Robin Sharma inspires like no one else does – and he does it again with his excellent post “Your Team’s Only As Good As You“. A team can only be as great as a leader is – and as I have said before, a lousy leader mostly manages a lousy team. Robin says – “The big idea: your team will never […]
He wins Nobel peace prize 2006 jointly with Grameen Bank, a micro-lending initiative he started in 1976 to extend small loans to entrepreneurs who are too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. Bravo!! The results of fiercely believing in something, articulating a vision and working on it relentlessly are usually startling and Muhammad is a perfect example in […]
Via Raven Young’s blog: Once a project is in motion, there are many things that can slow it down. Here are some common project clogs to watch for: “Feature creep” (This is the most common roadblock!) Project agreement changes Poor team dynamics Multi-tasking Over-scheduling people’s time (for example, setting up a schedule where team members are […]
Success at workplace largely depends on our ability to stand up for ourselves and clearly express our feelings and thoughts. Equally important is the fact that these ideas/feelings/thoughts have to be presented in the right manner. While some people at workplace are insistent and try to “enforce” their views, some are passive and mostly submissive to other’s […]
Came across an interesting post on Fastcompany blog called “Leading Ideas: Don’t Be Afraid to Show Shortcomings” – Here is an excerpt. Consider This: We all have insecurities. Things that we believe make us look bad or weak. Convinced that they’ll hold us back if exposed, we often go to great lengths to try to […]
Viruses (the computer one and the micro-organism one) disrupt the routine and one such virus took a toll on my health and kept me away from work for almost a week (and hence no new posts since a week). Unanticipated events screw up schedules – says Johanna Rothman who had a small accident that gave birth to […]
This week, I read two beautiful posts on happiness and success. The first one on happiness comes from Astha Parmar through her post called “Redefining Happy”. Happiness is a very relative term – and definition of happiness is different for each individual. Don’t we see people with meager resources living like kings and other wealthy ones […]
Via Skip Reardon’s “Be Excellent” blog. “The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.” (General H. Norman Schwarzkopf) A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week.” (General George S. Patton) Thanks Skip, for sharing these!