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| Effective Delegation of Work |
| 2007-10-04 09:18:00 |
Effective managers and leaders know that they can climb greater
heights and achieve remarkable goals only if they delegate work
to the good, able and talented people around them. The logic is
simple – if they are able to rope in more brains and bodies to do
the tasks, they are able to get more things done within the same
time frame. Having these tasks out of the managers' hands will
free up
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| Workaholics with No Balanced Life |
| 2007-09-21 13:22:00 |
There is no indefinite job security. Market conditions fluctuate so
fast that workers would rather play it safe by working into the
good books of the employer. What better way to do that than to
be the first person to step into the office and the last to leave. What
started out as pure work enthusiasts end up being workaholics.
Workaholics' lives center around work and nothing else.
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| My Boss is an Idiot |
| 2007-09-14 08:34:00 |
Working hard and being extremely competent in what you do is
not the key to getting a promotion. Not when you have an idiot
and a fool as a boss, supervisor or manager. All of us may at one
time or other work with bosses who belong to that “no-brain,
no-skill” category, and our favorite happy-hour conversations
always center upon how these bosses got to that position of
power in the first
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| Control and Overcome Procrastination |
| 2007-09-04 07:25:00 |
Procrastination – putting off till tomorrow things that we should
do today. At some point in our lives, we are either guilty of
procrastination or know of friends or colleagues who are. Is
procrastination a bad thing? Would you call procrastinators lazy?
Are they poor decision makers? Would you marry or stay married
to a procrastinator? As you will read, we do not view
procrastination as
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| Self Help, Perseverance and Success |
| 2007-08-24 10:17:00 |
A startup business crumbles after 2 years and needs a couple of
million dollars of funds to keep it afloat. Entrepreneur A seeks
financial help from banks, negotiates scheme of arrangement
with creditors, and when all these don't materialize, he prays
that a white knight will come to his rescue. Entrepreneur B
adopts a similar approach with banks and creditors. However,
instead of waiting
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| Higher Purpose and Job Satisfaction |
| 2007-08-15 07:31:00 |
A purpose is a mission statement. An organization invariably has
one, which it expects every employee to live up to. Sure, the
employee will do what he is told to do, but he is motivated to
work for a different reason. He works because he has to support
a family; he has to work in order to survive. Although the
employee is committed to the work, there is no alignment between
the employee's
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| Turn Adversity into Opportunity |
| 2007-08-08 08:12:00 |
A life without obstacles is as good as dead. Whether they are
everyday problems or crisis situations, how we handle them will
determine how good we are as a leader. The weak leaders
crumble when the odds stack up and surrender even before any
attempt to overcome the obstacles. The great and successful
leaders on the other hand see adversity as a challenge. Against
all odds, they rise above
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| Teamwork - A Competitive Advantage |
| 2007-07-31 10:01:00 |
To value the importance of teamwork, we have to appreciate
the value of every individual. Many managers think that they
are good team players. When they get into action, they begin
to “take charge” of the whole process and dictate their beliefs.
They are deaf to other people's inputs and suggestions.
Sometimes, they may ask for ideas from the members and
appear receptive. At the back of
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| Boss's pet and Favoritism |
| 2007-07-18 10:36:00 |
Favoritism is a human trait found in many relationships, e.g.,
parent-children, teacher-students. As long as there are two
persons we have to interact with, it is in our nature to compare
and favor one over the other. CEOs, employers, bosses and
managers who deny that they have pet employees are
deceiving themselves. They should accept that they have, but
be skillful enough to manage the
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| Value Ideas and Staff Suggestions |
| 2007-07-11 08:24:00 |
Many of the success stories begin with simple ideas. In the
course of work, your employees or staff may likewise have
creative ideas and innovative solutions to carry out their work
more effectively and efficiently. Sometimes, they improvise the
processes without the Management being aware of it. It could
very well be that the same improvisation can be applied to other
work processes across
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| Problem Solving: Define Problem |
| 2007-06-27 09:09:00 |
One mistake that people often make when they are faced with a
situation is to jump straight into finding solutions, giving little
thought to defining the problem. For example, a hotel manager
saw a sudden dip in occupancy rate, and asked the staff to
propose “ways to increase the occupancy rate.” Everyone went
full steam into publicity, promotional offers, events and other
gimmicks. Months
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| The Boss is Always Right |
| 2007-06-16 02:13:00 |
In many places of work, there is only one rule – “The Boss is
Always Right” or “The Boss is Never Wrong”. What if we know
that the Boss is wrong? Well, simple ... refer back to the rule.
