A leader is the one who:
- Makes the team add up to more than the sum of the parts
- Has vision and communicates to inspire
- Manages team climate
- Is trusted and respected
- Backs the team at all times
- Is approachable and understands the team
- Empowers the team, creates more leaders
- Takes them to places they have never been before
- Is open, flexible, honest and a hear-a-holic
- Is positive, optimistic
- Is courageous in decision-making, always works in the interest of the team
- Is secure, willing to surround himself with people better than himself
- Can accept responsibility and give credit
- Serves as team glue
Source: "The Winning Way" - by Anita and Harsha Bhogle
About Me ...
- Chinmaya
- Chennai, TN, India
- I am a Software Engineer since Aug 2004. Master of own space, Fun loving but within a limit, hate pulling other's leg, twinkling brain thinking of surroundings, blend of culture and sanskar, priest of music, always ready with a helping hand and a smiling face, Mr Attitude for people who deserve it, but a true and great friend for my friends ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Team player ...
A team player is the one:
- Who has a ‘greater-than-me’ perspective
- Who puts more into the team pot than he takes out
- Who is willing to give up the ‘me’ for the ‘we’
- Who is willing to pass the ball especially when the other guy is in a better position to score
- Who is willing to play in whatever position the team requires him to
- Who gives 100 percent, everytime, under all circumstances
- Who plays by the team rules
- Who is encouraging and is happy to see teammates do well
- Who is proud of belonging to his team
- Who is unafraid to express his opinions
Source: "The Winning Way" - by Anita and Harsha Bhogle
- Who has a ‘greater-than-me’ perspective
- Who puts more into the team pot than he takes out
- Who is willing to give up the ‘me’ for the ‘we’
- Who is willing to pass the ball especially when the other guy is in a better position to score
- Who is willing to play in whatever position the team requires him to
- Who gives 100 percent, everytime, under all circumstances
- Who plays by the team rules
- Who is encouraging and is happy to see teammates do well
- Who is proud of belonging to his team
- Who is unafraid to express his opinions
Source: "The Winning Way" - by Anita and Harsha Bhogle
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Symptoms of Losing Teams ...
- Bureaucratic; delaying decisions
- Egos, internal competition, groupism
- Getting credit more important than getting the job done
- Lack of focus, energies spread thin
- Not enough back-up plans
- The same few people perform, no new people or ideas
- Too many or too few processes
- Crab mentality
- Blaming others or the environment for failure
- Weighed down by past failure
Source: "The Winning Way" - by Anita and Harsha Bhogle
- Egos, internal competition, groupism
- Getting credit more important than getting the job done
- Lack of focus, energies spread thin
- Not enough back-up plans
- The same few people perform, no new people or ideas
- Too many or too few processes
- Crab mentality
- Blaming others or the environment for failure
- Weighed down by past failure
Source: "The Winning Way" - by Anita and Harsha Bhogle
Managing Success ...
- Success must be analyzed with the same rigour as failure
- Success is in the context of time, space and scale
- Keep what still works and discard the rest
- Managing success is as difficult as achieving it
- Winning comes with side-effects: ego, over-confidence, complacence
- ‘The Disease of Me’ can lead to ‘The Defeat of Us’
- Chronic winners need to guard against satisfactory underperformance
- Adversity separates champions from challengers
Source: "The Winning Way" - by Anita and Harsha Bhogle
- Success is in the context of time, space and scale
- Keep what still works and discard the rest
- Managing success is as difficult as achieving it
- Winning comes with side-effects: ego, over-confidence, complacence
- ‘The Disease of Me’ can lead to ‘The Defeat of Us’
- Chronic winners need to guard against satisfactory underperformance
- Adversity separates champions from challengers
Source: "The Winning Way" - by Anita and Harsha Bhogle
Goals...
