QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Specific, measurable and time bound goals are important to set expectations on results and drive performance in short term. Goals is like math; they address the head. Goals have an end date. Goals however, are not sufficient. A disengaged workforce that just complies to goals, and that too – dispassionately.

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Short-term Bottom-up Team Building Goal 128

QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

I could see a short-term change in people who tried applying those ‘techniques’ but the impact eventually vanished with time and people slipped back into their normal ways of working. In lean terms, imparting training that does not deliver intended results is a waste.

Training 172

Training Development McKinsey Long-term 172

QAspire

JULY 31, 2013

Mentoring focuses on the individual and long term. - – - – -. 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. - – - – -.

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Mentor Succession Short-term ROI 148

QAspire

JUNE 26, 2014

Staying positivity, building resiliency, and be focused on impact while balancing the short term and the long term. ~ @faisal_hoque. - – - – -. Willingness to reconfigure plans in a short notice. ~ @tanvi_gautam. - – - – -. This is another paradox: What is soft is strong."

Agility 177

Agility Leadership Career Short-term 177

QAspire

JULY 14, 2010

Best, Tanmay By Setu Vora, July 15, 2010 @ 12:26 pm Long term growth and cultivating people is ideal. Oftentimes, in the larger corporate culture of focussing on quarterly results, the priority becomes the immediate short- term strategy–leading to high risk growth. Thanks for that very interesting two cents!

Long-term 154

Long-term Short-term Quality Blog 154

QAspire

JULY 27, 2010

A very easy example for understanding and implementing the “Quality&# term. While reading I recalled one of your tweet “Quality is never a short-term goal. It is a long-term differentiators&#. Yes, quality is a long term goal that requires discipline over a period of time. Thanks a lot!

Quality 141

Quality Long-term Loyalty Compliance 141

QAspire

AUGUST 3, 2010

Whether manufacturing or knowledge industry, primary goal of business is to generate value. Edwards Deming is widely famous for “Deming’s 14 points” and “Seven Deadly Diseases”. One of these deadly disease according to Deming is “ Running a company on visible figures alone ”.

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Deming Quality Blog Directory 158