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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.

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JULY 1, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Taking a “Project View&# of Improvement and Change Initiatives Yesterday, over a cup of coffee, my friend asked me about my first book and what was my approach towards writing it. I said that I took “project approach&#. Now, that’s a goal - a project for you.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Managing Results by Defining “Deliverables” Early On As professionals, we all are responsible for shipping stuff to our customers (internal or external). As a manager, it helps if you can clearly define what deliverable means. Check it out if you haven’t already ! Don’t Kill It!

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JULY 4, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Final Part: 7 Things Managers & Leaders Should Never Do I wrote earlier about “ 11 Things Project Managers & Leaders Should Never Do ” and then continued the chain of thoughts with another post titled “ 7 (More) Things Project Managers & Leaders Should Never Do.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Thoughts on Effective Management Consulting Consulting is a trust game. It is entirely possible that clients may see management consultants as their valuable partners if they: Focus on execution. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

AUGUST 1, 2010

I visited an interactive session with one of the greatest Indian actors Anupam Kher at Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) as a part of “Face to Face with Achievers of Excellence” program. He delivered some simple yet powerful messages on excellence while narrating the tale of his life and career. Monsoon is at its best.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

. - - - - - Stay tuned to QAspire Blog: Subscribe via RSS , Connect via Facebook or Follow us on Twitter Tags: customer delight , Customer Relationships , Excellence , project management , Quality Leadership , Managing Projects , Quality | Tanmay August 11, 2010 7 Comments By Anil Kumar, August 11, 2010 @ 8:59 am Fantastic post!!

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JANUARY 3, 2010

Instant MBA will do that with some very practical advice on how to inculcate MBA thinking and emotional intelligence to advance your career. Best, Tanmay Other Links to this Post QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life! with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Don’t Kill It!

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 15 Key Lessons On Managing Change Change, they say, is the only constant. We may not be ‘change management experts’, but having a set of thumb rules always helps when dealing with change (because at some point, we have to face/manage/lead a change). Hope that clarifies.

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JUNE 29, 2010

Career Related , Self Growth | Tanmay June 30, 2010 6 Comments By Jay Chhaya, June 30, 2010 @ 8:58 am Very important point raised here by Tanmay and a very serious one as well. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL It is both gratifying and satisfying. Think about it! Don’t Kill It!

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AUGUST 5, 2010

As a sales leader , you can use power of well crafted stories to project your organization. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Your people, new hires and aspiring leaders are not as fascinated by numbers as they are with the stories associated with the organization. Listen to their stories as well.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

This is very important for a leader but equally difficult, because a team lead is like a caption who has to server the needs to it’s team players and in terms have to convince it’s coach / management in getting the team’s requirement fulfilled in order to achive best results. Don’t Kill It!

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Quick Thought on Leadership and Subordination to a Cause If you are a manager or leader, you are very likely to have followers whom we commonly refer to as ‘subordinates.’ The cause of successfully completing the project. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Seven Key Thoughts About Managing Human Resources Here are SEVEN most prominent thoughts that stuck me this week about managing “human” resources. A Round Up of My Writing in February 2010 Other Links to this Post QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life!

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Mentoring is defined as career advice and guidance and sponsorship is advocacy. High performing women need to take control of their own career advancement. Communicate your intention to advance your career. o Take on high profile projects. Here’s the bottom line: you need to take control of your career.

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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. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Don’t Kill It!

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JANUARY 12, 2011

with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Regards, Jay Chhaya Other Links to this Post RSS feed for comments on this post. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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QAspire

DECEMBER 19, 2010

A few years back, I was facilitating a discussion between the project leaders. Most participants, who were leading projects, only talked about their war stories and problems they faced so far. All ‘activities done’ and ‘problems solved’ during the project are means to an end. Effective leaders focus on the end. Don’t Kill It!

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2019

This conversation happened early in my career, and frankly, I feared that I might disappoint him in not being able to draw conclusions. With them, he simply announced his decisions and expected compliance. When answering questions from higher executives about projects, budgets, or problems, Mac often responded with sketchy details.