- Goals are dreams with deadlines
- Goals can be out of reach, but not out of sight
- The goals you set tell the world what kind of person you are
- What you achieve is a function of what you think you can
- As players become bigger, their goals become more precise
- Performance goals make you focus on the variables that can be controlled
- Individual goals must always be aligned with team goals
- Setting up a goal is important as scoring a goal
- Clarity of the role and goal is critical to winning
Source: "The Winning Way" - by Anita and Harsha Bhogle
- Goals can be out of reach, but not out of sight
- The goals you set tell the world what kind of person you are
- What you achieve is a function of what you think you can
- As players become bigger, their goals become more precise
- Performance goals make you focus on the variables that can be controlled
- Individual goals must always be aligned with team goals
- Setting up a goal is important as scoring a goal
- Clarity of the role and goal is critical to winning
Source: "The Winning Way" - by Anita and Harsha Bhogle
Symptoms of Winning Teams ...
- Band of boys atmosphere, happy and relaxed
- Ability to pass the ball
- Living in the present, planning for the future
- Carrying everyone along – backing up underperformers
- A ‘can do’ approach
- Common shared vision
- Strong personal goals yet subordinate to team goals
- Focusing on competition, not internal differences
- Non-negotiable work ethic
- Bringing in new people, ideas to prevent staleness
- Nurturing or culling at the right moment
- Hunger, passion, energy
Source: "The Winning Way" - by Anita and Harsha Bhogle
- Ability to pass the ball
- Living in the present, planning for the future
- Carrying everyone along – backing up underperformers
- A ‘can do’ approach
- Common shared vision
- Strong personal goals yet subordinate to team goals
- Focusing on competition, not internal differences
- Non-negotiable work ethic
- Bringing in new people, ideas to prevent staleness
- Nurturing or culling at the right moment
- Hunger, passion, energy
Source: "The Winning Way" - by Anita and Harsha Bhogle
Saturday, July 16, 2011
His name is 'Today' ...
We are guilty of many errors and many faults,
But our worst crime is abandoning the children,
Neglecting the fountain of life.
But our worst crime is abandoning the children,
Neglecting the fountain of life.
Many things we need can wait
But the child cannot.
But the child cannot.
Right now is the time;
His bones are being formed,
His senses are being developed
His blood is being made...
His bones are being formed,
His senses are being developed
His blood is being made...
To him, we cannot answer, “Tomorrow”,
His name is “Today”.
His name is “Today”.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Traits of an Efficient Manager ...
In today's business world, an efficient manager can be rarely found. An efficient manager is the one who helps to run a business or an organization smoothly and effectively. He is like a captain of the ship who is responsible for the proper guidance of the other team members.
The following are the top five traits of an efficient manager.
Enthusiasm
A manager should be full of enthusiasm and have a positive attitude. Enthusiastic managers are more committed towards their work. They inspire the other team members to be optimistic for achieving a certain goal in the business organization. Managers with enthusiasm have a ‘can do’ attitude; they don't give several reasons for not being able to handle a project.
Communicates Consistently, Clearly, Concisely
An efficient manager should know the art of proper communication. A manager without proper communication skill communicates too infrequently. Therefore they fail to develop confidence between the team members. An efficient manager communicates regularly, clearly and concisely; thereby giving better direction to the team members or in finding a solution to a problem.
Needs to have a sense of humor
An efficient manager should know the art of being humoristic. A bit of laughter or wit can take him to a long way. Although controlling the work of a business or an organization is a serious task one cannot be an efficient leader without having good sense of humor.
Cool Under Pressure
In a business organization, projects are demanded to be delivered on time and under budget without major problems or obstacle. But projects do have problems as everything around does not work perfectly. Efficient managers consider the major problems interesting. They keep the problems aside and coolly tackle the problems as a great opportunity to prove their managing skills.
Truly Humble
This is one of the most important characteristic of an efficient manager. Managers, who are truly humble with a good character, influence people to work with them. Nobody wants to work with a selfish or a self obsessed person.
Courtesy: SiliconIndia
The following are the top five traits of an efficient manager.
Enthusiasm
A manager should be full of enthusiasm and have a positive attitude. Enthusiastic managers are more committed towards their work. They inspire the other team members to be optimistic for achieving a certain goal in the business organization. Managers with enthusiasm have a ‘can do’ attitude; they don't give several reasons for not being able to handle a project.
