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team management

What’s better? Being able to be specific or being able to do the work?

November 6, 2011

Observe the conversation below: “When I say that Jack is the Module Lead and anything that goes right or wrong in the module, Jack is responsible, I’d like to know how you acknowledge it, Jack?” Jack replied: “It means that I’m the Module Lead and anything that I code or test is my responsibility. For [...]

Mini Saga – Reward (Or do you feel like being squeezed?)

March 12, 2011

Effective leaders believe in developing their team members. First, they recognize potential in a team member and then do everything possible to make sure that the selected team member play to his/her own limits and reward him/her self, the project and the organization at large. Often team members guess that their boss uses their skills [...]

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Are You Limited by Your Own Creativity (Which used to work earlier but now not)?

March 8, 2011

Though it brings rewards in the end, most of us are afraid of challenging our own thought patterns as if it were an invasive brain surgery. We’re designed this way, right? Wrong. But yes, we’re conditioned this way. Few weeks ago I had a weekend discussion with one of my friends who shares a rare frequency [...]

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Assured Results 7

October 1, 2010

Decide to do something; Then take a pen and a paper, even paper-napkin will work and doesn’t matter if the pen is a borrowed one; Write a Goal to work on – make sure it is SMART; Write down the steps you will take to achieve that goal; Assign the deadline to the goal; Follow [...]

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If You Want to Have a Great Project Team

September 24, 2010

… then focus on having a great project team. You can learn about how to have a great project team may be from a book or a senior colleague but the best way to truly learn it is to start building one. Focus on learning by doing. Read on for some tips on the same and [...]

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