skills – Leadership and Management

How to Become a Trusted Advisor?

How to build trust with the Boss or Customer? What do you think of your boss or customer? I guess more important question for your success is – what does your boss (or customer) think of you? Does your boss (or customer) trust you? Trust is invisible currency of faith. Once you have earned it, you become trusted advisor.Continue reading “How to Become a Trusted Advisor?”

How To Make PowerPoint Presentations Powerful.. Part 2

Part II – Cause Of Boring PowerPoint Presentations (This post is also published on pmhut.com as a complete article) The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. – Dorothy Nevill Knowledge: One does not knowContinue reading “How To Make PowerPoint Presentations Powerful.. Part 2”

Communication Skills for Managers – Learning From Barak Obama

I was looking into posts on Mr. Barak Obama’s communication style and how it contributed towards Obama’s victory. Did Obama address people in all 4 categories of DiSC Model? These categories are Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness. Each person in his/her category wants to hear in a specific manner. Some people need direct answer while others need some encouragement and hopeContinue reading “Communication Skills for Managers – Learning From Barak Obama”

Know what to emphasize

PM Tips – 1 What points we emphasize make a big difference in our communications. How do we do that? We got to know the expectation of the audience and what we want to convey. Over emphasizing something or emphasizing meager issues may dilute the effect of conversation. We develop this skill with experience, paying attention to theContinue reading “Know what to emphasize”

Cheese Moved? Doesn’t Matter.

We, as a professional, are hired by organizations to deliver results and perform. As time passes, our daily job becomes our universe. We spend our energies resolving problems, improving processes, saving money and many other good things. Sometimes we are ignorant and sometimes we are so busy handling all the situations at the job, we do not realize that wholeContinue reading “Cheese Moved? Doesn’t Matter.”