

Specially for Indian Women

“Alright, this is not cool at all. A recent survey by Nielsen has revealed that Indian women are the most stressed out in the world: 87% of our women feel stressed out most of the time. This statistic alone has caused me to stress out. Even in workaholic America, only 53% women feel stressed.

What are we doing to our women? I'm biased, but Indian women are the most beautiful in the world. As mothers, sisters, daughters, colleagues, wives and girlfriends - we love them. Can you imagine life without the ladies?

For now, i want to give Indian women five suggestions to reduce their stress levels.

One, don't ever think you are without power. Give it back to that mother-in-law J. Be who you are, not someone she wished you would be. She doesn't like you? That's her problem.

Two, if you are doing a good job at work and your boss doesn't value you - tell him that, or quit. Talented, hard-working people are much in demand. 

Three, educate yourself, learn skills, network - figure out ways to be economically independent. So next time your husband tells you that you are not a good enough wife, mother or daughter-in-law, you can tell him to take a hike.

Four, do not ever feel stressed about having a dual responsibility of family and work. It is difficult, but not impossible. The trick is not to expect an A+ in every aspect of your life. You are not taking an exam, and you frankly can't score cent per cent (unless you are in SRCC, of course). It is okay if you don't make four dishes for lunch, one can fill their stomach with one. It is okay if you don't work until midnight and don't get a promotion. Nobody remembers their job designation on their dying day.

Five, most important, don't get competitive with other women. Someone will make a better scrapbook for her school project than you. Another will lose more weight with a better diet. Your neighbor may make a six-dabba tiffin for her husband, you don't - big deal. Do your best, but don't keep looking out for the report card, and definitely don't expect to top the class. There is no ideal woman in this world, and if you strive to become one, there will be only one thing you will achieve for certain - stress.

So breathe, chill and relax. Tell yourself you are beautiful, do your best and deserve a peaceful life. Anybody trying to take that away from you is making a mistake, not you. Your purpose of coming to this earth is not to please everyone. Your purpose is to offer what you have to the world, and have a good life in return. The next time this survey comes, i don't want to see Indian women on top of the list. I want them to be the happiest women in the world. Now smile, before your mother-in-law shouts at you for wasting your time reading the newspaper. “

Pakistan releases Indian prisoner Gopal Dass

Pakistan today released Indian national Gopal Dass, who has spent nearly 27 years in the Lahore Central Jail.

Dass had crossed over to Pakistan inadvertently and was arrested on charges of spying.
       
The Indian was sentenced to life imprisonment and was set to be released by the end of this year.
      
On March 27, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had remitted the remaining jail term of Dass on humanitarian grounds following an appeal by the Indian Supreme Court.
It is also seen as a reciprocal gesture by Pakistan Government after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invited Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to come to India to watch the cricket World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan at Mohali.

You Let It Be

Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers.. This was in the initial days. While they were traveling, they happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha told one of his disciples, "I am thirsty. Do get me some water from that lake there."
 
The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy, very turbid. The disciple thought, "How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink!"
 
So he came back and told Buddha, "The water in there is very muddy. I don't think it is fit to drink." After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. The disciple obediently went back to the lake.
 
This time too he found that the lake was muddy. He returned and informed Buddha about the same. After sometime, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back. The disciple reached the lake to find the lake absolutely clean and clear with pure water in it. The mud had settled down and the water above it looked fit to be had. So he collected some water in a pot and brought it to Buddha.
 
Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the disciple and said," See what you did to make the water clean.
You let it be !!.... and the mud settled down on its own - and you got clear water. Your mind is also like that ! When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time. It will settle down on its own. You don't have to put in any effort to calm it down. It will happen. It is effortless.......