QAspire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The first is prioritizing and acting on your strengths-based goals and second is managing the energy of your brain. Part 2 offers two key ingredients to manage our brain for having an “Energizer” day. Part 2 offers excellent brain booster exercises, strategies and tips to refuel the brain energy and avoid burn-out.

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Energy Workshop Crisis Books 96

QAspire

JANUARY 6, 2013

In a cohesive team, the end goal or outcome assumes higher importance than an individual. In an organizational setting, senior leaders have a common and over-arching goal. Tough and tricky decisions have to be made keeping this goal in perspective. This failure is not because of me.”.

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Team Leadership Bottom-up Goal 144

QAspire

MAY 29, 2013

By definition, a cross-functional team is the one where members from different functional areas work towards a common goal. Our goal [.]' A few years back, I got an assignment to lead a cross-functional team (xFT) and it was a great learning experience.

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Team Definition Quality Goal 152

QAspire

JANUARY 2, 2013

Drawing the same analogy for an organization’s leadership, cohesion is the degree to which senior leaders belong to each other and to the collective goal as a team. Are all senior leaders, department heads and second level leaders absolutely convinced and clear about the collective goal ?

Team 156

Team Leadership Software Objective 156

QAspire

AUGUST 31, 2018

When there’s unlimited shelf space allowing unlimited podcasts, which can be of unlimited length, the goal isn’t to get the show on the air faster or to make it noisier. Instead, the goal, like the goal of a good book, is to say something worth saying, and to do it in a way that’s worth waiting for.

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Storytelling Godin Media Engineering 87

QAspire

MAY 24, 2022

After all, influence is never a goal in itself. Share to Learn Here is a sketchnote I created in 2018 about how sharing your ideas helps you find your voice, courage to express, develop clarity of thought and build foundation of learning in a community. It is a by-product of a passionate and intentional pursuit to make a difference to others.

Influence 91

Influence Download Human Resources Report 91

QAspire

MAY 8, 2012

Set improvement goals: Once a reasonable buy-in for improvement exists, set goals on what needs to be achieved. Involve them and set them free: Once broad goals are established, set people free. Make those results tangible, understandable and relevant to business goals. Review and revise these targets as you go.

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Document Goal Blog Commitment 136

QAspire

AUGUST 19, 2012

Jay was expected to reach his goal while following the exact process and still doing twelve other things that were unstructured. In this case, to keep Jay focused on one important goal is the accountability of his boss – and if the boss failed on this one, Jay would definitely fail. Accountability does not work without authority.

Compliance 150

Compliance Project Leadership Styles Creativity 150

QAspire

MAY 7, 2017

Enablement is also about involving people in collaborative problem solving, making goals transparent, seeking their feedback and most importantly, acting on that feedback. Real enablement happens when people get frequent feedbacks and support throughout the year.

Learning-by-Doing 195

Learning-by-Doing Disruptive Innovation Brand Long-term 195

QAspire

JANUARY 29, 2013

Keeping People Uninformed: The more people in your team know what your goals are, the more buy-in you will get – and hence better results. You cannot expect your team to perform if they are not informed about the vision, context, goals and progress. Team also needs your guidance on how something can be accomplished.

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Bottom-up Information Definition Team 171

QAspire

MAY 23, 2019

I strongly believe that influence can never be the goal in itself, but a by-product of doing meaningful work and sharing your journey along the way generously. I am so glad to be sharing the space with HR leaders and fellow learners in the latest SHRM Influencers Report 2019 unveiled at SHRM Tech APAC Conference at Hyderabad yesterday.

Influence 79

Influence Download Report Conference 79

QAspire

MARCH 20, 2018

Being able to effectively choose the response to the triggers in a way that brings you closer to your intent and goals. Being fully available, present, attentive and engaged in present moment, conversations, tasks and challenges. Execute with deep focus on the task. Ability to take time to disconnect, reflect and learn.

Productivity 153

Productivity Products Leadership Charisma 153

QAspire

MAY 7, 2018

Influence of any kind can never be a goal in itself but a by-product of doing, learning and sharing it all along the way. Last week, the report was released at SHRMTech event in Hyderabad and I was thrilled to find a spot in this report for fifth consecutive year.

Influence 73

Influence Media Download Report 73

QAspire

AUGUST 8, 2010

Whether measuring a project or a business, here are a five steps to map your metrics with your business objectives: Know your goals : Identify what are your strategic, tactical and operational goals. Understanding your business challenges and goals is the first most important step. You get the point.

Business Objectives 142

Business Objectives Metrics Objective Directory 142

QAspire

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

As leaders (and human beings) one of our goals must be to build better and deeper relationships, and one of the tangible ways we can do that is through an ongoing [.] Rapport building isn’t just something you do when you first meet someone or as a part of a sales call or a negotiation.

Goal 153

Goal 153

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Every leader and every employee must continually ask the question, what’s the newest and best way to accomplish a goal–whatever that goal might be. After all, to accomplish a goal, you first have to know where you are in order to develop the right strategies to get there. Leverage your talent.

Learning-by-Doing 70

Learning-by-Doing Innovation Long-term Books 70

QAspire

MARCH 20, 2013

Our goals when derived purely based on external expectations can become our horses. " We either lead our lives through the center of our existence or by simply responding to all external expectations ; proactively or reactively; as a flame with its own light or as a mirror that only reflects.

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Goal Career Management Leadership 140

QAspire

JULY 6, 2011

Albert Einstein believed that supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible. He said, “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Here are some very basic (irreducible) questions that can act as powerful checklist to assess your processes. – Why [.]

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Goal Process Power 136

QAspire

APRIL 6, 2015

When people have narrow and conflicting goals, they will do everything to meet their goals and yet, system might fail. Setting up systemic goals are vital to encourage collaboration (everyone wins when the system wins) rather than competition. Narrowly focused reward programs kill self-organization within teams.

