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The members of the Chamber who
attended the Monthly meeting at the Westin Galleria on
Wednesday the 20th of March, 2002, spent a
delightful evening listening to a talk by Mr.David
Schein, a consultant who specializes in management
issues. The evening started with Mr.Ashoke Nath, the President of the Chamber, welcoming a
new member, Mr.Indranil Chowdhury, who is a Patent
Lawyer. Also present were Mrs.Paula Alam, Vice
President Washington Mutual Bank and her husband Sohail
Alam.
Board Member Dr.Krishna Rao thanked
the members for coming and introduced Mr.Schein. Dr.Rao recounted his experience with his own employer,
where the profits are rising but the number of employees are
shrinking. But he said that the most important thing is
to be able to cope with the added stress that comes from
this sort of work environment and not let it affect your
personal life.
Dr.Rao went on to tell us about Mr.Schein, who has over 20 years in business, including
Fortune 500 Companies as well as several small
Companies, enjoys the challenges which come his way. He
is a Graduate of Wharton Business School, with an MBA
from the University of Virginia.
Mr.Schein’s topic for the evening
was "Dealing with workforce in these difficult
economic times", a subject which is very
appropriate right now, even though we see the economy
getting better every day, the layoffs have not reduced.
This is now a way of life here- even in good times,
there will be layoffs, said Mr.Schein. He then gave
tips on how to deal with various situations, so that the
employer is not at a disadvantage over workforce issues.
He also gave several good pointers to ensure that the
severance is structured such that things are made a
little easier for the employee.
After a round of question and
answers, the evening concluded with Board Member Mr.Subroto Mukerji thanking Mr.Schein for his insightful
talk and urged attendees to continue supporting the
chamber by attending the mind expanding talks arranged
by the Chamber.
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An evening with David Schein
