September 2007 – Leadership and Management

One Liners

Sense of humor is very important in life. My friend Seema forwarded me an email with some humorous one-liners; I thought I should share it with others. Regular naps prevent old age… especially if you take them while driving. Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee. Marriage is a relationshipContinue reading “One Liners”

Positive interpretation of other people’s actions

It is very simple thing to do and results are excellent and enriching. Often we interpret other people’s actions or behavior negatively when we do not have enough detail about their actions or behavior. My approach is to give benefit of doubt in such case and interpret the action positively instead of taking it otherwise. It savesContinue reading “Positive interpretation of other people’s actions”

10 Steps of Project Success

Whenever IT project failure is talked, people refer Denver Airport project that failed big time and costed a lot. I have also seen project that failed or cancelled or shrunk. Why is it happening when so many intelligent people are working and we know all the ingredients of project success. Here are some commonly known factorsContinue reading “10 Steps of Project Success”

Leadership Quotes

You must do the thing you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt If you think you can do it, or you think you can’t do it, You are right. – Henry Ford Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people whoContinue reading “Leadership Quotes”

Importance of TimeOut

We have seen in various sports when a play or a pass is not developing the way expected or falling out of bound, timeout is called. After timeout, team regroups and turns the outcome for that instance or break the momentum of the opponent team going for score. It give opportunity to re-focus, re-think and re-group.

Remember this…

The best time to make friends is before you need them. – Henny Youngman The ultimate competitive advantage lies in an organization’s ability to learn and rapidly transform learning into action. – Jack Welch You don’t manage people; you manage things. You lead people. – Admiral Grace Hooper Life is series of sales situations, andContinue reading “Remember this…”