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From the Editor's Desk Are Unpopular CEOs Bad for Business? Two Founders Weigh In The acerbic style of Away CEO Steph Korey prompted an employee tempest that led to her (temporary) resignation. We asked two founders to comment on the importance of the boss's popularity. Does CEO likability strengthen company culture? Allison Kopf: My company has a core value: "We're a team, not a family." I believe strongly in creating a culture in which we choose to work alongside our teammates because they are the best at what they do. Priscilla Tsai: You can't force everyone to like you, but you spend more time together than you do with anyone else in your life. You ultimately need to like one another as people. Continued here Stay informed with TradeBriefs. Get ahead! Advertisers of the day Cambridge Senior Management Programme: Become a Transformational Leader | 26 Sessions | 14 Faculty | 1:1 Career Coaching | US $22,000 | Apply Now! 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Our mailing address is GF 25/39, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 110008, India March 31, 2020 - Indian IT Firms Unlikely To Fire Employees; But Appraisals, Perks Can Be Stopped If this mailer does not render correctly, please enable images or view online   Advertise              Unsubscribe{statpicture} Invite Friends   From the Editor's Desk How Do You Wash Your Hands To Fend Off Coronavirus If Water Is Scarce? It's something we've heard again and again from health authorities in the coronavirus pandemic. Wash your hands. Frequently. With soap and water. For at least 20 seconds. That's an effective way to eliminate viral particles on your hands. But for the 2.2 billion people in the world who lack safe drinking water - mostly in low- and middle-income countries - that advice will be difficult to heed. In these places, water is scarce for a number of reasons. It could be due to drought or climate change. Or local water supplies could be contaminated. Or the nearest source of water may be far away from home. Continued here Stay informed with TradeBriefs. Get ahead! Advertisers of the day Cambridge Senior Management Programme: Become a Transformational Leader | 26 Sessions | 14 Faculty | 1:1 Career Coaching | US $22,000 | Apply Now! INSEAD ILPSE: Develop core leadership capabilities | Take on senior roles | SGD 66,000 | Apply now! Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails.     Software Indian IT Firms Unlikely To Fire Employees; But Appraisals, Perks Can Be Stopped Despite the grim news regarding pay hikes and bonuses, Indian IT firms as of now won't be resorting to any major staff cut-downs. Software Nearly 45% Indians do not backup data, files: Survey Nearly 45 per cent of Indians do not back up their data or files, risking data loss should they be destroyed or deleted, according to a study by digital security products company Avast.Of those who do Advt: Work for the best employer - Yourself Advantages - Best B2B audience in India, no hard-selling or up-front costs involved, access to our content repository and air-tight agreements with instant gratification. Software HCL says Covid impact not 'significant'; bookings on track From a vertical perspective, HCL's exposure to verticals which have seen a major disruption due to the CorovaVirus like Oil & Gas, Travel & Hospitality, High-End Retail is in single digits. HCL said that its business model is a healthy mix of recurring product revenues, managed services and discretionary spend led professional services. Software How China would rewire the internet News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication 14 More Software Stories Digital Tech's Shadow Workforce Sidelined, Leaving Social Media to the Machines Tech’s Shadow Workforce Sidelined, Leaving Social Media to the Machines Digital Facebook offers $100 mn to help virus-hit news media Digital Social distancing is a privilege of the middle class. For India's slum dwellers, it will be impossible For two days, Jeetender Mahender, a 36-year-old Dalit sanitation worker, has not dared to leave his family's shanty in the Valmiki slum of northern Mumbai, India, except to go to the toilet. 8 More Digital Stories Franchise COVID-19: How an Andhra-Based App Delivers Groceries in Remote Arunachal District India: Andhra Pradesh-based app MeeBuddy & IAS hero is delivering groceries to residents in remote Arunachal Pradesh district during Coronavirus (COVID-19). Franchise T-Hub launches Covid-19 Innovation Challenge in partnership with Q City and Telangana government As a part of this program, the most innovative projects/ideas will be shortlisted for advanced mentoring. 