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QAspire

AUGUST 2, 2010

with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL (You can also visit monthly round ups of Jan 2010 , Feb 2010 , Mar 2010 , April 2010 , May 2010 and June 2010 ). Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Lessons in Using Checklists for Managing Processes Most quality management theories and modern management practices rely heavily on checklists as an important tool to get things right the first time. From a management and leadership standpoint, broad-level checklists can be helpful.

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QAspire

JULY 22, 2010

not aligning middle managers with vision at the top? poor communications and expectations management? loosing great ideas because of a “compliance” culture? effective and right management can go a long way. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL long unnecessary meetings and deadlocked debates?

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Senior management and business leaders play a similar role in an organization. That was a very useful advice, not only for senior management, but also for professionals. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Sometimes, a kid acts up, doesn’t obey and creates difficult situations. But she doesn’t give up.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Employee termination can be very damaging to the morale of other employees, it can affect the pace of work and interrupt projects to very extreme degrees, it can require the HR to divert resources better invested in employee well-being and retention activities, and damage the public reputation of the company.

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QAspire

JANUARY 2, 2011

with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL On that note, wish you an “excellent” 2011! - - - - - Stay tuned to QAspire Blog: Subscribe via RSS or Email, Connect via Facebook or Follow us on Twitter. Cheers, Tanmay Other Links to this Post RSS feed for comments on this post. Don’t Kill It!

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 15, 2010

One of my solutions includes cutting and pasting it from an old email or document, which means adding time on to completing an email, project, etc. Another way I’ve managed to deal with the loss of this letter is to type a word and then select the command for an automatic spell review. Otherwise, I have to revert to Ctrl V.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Photo: Flower at Esplanade Park, Helsinki, taken during my Finland visit in May 2009 Tags: God , Hard work , Opportunity , Random Muse , Work Career Related , Leadership , Random Musings | Tanmay February 19, 2010 6 Comments By shahmaulikn, February 19, 2010 @ 8:18 am Wow.Simply Great. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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JANUARY 31, 2010

My post on Quality and Quantity – Compliance and Excellence tracked conversations of compliance versus excellence. I posted “ Lessons in Using Checklists for Managing Processes ”. Round Ups | admin February 1, 2010 3 Comments Other Links to this Post QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life!

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QAspire

JANUARY 9, 2011

In my career so far, I have (broadly) seen two kinds of organizations. Same challenges show up in each project. Dissatisfied customers, unhappy team members, disengaged middle management and difficulties in scaling the business. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL The end result? Thanks Chris!

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Photo by Tanmay Vora at Indroda Nature Park, Gandhinagar, 2010. If you are viewing this post in RSS reader or Email, click on “Display Images Below&# to see the picture. Best, Tanmay Other Links to this Post RSS feed for comments on this post. Don’t Kill It!

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JULY 29, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Adding Value: A Gentle Reminder Sure, as a project manager / business leader, you: Completed the project in given time frame. Shared statistical reports with the top management. Early in the project cycle? Within the budget. With minimum schedule deviation.

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OCTOBER 10, 2010

Here is a simple and practical process to focus on less but most important improvement areas: Identify: Maintain a running log of all improvement ideas and suggestions received from customers, internal team members and senior management. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Do you know what your customer’s want?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Tags: improvement , Process Improvement , Quality , self development , Self Growth Career Related , Improvement & Development , Process Improvement , Self Growth | Tanmay November 18, 2010 4 Comments By Ketan, November 18, 2010 @ 7:05 am Excellent, Tanmay!! Don’t Kill It!

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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. Reducing overrun on your project can have direct impact on your bottom lines. A lot of business leaders. You get the point.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 1, 2020

60 percent were ready to go even part-time if it did not affect their career prospects too much. Filing of taxes, compliance norms, communications, checking, and cross-checking all can be done online. Program Manager. Project Managers. The Pandemic has pushed the role online.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Establishing Forums to Build a Quality Oriented Culture Total Quality Management (TQM) says that quality is everybody’s job. Train your middle managers on quality to build a right leadership ecosystem. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Don’t Kill It!

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Quality and Quantity – The Conversation Continues On 8th Jan, 2010, I wrote a post on Quality and Quantity – Compliance and Excellence. Quality and Quantity – The Conversation Continues Other Links to this Post QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life! Don’t Kill It!

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