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JUNE 26, 2014

As a result of this, businesses, industries and careers are disrupted faster than ever before. We have to seriously rethink about how we lead ourselves, others and our organizations. What is the biggest challenge of living in a VUCA world as an individual/organization? Careers are about saying I open to do what is needed.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2014

In an organization, this becomes even more complex where larger system is a collection of many independent sub-systems. Careers are built one opportunity at time. Great Stories Leadership Leading Change Managing Career Self Growth career change change management HR leading change People' It is gradual and very powerful.

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MAY 27, 2018

In one of the leadership workshop I attended in early years of my career, the trainer beautifully described humility as. Some critical questions to consider, whether you lead a kid, a team of professionals or an organization, are: How often do you, as a leader, brag about others? Leadership in any form is about others.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

He outlines three styles of interpersonal interactions in teams and organizations – giving, taking and matching. Earlier in my career, I often ended up doing other people’s job simply because they delegated their work to me as my seniors. Here’s what they look like: Givers : “What Can I do for you?”.

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DECEMBER 24, 2019

Internal transitions precede external transitions in life and careers. After I took charge as a Country Head at Basware India, I have dedicated myself to build the country organization as a strategic asset with focusing on people, culture, leadership, capabilities and operational excellence. That’s what defines your career.”

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JANUARY 21, 2019

But things that we build organically like health, finances, relationships, career etc. Patience is a silent virtue that seems difficult to practice in a world obsessed with speed, connection and noise. Everything happens in an instant, or so it seems. don’t work that way. They need time and effort to mature.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

I began 2020 with a firm plan to execute a significant mid-career transition that involved voluntary movement out of a rewarding senior leadership role, relocating family, reuniting with my parents and (hopefully) start new assignments. Reinventing Career in Disruptive Times. Why Organizations Don’t Learn? My 2020 Story.

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MARCH 21, 2012

I had a pleasure of reading a new book titled Getting Ahead: Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level by Joel Garfinkle ( @workcoach4you ). Joel was kind enough to share his book with me, which focuses on perception, visibility and influence as key tools for advancing our career. - – - – -. . - – - – -.

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JANUARY 15, 2013

Thought leadership is important for building careers and for building organizations. a strategic focus for those thoughts (again, how many organizations consider up front what they want their thought leadership to achieve?), What is thought leadership? How does one build thought leadership in his/her area of work?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

She has spent her career leading teams in Fortune 500 Human Resources organizations. Chief executives of smaller companies and international and national organizations and leaders also regularly tap her expertise as coach, consultant, and/or lecturer to help them hone their positive cultures. Adams] Thanks Tanmay.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

This need to express translated into other related mediums like blogging, speaking, leading teams, running organizations, writing books and creating sketch notes. Differentiation in career and innovation always happens where two disciplines intersect. From an early age, I wrote because I wanted to express myself.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

This tendency plagues our careers as much as organizations. We fall in a similar trap; taking easier (and safer) routes to find answers rather than having courage and patience to do ‘the right thing’. Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating.” – Icelandic Proverb. - – – – -.

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AUGUST 4, 2013

Organization suffers when leaders take decisions purely based on their emotion, assumption, perception or a bias without questioning them. An organization thrives on people and decisions they make. An organization grows (or doesn’t) one decision at a time. It can sometimes prove fatal.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

Consider these aspects of doing the work that matters (to you and then to the world): a) So many people I know work in roles and organizations where they feel stuck, and they remain stuck because they lack courage, opportunities or skills to open a dialogue about how they want to work.

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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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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In this context, I read Joseph McCormack’s book “ Brief: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less ” in 2018 for two reasons – I am passionate about improving communication in organizations and I aim for simplicity in my own expression. Not organizing thoughts before speaking can lead us to think aloud. Why is it important to be BRIEF?

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Companies are working ways out to deliver more value, people in organizations are evaluated based on value they create and clients seek “value-adds” in products and services they purchase. Eliminating Waste” is the key to a lean and productive organization.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

Consider these aspects of doing the work that matters (to you and then to the world): a) So many people I know work in roles and organizations where they feel stuck, and they remain stuck because they lack courage, opportunities or skills to open a dialogue about how they want to work.

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JUNE 22, 2015

The book points to research which states that, “Effective leaders evolve and grow throughout their careers, whereas failed leaders get stuck in a pattern of overusing their strength to the point of staleness.”. Leading Others: How do you interact with others in the organization? How strong is your ability to self-regulate?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Depending on your approach and your mind-set, the experience of organizing and managing a project can be miserable or deeply satisfying. The way you organize projects, prioritize, and manage your energy is arguably more important than the quality of the ideas you wish to pursue.”. On Progress. On Managing Your Energy. On Taking Charge.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

This brilliant piece by John Wenger talks about something we so badly need today in society, families and organizations – genuine compassion, care and love. If the three most desirable things in a world defined by organizations are location, location and location, in the networked world they are connections, connections and connections.

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JULY 22, 2019

Organizations are in a state of constant flux with business models becoming obsolete, new models emerging and new technologies disrupting businesses/individuals. Peter Senge: How to Overcome Learning Disabilities in Organizations. In a world where shelf life of knowledge is continuously shrinking, we need. relentless practice and.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This guest blog post by Julie Winkle Giulioni celebrates the September 18 launch of her book with Beverly Kaye, Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Employees Want. She consults with organizations to develop and deploy innovative instructional designs and training worldwide.

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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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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 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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JANUARY 2, 2011

One thing that remains constant (and has remained constant) is “Excellence” – which is at the core of the success of any organization, product, service or an individual. Quality is often defined as “degree of excellence”, extent to which organizations, people and products reach their potential.

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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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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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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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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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JUNE 1, 2014

Joel Garfinkle on his Career Advancement Blog shares “ 7 Competencies Successful HR Executive MUST Know ” to be successful. ( @workcoach4you ). But the management system has to be created for an organization to prosper as what we all know will happen, happens: people will leave and need to be replaced.” (@curiouscat_com ).

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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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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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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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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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