All around us, we see and hear of double standards and
inequality. The recent case of celebrity heiress Paris Hilton
being released after three days in Los Angeles jail sparked
fierce debates on the
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| Conflict Resolution at Work |
| 2007-06-07 02:53:00 |
No two humans come out of the same mold and differences
in ideas and opinions are bound to arise. Differences lead to
Conflicts. When well-handled, conflicts are in effect good for
the organization as they often lead to creative ideas and
changes for the better. Conflicts become counterproductive
when they give rise to enmity, hostility, tension, confusion
and sabotage among the workers. If
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| Cope with Work Stress |
| 2007-05-25 00:08:00 |
It has been widely believed that the most stressful jobs are
those in the IT, nursing care, education, secretarial, and
service industries. There are also surveys that included
lawyers, engineers, marketers, and human resource personnel
among the most stressed professionals. Is it true that if you
are in these professions, you must necessarily feel stressful
at work? Can there not be
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| Leaders as Role Models |
| 2007-05-12 11:46:00 |
Everybody has a role model, someone who has done the same
job we are doing or taken the same path of life we are traveling
on. Sometimes, we are embarrassed or are too ego-conscious
to admit having a role model. The reality is that without
tapping on the knowledge and experience of the people who
have succeeded before us, we are likely to fall into the same
pits that they could have fallen
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| Trust Gut Instincts and Intuition |
| 2007-05-02 06:46:00 |
Are decisions made by gut feelings good? Business writer
Malcolm Gladwell seemed to think so. In his bestselling book
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, he presented
cogent arguments on how decisions made in an instant, almost
without thinking, stood up better than decisions made after
analytical considerations. Dotted with examples like how a
fire-fighter suddenly knows when to
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| Dreams, Goals, and Motivation |
| 2007-04-18 12:19:00 |
One of the important aspects of motivation is knowing what
we want to achieve. Once we have that, we can go through a
series of goal-setting steps to state, define and execute our
goals. This first step of knowing what we want is by no means
simple. Try asking your children what they want to achieve.
You will get answers ranging from scoring the perfect grades
in their examinations to being
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| Learn the Art of Saying NO |
| 2007-03-12 15:09:00 |
“NO” is a two-letter word but one of the most powerful words
in leadership, management, and career growth. Learning to say
No when you really want to is one of the important skills in work
survival. It is not a negative mindset of avoiding work. Instead,
it is a way of gaining control over your work and personal life,
making work fit into your purpose of life, and seeking fulfillment
and job
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| Corporate Governance and Transparent Leadership |
| 2007-02-02 08:57:00 |
Corporate disclosure has always been a sore point between
stakeholders and the management. The decision on what must
go into the public domain is difficult due in part to the reality
that companies thrive primarily on well-kept business secrets
of success. These are legitimate concerns although history had
also uncovered improper practices which were well-hidden and
protected under the cloak
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| Effective and Efficient Meetings |
| 2007-01-21 11:29:00 |
Meetings are such a dread. Haven't you attended meetings
which are totally unproductive, time-wasting, and boring? Or
are you guilty of chairing such meetings? In one of my places
of work, I had meetings almost round the clock. “Remember
that time is money.” If you agree with Benjamin Franklin, time
is a huge cost to the company. While I won't say they were all
unproductive, I would
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| Christmas tale and generous managers |
| 2006-12-17 11:43:00 |
Leadership is not an inanimate object. It has a face, and more
importantly, it has a heart. The good leaders do not merely
command respect, they earn it. A leader who rules with an iron
fist will influence people once. A leader who rules with a kind
heart will influence people for a lifetime. We like to associate
with leaders who see themselves as humans, and not an
extraordinary species.
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| Innovative marketing and packaging |
| 2006-12-11 02:15:00 |
In the business environment, there are the Davids and the
Goliaths. Occasionally, we read inspiring stories about how one
small startup company can gobble up a large share of the pie
and surprise the older boys. More often than not, they are not
about David killing Goliath, but about the two of them forming
strategic alliances and capitalizing on each other's strengths. It
boils down to
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| Customer service – accept blame, own the problem |
| 2006-12-11 01:23:00 |
When things go wrong, as they often do, what is your first
reaction? Blame it on others. This blaming game is played even
at the highest levels in the corporate offices and in our
government. When complaints arise and it is obvious that the
fault lies in a certain person, he gets the whole troop of officers
in the department to share the blame. It sounds unfair, but it is
a useful strategy.
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| Autocrats, dictators, and dominant bosses |
| 2006-12-11 00:47:00 |
A majority of complaints and agitated office gossips are related to
the bosses, either they are too incompetent, demanding,
unreasonable, or autocratic. It is difficult to work under these
types of managers and supervisors and the frustrations at work
lead to misery and low morale and eventually disaster for the
company. While many of the complaints are fair and true, we have
pulled out a
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| Business strategy based on false assumptions |
| 2006-12-08 09:11:00 |
When formulating theories and business plans, we are usually
fond of qualifying them by stating the assumptions we have made.