2 More Franchise Stories HR Coronavirus pandemic | Worried about pink slips, execs now ready to move jobs with pay-cut Candidates are ready to take lower pay hikes or even cuts due to the looming threat of job losses HR What's the future of your company? Use this time to up career skills The ongoing all-India lockdown could be lifted after 21 days or get extended. If the latter happens, the economy will get worse and firms may have to shut shop. Here's how you can achieve career growth even in a lockdown, as you preprare for things to swing either way. 18 More HR Stories Logistics National Disaster Management Act has brought clarity for logistics firms: Stellar Value Chain Solutions' CMD The nationwide lockdown imposed by the government to halt the spread of Corona virus is posing huge challenges to logistics firms to ferry essential commodities to grocery stores. With the lockdown en Logistics Now, dotting India's highways are abandoned trucks Drivers flee back home fearing police action and infection; bringing the vehicles back may pose a problem for truckers 10 More Logistics Stories Construction The coronavirus crisis will challenge our thinking about office design Once we are out of the coronavirus crisis, all concerned with office design and development will need to ask themselves why people would want to work in their buildings, when they could do it all from their kitchens, says Paul Finch Construction Following the money: China Inc's growing stake in India-China relations Since 2014, an influx of Chinese capital in India has transformed the structure of India's trade and investment relations with China. Until that year, the net Chinese investment in India was US$1.6… Construction The story of Plüsch: a key Indian importer of German luxury brands Did you know that it was SIS Imports that was rebranded to Plüsch? Read on to find out more.... Construction All That Needs To Be Done To Fix A Covid-19 Wrecked Economy We have no alternative but to pursue a print & spend emergency response. Cruelly, this is not a free lunch, writes Ananth Narayan. Construction Government to pay rent if tenants fail to do so: Delhi CM Kejriwal also urged industrialists, businessmen, and all well-to-do families to help the needy people during the lockdown period. Construction Indian Businessman Donates Entire Building For Coronavirus Quarantine in Dubai The building donated by Ajay Sobhraj, founder and chairman of Dubai-based Finja Jewellery, can accommodate up to 400 people. 10 More Construction Stories Marketing Make the best of this Lockdown Period with Digital Marketing Education News: The ongoing CoVid-19 pandemic has managed to impact everyone's life… from being stuck in our homes or away from it; to the way we spend our time and t Marketing The disrupting effect of Coronavirus on the experiential marketing industry in India Some industries like experiential marketing are taking the hardest hit simply because it operates on the frontlines of human engagement and connection. The 13 More Marketing Stories Politics "Send Selfies Every Hour," Those Under Home Quarantine In Karnataka Told Those under home quarantine in Karnataka, the southern state which has recorded more than 80 coronavirus cases and three deaths so far, have been asked to send their selfies every hour to the state government. Politics Delhi Mosque Sealed After 7 COVID-19 Deaths, 850 Moved Out For Quarantine A religious gathering at a mosque in Delhi has been linked to seven coronavirus deaths and more than 300 people with symptoms linked to COVID-19 are being tested. Early this morning, the Markaz Nizamuddin - the Delhi headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat -- was sealed and 800 people moved out in buses are quarantined in different parts of the city. Politics G20 Ministers Agree To Keep Markets Open, Tackle Supply Disruptions Trade ministers from the Group of 20 major economies agreed on Monday to keep their markets open and ensure the continued flow of vital medical supplies, equipment and other essential goods as the world battles the deadly coronavirus pandemic. 4 More Politics Stories Sports Pakistani squash great Azam Khan dies due to Covid-19 in London Younger brother of the legendary Hashim Khan, Azam is widely regarded as one the best squash players in the world. Sports 26 years ago: How Azharuddin's decision played an important role in Sachin Tendulkar's career Mohammad Azharuddin recalled the tour which saw the 'Little Master' don a new role. Sports 'Afridi, not Sehwag, who changed the mindset of opening in Test': Wasim Akram "In 1999/00, Shahid Afridi changed the mindset of opening in Test cricket. Even if I was the bowler, I would know that he can hit me for boundaries. He used to hit loose deliveries for sixes at will," said Wasim Akram. 