lessons in leadership
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Leadership Skills # 8 : Iterations & Persistence
The power of iterations becomes evident when building prototypes and scaling projects. Moving from concept to reality requires constant iteration to uncover missing puzzle pieces. Rapid and global collaboration fosters diverse solutions to challenges. Persistence is key throughout this process, as heartbreaks and failures are inevitable. Maintaining focus on solving the core issue, while persuading… Continue reading
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Leadership Skills # 7 : Meta Level Decision Making Tips
Today is going to be a small post , literally very small because it is more to do with meta level tenets on how we should operate when looking through crisis and see what is best can be done to be decisive. Time you cannot recover Keep in mind time is not a recoverable asset Continue reading
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Leadership Skills # 6 : Executive Presence
While executive presence is a valuable quality to have as a leader. Employees at any level can develop this important trait to use throughout their careers. Executive presence can not only lead to promotions and professional advancement but can also be an inspiration to others and increase productivity in the workplace. Continue reading
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Leadership Skills # 5 : Write First
The article by Itzy Sabo emphasizes the significance of a “Think First Culture,” prioritizing writing to enhance communication and understanding in professional contexts. It argues that well-formed documents, supported by visual aids, allow for clearer thoughts, better goal alignment, and thoughtful questioning, making writing a crucial leadership skill. Continue reading
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Leadership Skills # 4: Self Reflection Routines
Reflecting on your day-to-day experiences is an essential practice for personal growth. Although it can be challenging to realize the importance of this routine, it is powerful when you periodically capture information and review it on a weekly basis to see your progress. Continue reading
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Collaborate!
A quick byte on collaboration and a reminder to creating network effect within organization. Continue reading
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Good Better Best – Quality of Decision
You might heard following phrases several times : “This is a wrong decision , we should not made this call” “Why did you not inform us , otherwise we would have made right decision” “I think if we would have collaborated , we could have made a right call on this issue” Being a programmer at core Continue reading
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Make Process The Winner!
We encounter problems statements everyday and there are ‘n’ number of ways to solve them. In addition to this there is no good or bad way of solving them ! Over a period of time I have come to see that we generally get into conflict due to internal workings and although we do arrive Continue reading
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15 years on..Journey thru Professional Wilderness
I still remember this day 15 years back , when I was heading alone to Kolkata for joining my training at TCS . It was raining hard , when I arrived at the station. Being a day scholar most of my life , this was a big step forward outside the protected layers of my family Continue reading
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Indecision Or Flexibility?
In my earlier post : Control & Freedom : Managing Relationships , I talked about how exercising control to maintain right hypothesis can cause undue tension and sometimes it is necessary to walk away with right attitude coupled with mindset. If we take a balcony view , we would also get to know that control usually allows Continue reading
About Me
Over 24 years of experience developing software to support multi-million dollar revenue scale and leading global engineering teams. Hands-on leadership in building and mentoring software engineering teams. I love History as a subject and also run regularly long distances to keep myself functional.
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