In Praise of Golden Shower Tree
September 20th, 2010 // 4:57 am @ Tanmay // 5 Comments
I am always amazed when I see the “Golden Shower Tree” (Cassia Fistula, Garmalo or Amaltas). This tree blossoms with beautiful and bright yellow flowers at the peak of summer. The bloom is so profuse that entire tree is covered with yellow flowers hanging downwards on delicate branches. It extends a feeling of gold being [...]
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Friday High-Five: Posts I Loved Reading Last Week
September 17th, 2010 // 6:55 am @ Tanmay // One Comment
Friday is the day to share link love with some great insights from my friends in blogosphere. So, here are 5 posts that I loved reading (and you will too): Directions 7 by Nicholas Bate: Insightful and thought-provoking as usual. Goodness in small bits. Sometimes, what we look for is more important than what we [...]
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5 Pointers For Effectively Dealing With Negative Feedback
September 3rd, 2010 // 5:31 am @ Tanmay // 11 Comments
In my career so far, I have seen number of confrontations arising out of a negative feedback that is shared honestly. Some people disagree (or take it personally) when a negative feedback is shared in performance appraisal. Others don’t like it when client points out areas of improvement. As humans, we crave for validation and [...]
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‘Their Work’ Versus ‘My Work’
August 30th, 2010 // 3:29 am @ Tanmay // 7 Comments
When you work in an organization or within a team, you can think of it as ‘doing the work for someone’. For the company. For the manager. For the client. Or you can think of it as ‘doing your work’. There is a big difference. Our work is a way to express ourselves. A programmer [...]
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Training Middle Managers On People Management Basics
August 27th, 2010 // 4:12 am @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
Here is a simple idea: Whenever you have a new manager (project manager/departmental leader) joining in your organization, put him/her through a simple training program on how to manage people. Train existing managers as well. The premise: Most project managers/team leaders get work done through team. I have also seen that a lot of people [...]
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Friday High-Five: Posts I Loved Reading Last Week
August 20th, 2010 // 11:09 am @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
Friday again – time to share some of the most profound posts that I loved reading last week. These brilliant posts hit the point and leave us with some excellent lessons. A big high-five to these amazing folks. Six Thoughts About Middle Management – by Lisa Haneberg Lisa says, “Management is a social act. Conversations [...]
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Friday High-Five: Posts I Loved Reading Last Week
August 13th, 2010 // 7:14 am @ Tanmay // No Comments
Friday is a great day to share links to some of the best thinking out there. I am fortunate to a part of a wonderful leadership/management community who so generously share their ideas, insights and knowledge. So, here are 5 posts that I totally enjoyed reading in the last week, and I am sure you [...]
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Metrics: Are They Mapped With Your Business Objectives?
August 9th, 2010 // 5:29 am @ Tanmay // No Comments
You can measure almost anything in your business, but if those metrics don’t serve a real business objectives, they are just numbers with no real meaning. Measurement is a means to an end, not an end in itself. I have seen extreme cases where organizations either measure so much or they don’t measure anything at [...]
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Excellence: Lessons From Anupam Kher
August 2nd, 2010 // 5:52 am @ Tanmay // 10 Comments
I have believed that most good things in life are either free or inexpensive. A good walk, a great hug, a few moments spent together, a long drive, a free lecture, time spent with friends and so on. I write this because over the weekend, I experienced some of these. Monsoon is at its best. [...]
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Quality & Improvement: From “Experience” to “Advocacy”
July 28th, 2010 // 5:05 am @ Tanmay // 10 Comments
Consider the following scenario: You go to a new restaurant for the first time. You evaluate quality of food and quality of service. Your first visit was about experimenting with a new place and getting an experience. A few weeks later, you go there again. You get a similar or a better experience this time. [...]
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