Here are links/excerpts of some of the recent conversations I had with some of the blogging community friends – topics are diverse, so are thoughts! Stickyminds.com is running an very useful article “How to be persuasive” by Naomi Karten. Persuasion is an important career skill which has to be based on clarity of thought, articulation […]
Via Be Excellent Blog: “The critical question is not “How can I achieve?” but “What can I contribute?” Just go out and make yourself useful. There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer. He alone gives employment. Leadership is not rank. It is responsibility.”
India celebrates 60th Independence day today and Time Magazine catches the Indian sentiment right through an article named “A Young Giant Awakes“. A snapshot from the article here: “Sixty years after independence, India is beginning to deliver on its promise. Over the past few years the world’s biggest and rowdiest democracy has matched its political […]
“Motivation is like a good bath – you need it daily”, it is said. However, when we get tangled into day to day activities, hopping from one task to another, it is very easy to get demotivated. While it is a manager’s primary goal to ensure that team members stay motivated – a lot depends […]
We all know that Quality on a project is everybody’s business and right processes have to exist to ensure that everyone thinks about quality – be it review mechanism or having a set of metrics. Around the same time that I was thinking of documenting my learnings on this topic, I came across an article “Quality […]
Commenting of source code is one of the most ignored software development activity. Although a very important part of coding process, developers often think they can do away without writing comments. Missing code comments is one of the common findings of code review sessions being done across organizations. I have seen people who write: Useless […]
Keep showing people their negatives and they fail for sure. As a manager/leader, it is extremely important to focus on positive aspects of an individual and consistently try to develop/flourish those and overcoming negatives in that process. Every individual needs to grow – but if the intent to grow is fuelled by positive reinforcement, growth […]
There is an interesting post over at Slacker Manager which says “Retire now” – basically boils down to the saying that if you do something you love doing and you won’t have to work a single day in your life. “Retire now does not mean you stop working. It means you work at what interests […]
Via Raven’s Brain blog – an excellent collection of some unwritten management rules. While you can read the full post here, here are some of my favorites. “If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much. Look for what is missing. Many know how to improve what’s there; few can see what isn’t […]