Great Quotes: Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky
February 21st, 2013 // 7:23 am @ Tanmay // No Comments
I just completed reading Scott Belsky’s (Twitter: @scottbelsky) book “Making Ideas Happen – Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality”. It is a fantastic book for those who have great ideas but struggle to give those ideas a life. This book bridges gap between the spark of an idea and all that goes into turning [...]
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In 100 Words: Riding a Bike
February 18th, 2013 // 8:04 am @ Tanmay // No Comments
Yesterday, I taught my daughter how to ride a bike. It was as good as teaching her how to lead her own life. In the process, I learned: That you need to keep pedaling to move forward; that we build confidence as we go; that learning may not always be smooth, failing and getting up [...]
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Using Kaizen for Employee Engagement and Improvement
February 15th, 2013 // 6:14 am @ Tanmay // No Comments
Kaizen is a Japanese term that means continuous improvement. It all sounds good on the surface, but the reality is that very few companies fully embrace kaizen. They say, “But we’re improving all the time.” That may be true, but it’s the way in which companies make improvements that matters. In companies that truly embrace [...]
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An Opportunity: Startup Weekend Ahmedabad 2013
February 13th, 2013 // 6:07 am @ Tanmay // One Comment
Most people have bright ideas and they stop at that. Ideating something is a sort of romantic affair because you don’t need to do anything then except putting your bright idea on a piece of paper. We come face-to-face with fear (of failure) when we have to take that first important step, initiate and [...]
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Collaborative Leadership at AIMA Blog
February 12th, 2013 // 6:26 am @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
I was invited to write a series of articles on the topic “Indispensable Traits of a Collaborative Leader” for the blog of All India Management Association (AIMA). Since 1957, All India Management Association (AIMA) is functioning as an apex body of management with over 30,000 individual members, 3000 institutional members and 62 Local Management Association [...]
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In 100 words: Finding a Way Out of Forest
February 11th, 2013 // 6:49 am @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
A blind man, wandering lost in a jungle, tripped and fell over a cripple. The blind man said, “I have been wandering since long in this jungle and cannot find my way out!” The cripple replied, “I have been lying here since long and cannot get up to walk.” Suddenly, the cripple cried out, “I’ve [...]
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In 100 Words: To Be Creative
February 8th, 2013 // 7:37 am @ Tanmay // No Comments
Here’s a story from Sir Ken Robinson. A little girl was sitting at the back of the classroom and drawing something. When teacher asked, “What are you drawing?” the girl replied, “I’m drawing a picture of God.” The teacher said, “But nobody knows what God looks like.” And the girl promptly replied, “They will in [...]
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In 100 Words: A New Day!
February 3rd, 2013 // 1:57 pm @ Tanmay // No Comments
The dawn breaks, alarm buzzes, eyes open and a bright new day is waiting to be seized; to be lived. The air is fresh and mind, clear. Life seems to be catching its pace again. Yes, there are challenges to be met, agendas to be drawn, priorities to be completed, and lessons to be learned. [...]
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Great Quotes: Focus on Experience
February 1st, 2013 // 7:20 am @ Tanmay // One Comment
In a competitive world obsessed with goals, people recommend that we should periodically review our performance. Performance appraisals in organizations are almost a necessary evil. The problem with focusing excessively on our ‘performance’ is that performance is always judged by others, by some external entity. When you constantly try to align yourself to external expectations, [...]
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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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