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Organizational Development

Do You Manage Your Offshore Software Solutions Business This Way?

October 18, 2009

One of my good friends runs a small 40 people Offshore Software Solutions Agency based in India. The below is a conversation he had with his employees a few days ago.  It is regarding Diwali 2009 leaves: How many do you need? Why do you need? Please cancel it. At least cancel half of it. [...]

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Tips To Empower Your People 20

October 7, 2009

When your people are empowered, a major pillar of your business becomes real strong. Their job commitment is increased and they feel more powerful about their abilities. Empowerment encourages ownerships. It means they are ready to attack on the tasks fearlessly and everybody would love to agree that fearless teams would achieve much better results [...]

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Workplace I Love As A Power-Performer (and you would too!)

October 1, 2009

Minimum obligatory management controls. Personal accountability at the great extent. Work comes in complete entities; rather than just a small chunk of the whole. Ability to choose “what” and “when” of the tasks which I undertake. Transparent feedback system which neutrally evaluates results that I produce. Opportunities given to new projects according to my abilities [...]

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How Team Relationships Are Affecting Your Ongoing Projects?

September 14, 2009

Projects can be heavily benefited if team-relationship is good. Managing projects become glossy if a good sense of community is in place. Here’s something to think about (and act upon): Three Deadly Scenes: Team members treat each other as co-workers not friends. Win-lose scenarios. In a conflict, one person usually wins at others expense. Team [...]

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Pacesetters 10

September 13, 2009

In today’s cutting edge business environments, the essence of pace-setting is huge. Pacesetters can take the organization to new heights. Here are select traits commonly seen in the pacesetters. Think outside of box; approach challenges, ideas, struggles from unusual angels. Look for an opportunity to create reusable systems out of each frustration. Challenge and question [...]

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