Clearing the Fog in Communication
May 8th, 2013 // 7:36 am @ Tanmay // 5 Comments
Our communication at workplace needs a lot of simplification. Have you seen leaders who throw jargons and so called “hot words” that leave people more confused? When a boss says, “We need to get this done soon”, people are left to wonder what soon actually means. I once observed a senior leader who was approached [...]
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Great Story: A Manager’s Function
April 17th, 2013 // 5:48 am @ Tanmay // No Comments
I recently re-read a fantastic book “Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams” by Tom Demarco and Timothy Lister. The book is filled with hard-won wisdom about executing projects and managing people for highest productivity. Here is a real-life story from the book that underlines importance of the “human aspect” of our work; especially creative work that [...]
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Hansei and 6 Pitfalls to Avoid in Reflective Exercises
April 15th, 2013 // 7:22 am @ Tanmay // No Comments
As individuals, teams and organizations, how much we learn from our past is critical for our improvement and future success. Hansei (meaning self-reflection) is an important part of Japanese culture – an exercise undertaken to look at past mistakes, outline the lessons and pledge to act on those lessons. According to Wikipedia, “Han" means to [...]
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Leadership: 6 Pointers on Having Face Time with People
March 7th, 2013 // 6:41 am @ Tanmay // 7 Comments
In case of my 7 year old daughter, all significant behavioral and habit changes have been a result of “face time” – time spent one to one to inspire, inform and involve her. Face time is an oasis of meaningful conversation amidst the hustle and bustle of life – a place where positive difference and [...]
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Leading Others: How NOT to be in Control
January 30th, 2013 // 7:55 am @ Tanmay // 4 Comments
Excessive use of positional power: I was interacting with a leadership expert recently when he said, “If you have to use your position to exert your power, you are not powerful.” Being at a certain position within organization means that you have a higher visibility which needs to be extended to others. Your position is [...]
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Managing the Real
January 23rd, 2013 // 7:27 am @ Tanmay // No Comments
How often do we, as professionals and managers, get sucked into the whirlwind of status reports, new-initiatives-everyday, number crunching, endless meetings and presentations? Sometimes, the best management is to do simple and obvious things more effectively. In this context, I enjoyed reading an insightful post titled “Finding more time for real management” at Business Strategy [...]
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Project Management: Science? Art? Common Sense?
December 5th, 2012 // 7:10 am @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
I recently heard someone saying, “Project management is just science.” “Do I agree?” I asked myself. Here is what I think: Project management is both science and art, but it is the art of project management that makes great project managers. It is science because there are essential processes and elements that make up project [...]
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Building Engaged Teams with Power of Appreciation
October 11th, 2012 // 9:59 am @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
Appreciation is a fuel that helps others move forward in direction of their goals, yet we often see that managers take others/their work for granted thinking, “So what if they’re doing it – they’re paid to do just that.” When organizations establish 1:1 link between outcomes with pay, they breed mediocrity because people will also [...]
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On Accountability: A Story and a Few Lessons
August 20th, 2012 // 3:30 pm @ Tanmay // No Comments
Consider this story: Jay is a newly hired project manager whose primary accountability is to manage a large client account and ensure that all projects within that account adhere to scope, time, cost and quality parameters. The primary KRA for Jay was to drive profitability and customer satisfaction (and hence repeat business). Jay did a [...]
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Never-Ending New Beginnings: Interview with Lisa Haneberg
August 7th, 2012 // 3:26 pm @ Tanmay // No Comments
Lisa Haneberg is a great friend who is an expert (and a lifelong student) on the craft of management. I have been following her blog and her work since last six years and she has greatly influenced my own blogging journey so far. Lisa is an expert in the areas of organization development, management, leadership, [...]
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