QAspire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Your personal leadership style can impact only a small number of people directly, and may not change the entire organization. It is an ideal reference for HR Leaders, Functional Heads, C-Suite Executives as well as aspiring people managers who are building their foundational skills.

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QAspire

JUNE 20, 2023

Organizations that adopt such lofty values often fail to deliver a superior customer experience because they fail at delivering a great employee experience. This often leads to a myopic focus on customer experience at the cost of other things that contribute to a superior customer experience. Ultimately, people serve people.

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QAspire

JANUARY 16, 2017

As the rate of change and disruption continues to accelerate, companies need a strong foundation of fundamentals that enable long term success and growth. Also Read: Eight Attributes of Excellent Organizations – a sketch note by Hayley Lewis Putting People First: Leading in an Era of Constant Transformation.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The birth of an organization happens with a technical idea that solves a problem. When people start organizations, their sole interest is to focus on excellence to deliver best results. Success breeds success and somewhere in the growth process, the focus shifts from creativity and passion to profits and numbers.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Start ups are organized around a brand new idea but they often stumble when it comes to execution. Add to this, the challenges of hyper-competitive landscape, organization cultures, shortage of talent and agility to move swiftly and the challenge of innovation compounds. Gmail, Google Drive, etc.) self-driving cars).

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QAspire

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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QAspire

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

I have been a part of systems that were transformed, companies that were acquired, companies that could not pull of a successful transformation and the ones that did. With discrete initiatives across the organization, you may get change. Transformation requires systems thinking.”. Natural Laws.

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QAspire

MAY 25, 2014

Emergent Leadership is central to success of groups, teams and orgs. Why is emergent leadership important in today’s organizations? In a networked/connected/virtual world, emergent leadership is critical to success of organizations. - – - – -. How can organizations promote and encourage emergent leadership?

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QAspire

JANUARY 15, 2013

Thought leadership is important for building careers and for building organizations. Liz Alexander] While undoubtedly it’s important to channel your contributions out into the world, thought leaders require three things: the right environment in which to think (consider that for a moment; how rarely do today’s organizations provide this?),

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QAspire

JUNE 1, 2014

We have all read 10 tips, 5 steps, and 4 actions of successful leaders, but we have to look closer to find the secret ingredient of great leadership and outstanding results. ( @bizshrink ). Joel Garfinkle on his Career Advancement Blog shares “ 7 Competencies Successful HR Executive MUST Know ” to be successful. ( @workcoach4you ).

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QAspire

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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QAspire

MAY 20, 2018

In a business context, there are many organizations like 3M, Apple, NetFlix and Google whose success can be attributed to their ability to disrupt themselves continuously.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

In most organizations, however, improvements are “mandated” by supervisors, managers, and senior leaders. In both cases, employees have ample opportunities to connect with organization purpose, a specific problem or opportunity, and each other. 2) The improvement is often merely a “change,” not true improvement.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Success means using your knowledge and experience to satisfy yourself. 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. The Art of Successful Giving: Adam Grant.

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QAspire

MARCH 6, 2011

The blame senior management, the organization culture, their own team members and sometimes even the customers. It spreads fast, harms the reputation of leader and culture of the organization on a longer run. Similarly, for an organization, building a culture where people are not afraid of taking responsibility is critical.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Leadership development efforts are not aligned with strategic goals and leadership development programs are oriented around commercial products that have limited relevance to actual needs or an organization. It is high time for organizations to identify this waste and look carefully at how people are developed. Stay Tuned!

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QAspire

JULY 22, 2013

A great culture enables success, builds team fabric and attracts talent too. Good team work is mathematics – it adds leverage, divides work and multiplies success. Vision and values are not “feel good things” written on the wall plaque – they have to be lived in every decision that an organization takes. Thank often.

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QAspire

JUNE 10, 2012

A start-up or a fledgling organization relies on individual heroism of their people to successfully deliver projects. They are emotionally connected to the purpose of project/organization. Then the organization starts growing. Processes and practices are absolutely important for an organization to grow, learn and sustain.

