Category: Leadership
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Time Management – Another perspective!
Hrs/day 24 Sleeping 8 Fresh up, eating 1 Leisure 2 Exercise 1 Spirituality 1 Commute 1 Total Unavailable Hrs/day 14 Available Hrs/ day 10 For the available 10hrs/day, assume one works in 20mins intervals, i.e. 20mins focused work + 10mins break, then the overall focused work per hour is 40mins leading to 400mins (~6.5hrs) in…
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Managers or Leaders?
Often, I come across someone advising another person, “somehow manage it”, and ironically this talent of “somehow manage it” has become a well-regarded skill. “Somehow manage it” leads to pushing things under the carpet, it encourages a toxic culture, brings unwanted long-term stress, hides the real issues and paints the picture good. Occasionally people get…
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Conflict Management – Kautilya’s four Upayas!
A good friend reminded me of the terms Sama, dana, bheda , danda during a recent conversation. According to Kautilya’s Arthashastra these are four methods or Upayas of dealing with conflicts or in general people related problems. He says that these Upayas can be used individually or as a combination. They mean, Sama – conciliation…
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Reducing TTM while tracking ROI, NPV throughout the lifecycle
This is a chart that I prepared by combining the SE lifecycle model and the Return Map diagram. The reason I did this is because Systems Engineering focus on costs, schedules and quality aspects of the lifecycle but doesn’t emphasis enough on the time value which helps in the decision-making process. Return Maps on the…
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How to assess training effectiveness?
Here’s something I prepared based on the Kirkpatrick model for evaluating how effective are the organizations training programs. In most cases, at least that I have seen the effectiveness evaluation ends at the first level (Reaction). If you’re reading this, do please share your comments below. Thank you! Level What? Assessment Method (How?) When to…