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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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7 Acts of Poor Managers Who Gift Cancer To Their People, Their Clients and Their Businesses

July 1, 2010

In my decade long course of learning, unlearning and relearning  business and its management, I’ve observed different kind of managers. Good and bad;  effective and ineffective; powerful and poor. Different. Today I’m going to expel about some of the common acts; one or more usually found in the managers who can be classified as ‘poor’ [...]

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10 Peaks For Creating Performance Focused Teams

May 7, 2010

Sustainable success is the apple of most businesses’ eye and hence, business leaders strive to achieve and maintain the same. Chances of achieving such success become much brighter when they have performance-focused people. And, empowering the people to perform at their best becomes much easier when business leaders understand how to leverage the people power. Here [...]

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A Path-Goal Based Approach That May Take Your Project Leadership Repertoire To The Next Level

April 22, 2010

When we consider project leadership, there is no such thing as an ideal leadership style. The situation in which Project Leaders function will influence the approaches that they should embrace. Here are 4 types of leadership behaviors as per the path-goal theory of leadership which effective project leaders use time to time knowingly or unknowingly. Achievement-oriented [...]

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More On Better Team Relationships 12

April 16, 2010

Here’re the few things I’ve learned over the years about having a profound relationship with my team members. Show genuine interest in why, what and how part of their work. Attend them like attending your child. It will make them fill contented. Do something everyday to make them feel relaxed. Often go for team-lunches. Show [...]

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