The commonly used assumption is the latin phrase “cēterīs pāribus”,
basically stating that our plans are based on “all other things being
equal.” Should there be a change in these variables or assumptions,
our projections would be different. The critical thing to
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| Focus on your proven strategy |
| 2006-11-30 14:16:00 |
However much we believe ourselves to be a jack-of-all-trades,
we can surely identify one trade that we are better at,
something that we are proud of. Similarly, in our other decision
making approaches, business strategies and work processes,
there are bound to be some that have consistently worked well
for us. These tried and tested ones become our strengths, our
forte. They are unique to us
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| Importance of planning |
| 2006-11-30 14:01:00 |
The Ant and the Grasshopper
(Illus by Arthur Rackham)
In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about,
chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by,
bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the
nest.
"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper,
"instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"
"I am helping to lay up food for the
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| Communicate truthfully and effectively |
| 2006-11-30 13:49:00 |
The Monkey and the Dolphin
(Illus by Arthur Rackham)
A Sailor, bound on a long voyage, took with him a Monkey to
amuse him while on shipboard. As he sailed off the coast of
Greece, a violent tempest arose in which the ship was wrecked
and he, his Monkey, and all the crew were obliged to swim for
their lives. A Dolphin saw the Monkey contending with the
waves, and supposing him to be a man
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| Value every team member |
| 2006-11-30 13:37:00 |
The Lion and the Mouse
(Illus by Erin O'Leary Brown)
Once when a Lion was asleep a little Mouse began running up
and down upon him; this soon wakened the Lion, who placed
his huge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow
him. "Pardon, O King," cried the little Mouse: "forgive me
this time, I shall never forget it: who knows but what I may
be able to do you a turn some of these days?"
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| Walk away from a bad deal |
| 2006-11-30 13:22:00 |
The Lion in Love
(Illus by Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset)
A Lion once fell in love with a beautiful maiden and proposed
marriage to her parents. The old people did not know what to
say. They did not like to give their daughter to the Lion, yet
they did not wish to enrage the King of Beasts. At last the
father said: "We feel highly honoured by your Majesty's
proposal, but you
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| Give genuine appraisals |
| 2006-11-30 13:11:00 |
The Fox and the Crow
(Illus by Arthur Rackham)
A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its
beak and settle on a branch of a tree. "That's for me, as I
am a Fox," said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the
foot of the tree. "Good-day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How
well you are looking today; how glossy your feathers; how
bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must
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| Bosses who want their way |
| 2006-11-30 12:52:00 |
The Wolf and the Lamb
(Illus by Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset)
Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside,
when, looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just
beginning to drink a little lower down. "There's my supper,"
thought he, "if only I can find some excuse to seize it."
Then he called out to the Lamb, "How dare you muddle
the water from which I am
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| Leaders must be decisive |
| 2006-11-30 12:12:00 |
The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass
(Illus by Arthur Rackham)
A Miller and his son were driving their Ass to a neighboring fair
to sell him. They had not gone far when they met with a troop of
women collected round a well, talking and laughing. "Look there,"
cried one of them, "did you ever see such fellows, to be trudging
along the road on foot when they might ride?” The old man
hearing
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| Incentives give the extra push to succeed |
| 2006-11-30 11:56:00 |
The Hare and the Hound
(Illus by Arthur Rackham)
A Hound started a Hare from his lair, but after a long run, gave up
the chase. A goat-herd seeing him stop, mocked him, saying,
"The little one is the best runner of the two." The Hound replied,
"You do not see the difference between us: I was only running for
a dinner, but he for his life."
Moral:
Incentive spurs effort.
Kidding me:
Do
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| Staff is the most valuable asset |
| 2006-11-30 11:36:00 |
The Goose with the Golden Eggs
One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there
an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as
heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he
thought a trick had been played upon him. But he took it home
on second thoughts, and soon found to his delight that it was an
egg of pure gold. Every morning the same thing
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| Do not fear competition |
| 2006-11-30 11:24:00 |
The Fox and the Lion
(Illus by Arthur Rackham)
When first the Fox saw the Lion he was terribly frightened, and
ran away and hid himself in the wood. Next time he came near
the King of Beasts, however, he stopped at a safe distance, and
watched him pass by. The third time they came near one
another, the Fox went straight up to the Lion, and passed the
time of day with him, asking him how his
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| Set realistic goals |
| 2006-11-30 11:07:00 |
The Fox and the Grapes
(Illus by Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset)
One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till
he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had
been trained over a lofty branch. "Just the thing to quench my
thirst," quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and
a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again
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