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QAspire

JANUARY 5, 2016

With a hyper connected workforce, organization cultures have become transparent. If you are a leader at any level in a modern organization or aspiring to be one, here are some of the critical competencies and skills you need to thrive in a VUCA world. With opportunities abound, employees are “volunteers” who have global choices.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 29, 2014

This is one of the most fundamental, but challenging, questions an organization can ask itself. It is never easy, but the ability to drive significant change that can bring positive results is immensely important for a business that wants to be successful in a rapidly growing market. Available on: Amazon and PacktPub Website.

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QAspire

AUGUST 10, 2015

Esther Derby is a highly respected voice in building up agile environments, organizations and teams for success. As a quality consultant and organization development enthusiast, I have been following her work since last many years. Here is a sketch note version that covers the essence of the talk.

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QAspire

JANUARY 6, 2013

In a recent game of cricket, the top batsmen failed to make an impact and got out in quick succession. Bottom line : Cohesion in a team (specially senior leadership team in an organization) is important for success. After reading my last post about cohesive leadership team , some one asked me, “What exactly is cohesion?”

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QAspire

MARCH 11, 2014

Most successful projects and teams I have seen have one thing in common – effective collaboration. Karen Martin , my friend and author of the recent book “ The Outstanding Organization ” says, “ Organizations are not machines – they are fundamentally and irreducibly made up of people. Stay Tuned!

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QAspire

MARCH 25, 2014

In American Management Association’s critical skills survey 2012 , respondents emphasized on 4 C’s ( C ritical thinking and problem solving, Effective C ommunication, C ollaboration and team building and C reativity and innovation) as their key priorities for employee development, talent development and succession planning.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

In an organization, this becomes even more complex where larger system is a collection of many independent sub-systems. Any great success is, almost always, a result of many small things done right. Decisions and conversations in each of these sub-system affects the whole. The good news is: the converse is also true.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

In a world where every other person with a blog or a book under the belt claiming to be a “thought leader”, this interview helped me clarify what real thought leadership actually means for individuals and organizations. Skills For Future Success in a Disruptive World of Work.

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QAspire

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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QAspire

MARCH 6, 2013

All they do is respond to changing priorities and task requests and the relationship between the individual and a leader (or organization) becomes purely transactional. He considered that 25% of time as a critical success factor – and it was. You can organize an open-forum or have a closed door meeting.

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QAspire

APRIL 17, 2016

Doing one at the cost of the other can be a great disservice to organization and its people. Here are a couple of excellent quotes from Lisa’s post: “Coaching is a service and we cannot be successful if the learner perceives that we are helping to satisfy OUR needs or wants.”. Coaching Culture: The Art and Science of Success #iHRChat.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

We always intended that this contribution be a catalyst that increases the success rate of entrepreneurship, not just remain a book. success rate, which I think you will agree is shockingly low. success rate. He had a concept he called “Experience Zones” that he believed would boost employee engagement in large organizations.

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QAspire

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 Our Insecurities. On Taking Charge.

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QAspire

MARCH 21, 2012

I realized that when a business professional works on only these 3 areas ( P erception, V isibility and I nfluence) they will be successful. The most successful utilized the PVI model better than anyone else. Joel Garfinkle] If you don’t take control of how others see you, you will undermine both your career and your future success.

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QAspire

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. Success of these interactions largely depends on trust we are able to build. When new in an organization, people carefully observe you to gauge the integrity.

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QAspire

MAY 8, 2012

Alternately, also show them the consequences – the rewards for success and the pain of current situation. Communicate Results: Document success stories. Goal is not 100% buy-in: Do all of this and you will still have a portion of your organization that would be skeptical about results.

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QAspire

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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QAspire

JUNE 26, 2014

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? Inclusion, diversity and collaborating through an inter-generational workforce would be the hallmark of success ~ @nohrgyan. - – - – -. "Portable

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QAspire

DECEMBER 11, 2011

In the current scenario (and the time to come), a professional’s ‘attitude of quality’ will be a key differentiator for his/her success. We need more ‘attitude of quality’ in our businesses and service organizations. When it takes a bit of extra effort. When you are not paid ‘extra’ to do it.

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