QAspire

MAY 14, 2012

If a restaurant kitchen put as little planning into the meal as we put into our meetings, dinner would never be served. Some great tips, including this one: The goals of the daily stand-up are GIFTS. Infact, Al Pittampalli wrote a book titled “ The Modern Meeting Standard ”.

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QAspire

JUNE 26, 2014

Challenge is in evolving road map every day to reach what’s planned. ~ @vivekparanjpe. - – - – -. Willingness to reconfigure plans in a short notice. ~ @tanvi_gautam. - – - – -. destory your own plans and adopt another’s.To There are no prototypes to fall back on. No check lists.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

When we reach (or beat) our goals, do we conduct a robust ‘after action review’ to get to the bottom of what went right? Why do we miss the opportunity to squeeze learning out of those situations that turn out just like (or even better than) we planned? We indeed do learn from our mistakes. But, can we say the same about our successes?

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Succession After Action Review Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 155

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. Whenever Sachin is asked about his plans for next World Cup, he always says that my aim and focus is on my next game. You get the point.

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QAspire

JANUARY 16, 2011

Leaders frame complex strategies, use heavy weight terminologies to describe their plans, set up complex processes and use a lot of jargons when communicating for a change. When leaders are absolutely clear of their vision, goals and the means to attain those, they can simplify things a great deal.

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Leadership Directory Blog Quality 160

QAspire

JULY 29, 2010

A Gentle Reminder : It is easy to have a hard-nosed focus on scope, time and budgets (and they are important too) but when you don’t think/plan/understand how the project/initiatives adds value to your customer’s business (or what is customer’s definition of value), you fail to create a positive impact. Have a wonderful Friday!

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Gantt Chart Project Budgeting Teamwork 130

QAspire

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Leaders can talk about goals and missions as well as plans and techniques but until a single version of reality is established, effectiveness will be hindered or thwarted.” – from the post Getting Real. - – - – -.

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QAspire

MAY 31, 2015

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal, you do not change your decision to get there, Zig Ziglar – Ester Martinez. A5 Better decisions and planning. Biggest roadblock would be if CT becomes a HR agenda instead of biz demand – MAHALAKSHMI R. Better problem solving. Improved analytical skills.

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TRIZ Diversity Learning-by-Doing Skills 70

QAspire

JANUARY 8, 2010

Quantitative: My goal is to have 500+ LinkedIn connections by end of February. I went back to my action plans and further tweaked the goals. I am so glad to know that the post helped you tweak your action plans and goals. But when you choose to go by numbers alone, the tradeoff can be huge.

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Compliance Quality Metrics Blog 84

QAspire

AUGUST 3, 2010

Whether manufacturing or knowledge industry, primary goal of business is to generate value. However, planning for and managing these invisibles makes all the difference in an organization’s performance – more so in service and knowledge oriented world.

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