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NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Teaching, Improvement and Change: A Few Parallels 12 years back, I started my career as a tutor who taught Oracle and PL/SQL to students belonging to different age groups. We make a big mistake when we expect everyone across the organization to accept change at an equal rate.

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OCTOBER 10, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 7 Steps For Customer Centric Process Improvement You can improve almost everything in your organization. With so much to improve, how do you identify what are your top priority improvements? Check it out if you haven’t already ! RSS feed for comments on this post.

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OCTOBER 24, 2010

One of the biggest challenges for a lot of organizations today is to involve each and every team member in the quality game. Most people in the organization can do a better job if they know: What are the key values and beliefs on quality/excellence in the organization? How will those actions add value to organization?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Most people/organizations don’t think about meaningful changes unless the consequences of not changing are serious or our survival is at stake. I realized that we only change when we “have to” change (externally driven) or when we strongly believe in the result of change (internally driven). Because the latter often tends to be more painful.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Training Middle Managers On People Management Basics Here is a simple idea: Whenever you have a new manager (project manager/departmental leader) joining in your organization, put him/her through a simple training program on how to manage people. Train existing managers as well.

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

To bring about a positive change in people/organization through our work. 4) To bring about a positive change in people/organization through our work. To be able to build/deliver quality consistently. To raise the bar. To be able to do more in less time. To innovate and experiment. Consistency matters!

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Check it out if you haven’t already ! Bonus: QAspire Blog was recently featured on Community of Program and Project Managers (PPM Community).

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Senior management and business leaders play a similar role in an organization. Sometimes, a kid acts up, doesn’t obey and creates difficult situations. A mother is still patient and tries to counsel the kid in different ways. But she doesn’t give up. There are problems, roadblocks, dead-ends, difficult issues and choices.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

a lot of companies focus on restructuring their organization structure (hierarchy). Tuning hierarchy and structure of the organization for better outcomes is just one part. I have said this before – any organization that aims to deliver high performance consistently cannot ignore the power of process. How would work flow?

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AUGUST 8, 2010

I have seen extreme cases where organizations either measure so much or they don’t measure anything at all. You can measure almost anything in your business, but if those metrics don’t serve a real business objectives, they are just numbers with no real meaning. Measurement is a means to an end, not an end in itself.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Article Series on Quality – A Round-Up As announced earlier , I am writing a very exciting series of articles on QUALITY over at ActiveGarage.com – it is a 12-part series that touches upon some of the most critical aspects of building a quality-centric organization culture.

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AUGUST 29, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer ‘Their Work’ Versus ‘My Work’ When you work in an organization or within a team, you can think of it as ‘doing the work for someone’. On one side, they work for an organization, but on the other, they also aim to attain personal mastery in whatever they do.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I was very glad to know that two young and aspiring individuals, Manan and Naitri (who are still students themselves) took an initiative to start TEDxAhmedabad (TEDx is an independently organized TED event). The theme of this conference, to be organized on 02nd October 2010, is “Urban Rethinking”.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

They not only pull you out of your comfort zone, but can also add tremendous value to your team/organization. These have always worked for me: Spend more time with your customers As a leader, your impact on an organization is as large as the impact you have on the customers. Think about “Top 3” pain areas in your team/organization.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 11, 2016

According to the US Department of Education, the number of computer science degrees peaked at 37 percent between 1984 and 1985 compared to only 18 percent in the period between 2008 and 2011. computer software engineer and computer programmer positions. As a consequence, women hold only 22 percent of all U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

That choice of living a remarkable life starts with waking up to our current realities, setting your terms for the unconventional life, challenging the status quo, undertaking contrarian adventures, building serious competence, organizing your personal finances, living in possibilities and thinking about your legacy now.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

With rapid globalization and advent of technology, the rate of change in society and in organizations has just multiplied. Every change has its settling time and that depends on you/your organization/your context. internal re-organizations, initiative to change etc.) Change eliminates (on a long run) those who don’t adapt.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

Not managing expectations of all stakeholders of the project (including your organization and in client’s organization). I will try to cover convoluted/complex scenarios in future posts, but again, if these rules of thumb are followed, most software projects would not end up the way they do (overruns, disasters and failures).

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

Are you creating positive experiences for your team, clients and your organization? So, if you are a project manager at any level, here are a few critical questions to think upon: What statement are you making by the way you manage projects? Are you the right example for your team to follow? Have a Great Monday!

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." Your personal brand is the mark you leave on the world. .

