Cooperation is so very important when it comes to team work in general and our own growth in particular. Simple Rule: People reciprocate with cooperative behavior if you cooperate. You defect and people are more likely to do the same with you. I read an interesting anecdote at “India Knowledge@Wharton” where IK@W interviews V. Raghunathan […]
I suggest reading The Manager’s Cheat Sheet: 101 Common-Sense Rules for Leaders at InsideCRM.com (hat tip to this post at lifehack.org) – a great list of common sense management skills that really matter for us managers. A few random ones here: Lead by example. You can talk until you’re blue in the face, but the best way to […]
I read an interview of Kevin Eikenberry (author of “Remarkable Leadership“) over at Slacker Manager conducted by Phil Gerbyshak. Kevin also has a blog named “Remarkable Leadership.“ In response to one question, Kevin responds: “Take action. Identify one thing that you would like to improve on. It could be something you are already good at, or […]
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 […]