BLOGTASTIC by Rajesh Setty: A Blogging Guide
September 25th, 2012 // 3:47 pm @ Tanmay // No Comments
Why do I blog? Why do people blog? I blog because it helps me see my thoughts. Get clarity. Make a small difference to my community. Build meaningful connections. Establish credibility. One such connection I made during my blogging journey was with my friend and mentor, Rajesh Setty. He is one of those who has, [...]
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Social Media and Leadership Success: A Few Parallels
June 4th, 2012 // 5:28 pm @ // One Comment
When I first learned playing Guitar, I focused too much on notes, specifics and techniques. The more I practiced, the more I realized that notes, specifics and techniques are important for producing good music, but not sufficient. So what was missing? The starting point of becoming a good artist is to have an emotion, an [...]
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SHRM India Top-20 Indian HR Influencers on Social Media
March 16th, 2012 // 6:41 am @ // 8 Comments
This week, SHRM India released a list of “Top 20 Indian HR Influencers on Social Media” where I am featured at #4. It came to me as an unexpected yet a very pleasant surprise. Readers of this blog know that I focus on the people, leadership and culture aspects of quality. I write on topics [...]
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Gratitude 2011
December 25th, 2011 // 7:25 pm @ // 5 Comments
Gratefulness fills me whenever a year ends. Each year brings along new hopes, some challenges, many opportunities. When the year ends, we look back and ruminate on how we did to seize those opportunities, to face those challenges and what we learned out of it all. One of the things I am so grateful about [...]
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Gratitude – 2010
December 31st, 2010 // 9:17 am @ Tanmay // 3 Comments
I am filled with gratefulness as I think about 2010 coming to an end. The reason I love blogging is that while I express myself, I meet some very interesting people – meet them through the words we write and through our passion of sharing ideas to make a small difference in the world we [...]
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Focus on Relationships and Tale of Two Leaders
June 23rd, 2010 // 5:31 am @ Tanmay // 5 Comments
Consider the following tale of two sales leaders who wanted to be successful: – – – In his quest to achieve his sales targets, Peter was overly focused on "closing the sale". When in front of a customer, he often focused on what the "next steps" would be. He sold from the mindset of "What [...]
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99Tribes by ActiveGarage – Building Valuable Relationships
April 22nd, 2010 // 8:02 pm @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
Today, I would like to congratulate my friends at ActiveGarage for launching their flagship project – 99Tribes which is a people discovery engine for Twitter.(See the announcement) In real life, we quickly build connection with people who share common interests. 99Tribes allows you to discover people on Twitter who share your interests. Consider the following: [...]
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QAspire Blog Makes it to Top150 Management/Leadership Blogs
April 8th, 2010 // 6:32 am @ Tanmay // 6 Comments
… and I am very proud and happy about it. Jurgen Appelo (over at NOOP.NL), whom I have been reading since last couple of years, has compiled a list of Top 150 Management and Leadership Blogs. QAspire Blog ranks 89 amongst these, when mere inclusion in the list is an honor in itself. There are [...]
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Carnival of Leadership Development and 4 Years of Blogging
April 5th, 2010 // 7:49 am @ Tanmay // 5 Comments
This month’s Carnival of Leadership Development is hosted by Sharlyn Lauby at HR Bartender blog. I am happy to have my post 3 Lessons in Building Great Relationships with Customers featured there along with some of the best posts on Leadership Development. If you are looking for some fantastic reading on leadership and allied subjects, [...]
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While I was away…
October 4th, 2009 // 7:53 pm @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
Last year was very hectic for me – work, travel, book, blog and a host of other things. I needed a good break to re-energize and spend quality time with my family and hence, last week, I took a one-week break to Goa – my favorite destination. Sandy and rocky beaches, palms dotting the skyline, [...]
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