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This essay is by Sridhar Krishnan. Visualise a typical IT project. Now, picture the project manager. What comes to your mind? For most people the stereotypical image of a project manager is one of a harried individual scooting around with a project plan, attending project reviews with the client, moderating an endless stream of team …
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This essay is by P C Raguraman. Most people expect to grow professionally and this is both normal and healthy. This growth is typically evidenced by a larger role with increased responsibilities and greater stature, especially at senior levels. Unfortunately, this growth is often desired without any proper planning and consequently, expectations are frustrated. The …
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This essay is by G N Radhakrishnan. It started in the late 1990s when I was designing a training program on communication skills and I intuitively requested my client to allow me to take up a half day review with the participants, a few weeks following the program. At that time I was particularly keen …
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I had written this guest article for the Transcend Talent Transformation Blog. Here it is. These are challenging times we live in. Whether we work for a corporation or have struck out on our own, stress-causing situations are inevitable. Obstacles, disappointments and failures will visit us and we will desperately need the ability to withstand these …
(This article appeared in the Hindu on August 29, 2012. The text of the entire article is reproduced below too) Continuous Improvement (CI) is the quality philosophy that processes can always be improved. It also refers to the efforts of a company or team to improve its operations, services or products or reduce its costs. …
(This article appeared in the Hindu on July 25, 2012. The text of the entire article is reproduced below too) In a perfect world, all your team members will have all the necessary skills and relevant experience to do their job, know how to work well independently and with others. They may be ethical, dependable …
(This article appeared in the Hindu on July 18, 2012. The text of the entire article is reproduced below too) Projects can run into trouble and frequently do. As the poet Robert Burns might have said, even the best laid project plans often go astray. While poor project management skills may be the single largest …
(This article appeared in the Hindu on June 27, 2012. The text of the entire article is reproduced below too) Hiring interviews are part of a company’s recruitment process that seeks to provide it needed talent from the marketplace. As a manager, you will have several occasions to fill positions that are either new or …
A process is a collection of related and structured tasks that produces a specific service or deliverable. It is best understood by a flowchart of a sequence of activities. We use processes in our day-to-day activities such as cooking a meal or crossing the road or driving a vehicle. Some of these are so institutionalized …
In almost every single survey of employers and leaders on essential skills needed to succeed at work, Problem Solving (or Analytical) Skills ranks in the top ten. These skills are needed to help us face and resolve difficult situations that we will face in our profession. The problem may be technical or one of management. …