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Stop Being A Hero

September 1, 2010

When you were a child, your grandmother told you, “You’re special, you possess a unique charm; you’re like a hero!” First, you laughed…then you consciously started liking it and eventually started believing that you’re a hero… someone very special. Then, after years of education, you became a software professional and got a good job with [...]

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Want To Get Promoted? Do You Know How To Navigate Without A Map?

July 29, 2010

When the performance appraisal happens and one colleague is promoted,  many of his co-workers don’t feel good. They compare themselves with him and conclude that their boss favors only who flatters her. Always, that may not be the case. For example, read the below story called Navigate Without a Map. Photo Credit: David Masters’ Flickr photostream [...]

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Mini Saga – Doing Rather Than Being

June 17, 2010

Even today, many companies focus on looking-good kind of practices than actually being good.  For example,  read this mini-saga. Doing Rather Than Being Tactically lionized Steve joined a company as a VP, Sales and was on his first sales call. He had to win over an old client to initiate a crowning deal. The client was [...]

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Smash The Problems By Analyzing, UnAnalyzing and Reanalyzing The Assumptions Attached

June 6, 2010

Every problem – regardless of its size or simplicity – ejaculates an attached list of assumptions. Many a times, assumptions are imprecise and make the problem statement ineffective or erroneous. To effectively deal with assumptions, first step is to write them down and the second step is to make sure that most obvious and safe [...]

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The Guaranteed Way To Best Manage A Project

March 26, 2010

…or an advertising campaign or an event or a marriage function. Let’s focus on project management for a while. The best managed project is not that you think is going well. Or, not your chief technical architect or other team members. In fact, nobody can judge real success of the project by looking even at [...]

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