Communicates Consistently, Clearly, Concisely
An efficient manager should know the art of proper communication. A manager without proper communication skill communicates too infrequently. Therefore they fail to develop confidence between the team members. An efficient manager communicates regularly, clearly and concisely; thereby giving better direction to the team members or in finding a solution to a problem.
Needs to have a sense of humor
An efficient manager should know the art of being humoristic. A bit of laughter or wit can take him to a long way. Although controlling the work of a business or an organization is a serious task one cannot be an efficient leader without having good sense of humor.
Cool Under Pressure
In a business organization, projects are demanded to be delivered on time and under budget without major problems or obstacle. But projects do have problems as everything around does not work perfectly. Efficient managers consider the major problems interesting. They keep the problems aside and coolly tackle the problems as a great opportunity to prove their managing skills.
Truly Humble
This is one of the most important characteristic of an efficient manager. Managers, who are truly humble with a good character, influence people to work with them. Nobody wants to work with a selfish or a self obsessed person.
Courtesy: SiliconIndia
Men vs. Women Manager
Managing a team is not an easy task and it needs lot of hard work, patience, management skills. They are the persons responsible for planning and directing the work of a group of individuals, monitoring their work, and taking corrective action when necessary.
Men and women managers have different traits to lead a team. As they are polls apart, they use different ways to manage a team. But who can be a better manager that is a debatable topic. Many people have different views on working under men and women managers. Have you ever found managers of one gender to be easier or more difficult to work with?
Here are some characteristics that men and women managers have:
Men and women managers have different traits to lead a team. As they are polls apart, they use different ways to manage a team. But who can be a better manager that is a debatable topic. Many people have different views on working under men and women managers. Have you ever found managers of one gender to be easier or more difficult to work with?
Here are some characteristics that men and women managers have:
Behavioral differences
Men and women mangers differ in their behavior towards their employee. They have different leadership style to handle a team. Men managers are mostly task oriented. They give command and try to control their team with their power. Moreover they are more into punishment oriented, for e.g. if any of their employee made any mistake they are ready to punish them rather making them understand the problem. They are more practical towards work life.
However women managers are vulnerable to office politics. Moreover emotion takes a very important part in their life and sometime it comes between them and their work life. But they can understand the problem of their employees well and are ready to sort it out.
Different ways to dealing a team
Men managers lack sensitiveness; with the managerial power they try to dominant their subordinate. But women have the sensitiveness in them and they believe in proper communication with their team. They use smoother way to express work-related demands and needs. Women managers empathize with their employees and give them task that they are good at. This positive act make the employees perform better and faster.
Balancing professional and personal life
Women can play the role of mother, wife and a professional. They play a versatile role between their work and personal life. They can balance both their personal life and professional. They have the quality of nurturing and understanding of people. They can manage well in their work and life stress situations. However men need not balance everything as there are always women who take care of their home. Men tend to burst out their problem at office if they have any personal issues.
Courtesy: SiliconIndia
Men and women mangers differ in their behavior towards their employee. They have different leadership style to handle a team. Men managers are mostly task oriented. They give command and try to control their team with their power. Moreover they are more into punishment oriented, for e.g. if any of their employee made any mistake they are ready to punish them rather making them understand the problem. They are more practical towards work life.
However women managers are vulnerable to office politics. Moreover emotion takes a very important part in their life and sometime it comes between them and their work life. But they can understand the problem of their employees well and are ready to sort it out.
Different ways to dealing a team
Men managers lack sensitiveness; with the managerial power they try to dominant their subordinate. But women have the sensitiveness in them and they believe in proper communication with their team. They use smoother way to express work-related demands and needs. Women managers empathize with their employees and give them task that they are good at. This positive act make the employees perform better and faster.
Balancing professional and personal life
Women can play the role of mother, wife and a professional. They play a versatile role between their work and personal life. They can balance both their personal life and professional. They have the quality of nurturing and understanding of people. They can manage well in their work and life stress situations. However men need not balance everything as there are always women who take care of their home. Men tend to burst out their problem at office if they have any personal issues.
Courtesy: SiliconIndia
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