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MANAGEMENT LESSONS I LEARNT FROM A WEDDING

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A wedding I just attended in the family was more like a project a CEO of a company has just announced. A wedding is a project with every team and members of those teams deeply invested in the project - in this case the future of two people who are entering a new contract with everything on the line. Attending a wedding in normal times is hectic & stressful as it is; doing so in a pandemic is stuff horror movies are based on. But gladly it wasn't. Last week when I attended my nephew's wedding I was excited & nervous at the same time. Excited to visit my husband's family & participate in the wedding festivities & anxious about doing so when the virus was going to accompany us. Meeting family, eating all the goodies, dressing up, chatting, partying - I enjoyed every minute of it, glad to push the virus out of my mind for a few blessed days. I came back home enriched & empowered. I was amazed by all that our traditional customs & culture had to offer in ...