Announcing: The ASTD Management Development Handbook
May 22nd, 2012 // 6:16 am @ Tanmay // No Comments
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) recently released a fantastic collection titled “The ASTD Management Development Handbook”. This book provides current thinking on various management aspects by practicing management professionals. Lisa Haneberg, the editor of this book invited about 37 bloggers/authors to contribute their thinking – people who are active NOW, who are exploring [...]
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Getting Ahead: Interview with Joel Garfinkle
March 22nd, 2012 // 5:37 am @ Tanmay // 3 Comments
I had a pleasure of reading a new book titled Getting Ahead: Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level by Joel Garfinkle (@workcoach4you). Joel is the founder of Garfinkle Executive Coaching, author and one of the top 50 coaches in America. Joel was kind enough to share his book with me, which [...]
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5 Insights on Creativity from Osho
January 8th, 2012 // 7:17 pm @ Tanmay // 10 Comments
Creativity is at the core of building quality in design. People rarely innovate when they simply follow instructions. This led me to think more about creativity – the act of doing something in an unconventional way, the act of creating something meaningful that changes you and hence the world. Traditionally (in an industrial world), only [...]
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What We Need The Most in 2012?
January 1st, 2012 // 6:52 pm @ Tanmay // 5 Comments
Business ecosystem is rapidly changing – and as a student of personal and organizational change, I recently re-read Dr. John Kotter’s book (published in 2008) titled “A Sense of Urgency”. I have read it before and somehow felt the need to read it again. In the book, Dr. Kotter argues that single biggest reason most [...]
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Review: “Love Presenting…” by Nicholas Bate
June 19th, 2011 // 7:34 pm @ Tanmay // No Comments
In an ever-expanding new world of work, leaders have to reach out to more people and spread their ideas. A lot of leaders do presentations of all kinds (sales/training/conferences) but are not sure how to make them really effective. Nicholas Bate delivers what the world really wants – an effective guide titled “Love Presenting Hate [...]
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Poke The Box: A Review and One Question to Seth Godin
March 23rd, 2011 // 5:11 am @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
Last year, Seth Godin showed us a way to become a Linchpin. This year, he urges us to “Poke the Box” – to act, to start, to initiate, to experiment, to try (and fail and learn from it) and most importantly to finish and deliver. Poking the box is about taking initiatives, not just waiting [...]
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Book Review: From Bud to Boss
February 14th, 2011 // 8:27 am @ Tanmay // One Comment
When we work as an individual contributor in early years of our careers, we are in-charge of our own outcomes. At some point, we get promoted to a leadership position, and we have to get things done through people. This is one of the most significant transitions in our careers, and the one that is [...]
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Author Interview: ‘Awesomely Simple’ by John Spence
October 28th, 2010 // 6:22 am @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
John Spence has done a brilliant job of writing a very useful handbook titled “Awesomely Simple – Essential Business Strategies For Turning Ideas Into Action”. It is a privilege to interview John on his book. Business is complex and this book is a great attempt to simplify it through ideas and how they can be [...]
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In Review: The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau
September 27th, 2010 // 6:04 am @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
I have been following Chris Guillebeau’s remarkable work via his blog since last couple of years. So when I heard about his new book “The Art of Non-Conformity”, I could not wait to order it. I am glad I did, because this book instantly made it to my favorite books in 2010 which also includes [...]
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Book Review: Everyone Communicates, Few Connect
July 26th, 2010 // 5:30 am @ Tanmay // 6 Comments
A few weeks back, my friend Becky Robinson at Mountain State University gifted me with a copy of John C. Maxwell’s latest book “Everyone Communicates, Few Connect”. The book, as the title suggests, is all about establishing meaningful connections to build great relationships at work and in personal life. The book introduction says, “Connecting is [...]
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