3 More Sports Stories Entertainment Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli pledge to donate Rs. 3 crore for COVID-19 fight Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli pledge to donate Rs. 3 crore for COVID-19 fight. Latest Bollywood News, Bollywood Celebrity News, Breaking News, Celeb News, Celebrities News at Bollywood Hungama.com Entertainment Top five family-friendly shows you can binge-watch during lockdown Here are a few international shows you can watch with your whole family during the lockdown period. 12 More Entertainment Stories Work MIT Will Post Free Plans Online for an Emergency Ventilator That Can Be Built for $100 Clinical and design considerations will be published online; goal is to support rapid scale-up of device production to alleviate hospital shortages. One of the most pressing shortages facing hospitals during the Covid-19 emergency is a lack of ventilators. These machines can keep patients breathi Work Tom Colicchio Spent 19 Years Building a Restaurant Empire. Coronavirus Gutted It in a Month. 12 More Work Stories Life Road trips, yoga and LSD with the dentist: what the Beatles did next Fifty years after the band announced their split, Craig Brown looks back at the Fab Four's remarkable return to 'normal' life Life Her husband died. Then his family shaved her head and made her strip beside his grave Following her husband's burial in southern Nigeria, Rose says she was forced by her in-laws to undergo a series of rituals. 10 More Life Stories Retail Bombay High Court Restrains IDBI Trusteeship From Selling Future Retail's Shares The court granted ad interim relief to the Future Group by restraining debenture trustees from selling pledged shares. Retail Retail stores running out of essentials, manpower; disrupt supply chain Industry sources told FE that D-Mart, which runs more than 200 stores pan-India, has only about five to seven days of stock in store while its staff attendance is down by 80%. 19 More Retail Stories Telecom Here's what WhatsApp is doing to reduce stress on mobile internet during India's coronavirus lockdown India is WhatsApp's biggest market and with over 400 million people using the 'popular' instant messaging app to get through these challenging times, it was only about time the company started to think ahead. Telecom Trai to telcos: Extend prepaid validity so users get uninterrupted services during lockdown The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said that following the novel Coronavirus or Covid-19 outbreak, there would be "no question of holdin.. 10 More Telecom Stories Finance Half Of India's Economy To Function Under Complete Shutdown, Says Study Finance Howard Marks' Oaktree Capital Sees Bargains In India But... Here’s an excerpt of Oaktree’s view on emerging market debt, distressed debt and equities, including India. Finance India to grow fastest among G20 economies despite coronavirus impact, says EIU report 2.1 percent GDP forecast may be a huge downgrade but given the projected recession in other regions like US, Europe and Latin America, India will be a fastest growing nation and will be only among three countries in G20 along with China and Indonesia. With worst negative growth of 7 percent, Italy will get a huge hit. Finance Scary Times For US Companies Spell Boom For Restructuring Advisers Giants such as Ford, Kraft Heinz and The Cheesecake Factory are grappling with the coronavirus hit on business. But for one group in the financial services industry—restructuring and bankruptcy advisers and lawyers—the emerging signs of pain for companies, both big and small, spell booming business 12 More Finance Stories Food/FMCG India needs package of Rs 5 lakh crore to save businesses from collapsing due to Covid-19 Govt's fiscal package has so far targeted non-workers. Present situation calls for major fiscal support to be extended to affected businesses & workers. Food/FMCG Bonn Group distributes over 32000 packets of breads, burgers to needy people in Delhi, Ludhiana As the country is going through a 21-day lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, leading FMCG player Bonn Group of Industries donated 32,000 packets of breads and burgers in Ludhiana. The company has extended their CSR initiative and distributed 40 packets of bread to a bunch of kids suffering from illness and living away from … 7 More Food/FMCG Stories TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. 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