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AUGUST 22, 2010

didnt know much about “madhyahan bhojan&# )if thats how we call it) and the organization behind it. really true way of action of making change, with quality. By Maulik Shah , August 23, 2010 @ 12:36 pm Nicely observed and nicely presented by you.I was really not knowing this much about Akshaya Patra.It

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JULY 22, 2010

Totally employee oriented terms, and its also true if Employees are satisfied in any organization it will grow no doubts. People need to know how their work contributes to the organization. I will start questioning myself Thanks for fantastic post. Have a wonderful weekend!! By Megha Mehta, July 23, 2010 @ 9:11 am Simply Great!!

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APRIL 9, 2010

Are you likely to adopt a new software application that is poorly designed? Make sure that everyone within your organization pays attention to design aspects relevant to their roles and responsibilities – make attention to design part of your culture. While this position may seem a bit harsh, it is nonetheless true.

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JULY 20, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 5 Ways To Build Trust (Lessons from a Conversation) One of my friends recently joined a new organization at a senior position. " Clarify Expectations : When you are new to an organization, it is very important that you manage expectations well. What you expect from them.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

That is the common perception, and also a reality in many organizations even today. The cause of building a memorable organization. In an organizational context, subordination refers to a lower position in the hierarchy. A leader is placed at a higher rank and subordinates are at a lower rank. They are not.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

His Blog ) The book is organized in form of conversation between a teacher (named Isadore Kroll, Izzy) and his former student (Marcus), who is now facing a dilemma of whether he should accept a leadership position being offered to him by his company. But a very few touch upon "Why do you want to be a leader?" " by Timothy R.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

This month, I touched upon “ Instinctively Reactive Leadership ” and how it is a huge cost to the organizations. Life Lesson on Endurance I continued the thinking on self-improvement aspect and realized that “Thinking” is a very useful (and important) habit in life and career. I wrote earlier about “ toxic leadership ”.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Best, Tanmay By Tanmay , September 3, 2010 @ 3:21 pm @Paul - There are leaders who fulfill these requirements and when they get to the top, you get a clue about what works in such organizations. It also tells a great deal about the organization itself. Best, Tanmay Other Links to this Post RSS feed for comments on this post.

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JULY 1, 2010

Leaders play many roles when they lead teams / organizations. My post “ 15 ideas To Ensure That Trainings Effectively Deliver Value ” was featured in HR Carnival over at i4cp PRoductivity Blog - along with a host of other brilliant posts on talent management, general HR, managerial advice and career advice.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Well regarding, Servant Leadership, can you please explain where can this kind of ideology fit in a leadership activity or what a leader can benifit and when, by following this attitude of being just a server or a purpose to attain a end goal for organization. I hope this helps.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Instinctively Reactive Leadership – Another Cost A few weeks back, I wrote about “ toxic leadership ” and how it is a huge cost to organizations. Managing a team/organization means managing confrontations, conflicts and uncomfortable situations. Leaders cannot be instinctively reactive.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

It offers very interesting insights on some of the most important aspects of building great organizations. In one of the chapters “Building a Process-Focused Organization”, Subroto Bagchi shares a wonderful story that only underlines the importance of process. This book journals growth of MindTree from idea to IPO.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Culture of a team or organization forms an eco-system for people to deliver great results. Thoughts and deeds of a leader set examples and precedence for others to follow and emulate. Long after a leader is gone, these examples and precedence stay on. Hence, culture is at the very core of a quality oriented culture.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2009

And energy cannot be created or destroyed, it just changes form” – Rhonda Byrne (Discoverer of Secret) “The best strategy for building a competitive organization is to help individuals become more of who they are” – Marcus Buckingham (Motivational Expert) “How people treat you is their karma. Einstein told us that.

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JULY 25, 2010

An organization needs to connect with the customers. A singer has to understand the taste of audience and sing accordingly. A trainer has to connect with participants. An actor has to truly connect with the character being played. A blogger has to connect with the readers. Connecting with others accelerates learning and spreads the ideas.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

People don’t work for an organization; they are the organization. Michael By admin, February 6, 2010 @ 5:54 pm @Shaival - There is no doubt about the fact that accepting the status-quo is a dangerous sign for individuals and organizations. Ackoff In my view, processes are “tools” that help us become more effective.

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OCTOBER 3, 2010

Identify your core values and behaviors that are important to your organization. So the critical question is: “Is your performance management system driving the right behaviors for the organization?” - - - - P.S.: Three quarters of 2010 have been a super fast for this blog with a frequency of 3 posts per week and a total of 100+ posts.

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