Agility 70

Agility Organization Team Maturity 70

QAspire

MARCH 5, 2012

The central idea of the post was: “My point is – if we constantly keep our goal in perspective (and get overwhelmed by it), we become less efficient. In 2010, I wrote a post titled “Enjoy the Process”. Anxiousness (and sometimes fear) kills creativity. We rush through the process to see if our efforts are [.]

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Process Efficiency Creativity Goal 114

QAspire

JUNE 16, 2015

In fact, culture is a sum total of an organization’s shared values, behaviors, rituals, beliefs, attitudes, goals and practices. Clarify your motives: The goal of building a strong culture is not to merely extend a “feel good” factor to your people. It exerts a powerful influence on day to day behaviors and choices of people.

Company 70

Company Drucker Goal Strategy 70

QAspire

AUGUST 1, 2011

Style is not the goal, but a by-product. Goal of our communication is to serve a purpose and have a stronger impact. When you consistently deliver substance through your communication, have a positive impact and be yourself, style evolves. Purpose strengthens communication. People express themselves on many things that don’t matter.

Energy 135

Energy Project Mentor Advice 135

QAspire

JULY 1, 2010

For any effort where you have goals, time line, constraints, dependencies, risks and need of resources to be managed - you have a project on your hand. Know your goals (Vision) : Lets say you want to pursue a certification in your field. Now, that’s a goal - a project for you. Name it as “Project Certification&#.

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Project Learning-by-Doing Constraint Planning 149

QAspire

DECEMBER 19, 2010

The goal was to identify the opportunities for improvement in processes. How is this conversation strengthening the alignment of people to the goal, and helping me build relationship? - - - - - P.S: A few years back, I was facilitating a discussion between the project leaders.

Positioning 155

Positioning Leadership Project Directory 155

QAspire

JANUARY 23, 2011

When we run a business or execute a project, we set clear goals of what we want to achieve, create detailed plans, devise strategies and set up milestones. But leadership, just like life, is ambiguous and paradoxical.

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Project Goal Strategy Planning 130

QAspire

AUGUST 15, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 10 Pointers to Build Comfort Within The Team It pains to see teams where people work on a common goal but don’t get along well with each other. Don’t talk small : You have a goal to achieve as a team. We work in teams and knowing how to get along well with others is extremely crucial.

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Team Benchmarking Open-book Directory 167

QAspire

JANUARY 22, 2012

Strong purpose and clear goals automatically establishes a demand for performance. A leader’s role in building a self-organized team is that of a catalyst who ensures that team is aligned to organization goals. In agile terms, a strong purpose that is bought in by all in the team is also referred to as “shared vision”.

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Team Delegation Agility Constraint 178

QAspire

JULY 31, 2013

Coaching is the subset of mentoring and focuses on specific goal or task at hand. - – - – -. Not having clear objective of coaching exercise OR not aligning the coaching goals with business objectives. - – - – -. Coaching addresses specific purpose or task and is time bound. start getting ready. (RT

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Mentor Succession Short-term ROI 148

QAspire

JUNE 29, 2010

Sure, goals are important and attaining them is even more important. My point is – if we constantly keep our goal in perspective (and get overwhelmed by it), we become less efficient. It is easy to get overwhelmed by the enormity of our goals - but we need to remember that an elephant can only be eaten one piece at a time!

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Quality Blog Management Process 137

QAspire

OCTOBER 31, 2017

If you are carving out according to a pre-determined formula, you will carve out things that every one else is carving out (which is fine if that’s your goal). .” – Henry David Thoreau. At the heart of shaping our unique strategy, career or life is our underlying need to express who we truly are.

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Constraint Career Strategy Tools 109

QAspire

MARCH 8, 2015

When you have narrow functional metrics, people in each function will work hard to achieve their goals and yet, organization will not realize benefits of having such metrics. Sub-optimization in organizations is a thinking problem.

Root Cause Analysis 70

Root Cause Analysis Senge Metrics Software 70

QAspire

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Response is nothing but a time delayed, thoughtful and goal-oriented form of reaction. Here’s my one big lesson about managing conflicts – whenever I tried to “react” in the face of conflict, the situation mostly worsened. But when I chose to “respond”, conflict became a constructive learning experience.

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Management Construction Objective Career 70

QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Instead of having goals and resolutions, I prefer to set the intention for a new year because ultimately, defining only actions doesn’t take us far without an underlying intent that we truly believe in. ‘Tis the season of new year resolutions!

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Human Resources Blog Influence Media 0

QAspire

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Appreciation is a fuel that helps others move forward in direction of their goals, yet we often see that managers take others/their work for granted thinking, “So what if they’re doing it – they’re paid to do just that.”

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Team Power Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 170

QAspire

DECEMBER 20, 2015

When influence becomes a goal, you can easily lose focus on what truly builds influence. The world today reveres influence and this leads people to chase influence. Influence – real influence that changes people and their behaviors for better – is a by-product of: Clarifying your values to yourself and hence to others.

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Influence Productivity Products Construction 70

QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Leaders have to maintain constant positive momentum towards achieving the vision and goals of the team. Stability is a myth. As a leader, if you are not making forward progress, you are already moving backwards. Constant improvement (and innovation) in products and processes is one of the ways to maintain positive momentum.

Leadership 184

Leadership Uncertainty Agility Learning-by-Doing 184

QAspire

MAY 2, 2012

Here is what works for me: When you encounter an ego situation, quiz your goals. They avoid confrontations and often resist change. End result? Things don’t move and progress stalls. Ask yourself (and others) this question: “Am I (are you) focusing on ‘who’ is right, or doing ‘what’ is right?”.

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Team Middle Management Project Resistance 184