Archive for the ‘Team Lead’ Category
Monday, December 19th, 2011
How we have felt violated when we realized that our peer in team have got promotion or new designation with new set of responsibilities and authority? This comes as a shock and wakeup call and more so when we had considered ourselves in line for similar role change or promotion ...
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Cricket being team game has lots of similarities to teams in professional environment and many situations can be lifted as it is from cricket field and directly applied in teams in offices. Today morning news gave details about how Umesh Yadav (fast bowler) was not able to bowl right length ...
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Many managers (am sure) would be spooked by the results that they get out of team in measurable time frame. Why collective person hours of team results in much lesser output? The task which is planned to be over in 1 week is still work in progress at end of ...
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
How simple it is to pin a failure or misdeed on another person or situation or company. This is case with almost all of us. This is easier way out. If nothing works out blame it on God and bad luck. In context of professionals working in corporate environment, this ...
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
How much of the decision making affected by our opinion and/or feelings towards the people involved? I am sure lots of decisions are taken based on our personal view and what we assume about the situation. Decision making is mostly driven by an instinct, which invariable guides our mind to ...
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Handling high performing team member (in the project) becomes bit of dilemma for project leader / manager and requires special and specific efforts on part of manager to ensure that high performing team member is actively engaged and productive. In doing so – manager does a tight rope walk – ...
Sunday, November 27th, 2011
Just ended test series between India and West Indies was one sided however the last day of last Test was fitting response that Test Match cricket is alive and kicking. Cricket being team game and lots of management derivatives have been pulled out and documented. Managers do draw parallel and ...
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Many of us when moving from individual contributor role to team leader role have this tendency of being “YES Man”. There can be various reasons for it ranging from the upbringing, environment at school / college, type of friends to financial need / condition of the person. Person bends backwards ...
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Dealing with Exit of influential team member is tough and made tougher if it is not handled with maturity it deserves. When a person decides to leave the organization the impact on the current team depends upon the influence he carries on the individuals in the team and common group ...
Monday, October 31st, 2011
The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work. - Agha Hasan Abedi
One can study optics, chemistry, and mechanics through a syllabus to become a professional technologist. The key attribute of the scientific process is that the outcome will be ...
