Sincerity is one virtue someone cannot fake easily. Communicating sincerely does not necessarily mean using too many words. We were told that corporate world and growth therein is all about tricks, cosmetic smiles and opportunism to run over others. I do not endorse that. Sincerity is still the most admired virtue in the corporate world. […]
Most of this week was spent in a lot of work and in recuperating from thoughts/images of Mumbai terror – great thing is that people are asking straight, no-nonsense questions creating pressure on Government to act fast in the right direction. My earlier post – “To err is human – Treating people when they make mistakes” generated […]
People are not human robots. They will make mistakes. A manager’s true measure is the way he treats his people when they make mistakes. I was thrashed by my boss way back in 2001 for a minor mistake I did working on a project based on a very new technology. I literally had tears in […]
The lessons I learnt in the Management Development Programme (MDP) way back in Apr 2008 keeps clogging my mind space – and something new comes out as an insight. One of the topics Mr. Pillai touched upon was motherhood and management. Let me explain. I have always seen my mother give me plenty – she […]
In my first job, my immediate colleagues cursed me for my inability to say no – and my boss loved me for that! I said yes to everything that was given to me – and then stretched thin to get it done. At times, this even landed me in terrible situations just because I did not […]
Each day begins with newspapers reporting despondent news on economic downturn – and a general feeling of despair surrounds us. Some inspiration was needed before I start my week and I sought help from my friend – the feed reader. This friend never lets me down – it searches effectively from some 100 odd good […]
In my earlier post today, I wrote about decision making in general and “elephantine” way of decision making where I shared a short story of a tamed elephant. The subject did not leave my brain for the entire day and my mind pushed me to think a little further on it – dig a little more and […]
Decision making is one of the key personal/organizational skills – for decisions shape our futures. While thinking about this, I realized that the speed of making a decision is directly proportional to your desire to get to something. If you are not very keen about something, decision making will be a slower process. A few […]
Naysayers are important people – who push you to do more and do better. When they reject an idea, you have an opportunity to do more and prove a point to them. When I decided to take up a career in IT/Software almost a decade back – many people tried putting me off saying that […]