Long meetings are not neccessarily productive. Same for frequent meetings. Infact they are counter-productive because people get drained in a long meeting. A meeting without an agenda (purpose) is not meeting but just a time-pass. Simplicity is the key when it comes to meeting. Meetings have to be simple. Quick meetings that conclude with actionable items […]
Long time since I last blogged – I can give an excuse that I was busy with work, but I won’t! Here are some of the interesting posts that I randomly read during past couple of weeks that I have been away from blogging. One More Way to Engage I never knew this. Our brain […]
It is unfortunate that I am not finding enough time since last couple of weeks to blog! This is also a reason why last few posts have been crisp and short. Till the time I find more time again (or manage my time better), I would continue to post short blog posts with some interesting […]
Read these two great quotes on Twitter and thought of sharing! Without much ado, here they go: “People are capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom redeem them.” – Walpole “Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get […]
“Performance Management using KRA’s” has been one of the top posts on this blog. Well defined KRA’s act as a scale to measure performance of a team member. Here is an excerpt from my earlier post: Documented result areas provided us a path to tread. We knew what exactly is expected out of us and we […]
“Your profession is not what brings home your paycheck. Your profession is what you were put on earth to do with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.” – Vincent Van Gogh I have been using Twitter increasingly to post great quotes – its quick and easy! But this quote was […]
Last week, I was talking to a group of 15 middle managers in our organization sharing my views on Leadership. One important thing I discussed with them was that leadership can only stem from doing something you really love doing. We can only express ourselves fully when we love what we do. With this expression […]
Two years into my career, I had a colleague who was a talker. He would incessantly talk about what he did through the day, how he handled a situation, how he found problems with what someone was doing and so on. You get the point. He was an expert at tooting his horns and exhibit […]
Jack was a “do-as-directed” professional. He used to tell his colleagues, “I am paid to do the work and my manager is paid to think about what I should be doing”. He would never own up anything more than his own tasks and would refrain from even thinking about the overall project. Times were good […]