Unfamiliar is the new normal!! Having been a projects person most of my life, I have a tendency to live in the ‘tomorrow’ … I am used to ‘today’ being allocated to my team and focusing my energy on the next steps. I thrive on the ‘unfamiliar’. So keeping in line with that behaviour pattern, […]
There was once a little girl. She was bubbly and full of life! She did not care what people thought about her – she just had fun – spoke her mind, did her thing … lived and enjoyed life. Her parents worried about her. What would people think about her – such an independent thinking,
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In my work on soft skills, my focus area happens to be Emotional Intelligence. Not because it is a very “happening” concept but primarily because in my work specialising in turning around troubled projects, it was my focus on people that turned the projects into a success. This success is something I have replicated successfully
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8th of March – 16 years ago – my father thought it was hilarious that I had given birth to a baby boy on the International Women’s Day – “Only You!” he said. So I wonder if I have done my bit – growing up a young man who I believe is on track to accepting people
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There is a lot of talk about Self-Organised teams. Does this mean “Leaders” are now redundant? Here is my take on it:
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Ever been given a hospital pass – a project that was spiralling towards hell and you walk in as the superhero who has been assigned to salvage it and turn it around? If that isn’t scary enough, then picture your first meeting with the team of such a project: team members are frustrated – ready
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There is no turning back from the fact that technology rules our life. We can no longer carry out our day to day life without computers and smart phones. Yet organisations remain divided as IT and Business. Business of course is the generic term given to anybody who sits outside the IT group – much
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I recently completed a review at a client site. The review was on their project management capability. The findings are really interesting although not at all surprising for me. The organisation is a well respected name in the FMCG world. About two years ago they rolled out the Agile methodology and they have adopted it
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Being a woman in the modern world! Chances are you are already a superhuman combining 4 roles – a mother, a wife, an executive and a homemaker! Now you wonder why your stress levels are high and why you are low on energy and motivation? You feel you are good at nothing, unable to achieve
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Often, with under-performing teams, it is the people aspect that needs focus – not necessarily the processes. A typical fix though, is to review processes and perhaps whack a few more in the hope that things will start working …. After all processes imply structure and if there is structure then someone must know what
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