“Practice makes a man perfect”, they say. Only practice is not enough. In business, have you seen people who have been doing something for a long time and still not very good at it? If practice was enough, these people should have been rock stars in their work, right? But they aren’t. So, what’s missing? […]
You don’t need to be a Manager/VP/Director of Quality to be a quality leader, because quality leadership is not about title/experience, but more about mindset/attitude. Irrespective of your title, seniority or position in the hierarchy, you are a quality leader when you: 1) Are passionate about your work… 2) …And know how to balance creativity […]
Yesterday, I met an experienced technologist who is also an aspiring project manager. He is getting an opportunity within his company to independently manage projects and teams. During our interaction over a cup of hot basil tea, he asked a simple question, “How should people be managed?”. In my response, and our discussion further, a […]
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 […]
I remember collecting and writing quotes in my diary as a student. A good quote has power to inspire us, to stir us and sometimes, make us uncomfortable. Quotes provide a spark to our thinking. Here are a few recent quotes from my friends (via their posts) in blogosphere, that inspired me lately. You will […]
In corporate setting, a lot of people depend a great deal on their employers for their own growth. When it comes to consolidating the skill-set or acquiring a new skill in their area of work, they wait for someone to come and train (read ‘spoonfeed’) them. During a recent interview I conducted, I asked the […]
I picked up a conversation with a few friends yesterday on the creative process, and that got me thinking about how inspiration or muse strikes. I have been a “process” guy professionally who also understands/respects the importance of creativity, the sort of creativity that changes the world for better. Our schools teach us “formulas” and […]
Couple of weeks back, I wrote about Passion in Work. Around the same time, I read this post titled, “Forget Passion, Focus on Process” at 37Signals blog which really got me thinking. The premise? The problem with the “follow your passion” chorus: We can’t all love the products we work with. Someone has to do […]
Photo by Tanmay Vora at Sonamarg, Kashmir, India He must be about 16 year old Kashmiri boy – fair skin and bluish eyes that radiated amazing confidence. He was also our escort as we took a 4 Km. ride on a pony to climb a steep snow clad mountain and reach a glacier. We intended […]