Management Bytes
Disconnected body and mind
Golf, a game that looks deceptively simple and yet complex enough to drive the golfer insane. When I tried my hand in this game, I realized a disconnect between...
Read blogLatest
Management Bytes
Management Bytes
Who blinks first?
I, along with my Purchase manager, was responsible for the upgrade of some equipment. Our task was to shortlist a vendor and place the order. The purch...
Read blog
Management Bytes
I don't know
Often, in a meeting where a problem is in the discussion, when the manager says, “I do not know.“ There will be several ideas that pour in from all...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Negotiation Skills
Once I was doing a performance appraisal for the team, one of the team members had written that he would like to add negotiation skills to his resume in the com...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Learn to learn
September 5th is Teacher's day in India, the birth anniversary of Dr. S. Radhakrishan. A very eminent teacher and India's second President. A few years ...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Do not assume, ask
In the last scene of the Hollywood movie Rush Hour, Jackie Chan & Chris Tucker are buckled up for a flight from the USA to Hong Kong when Chris Tucker asks ...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Instant Feedback
When I was in school, following a cricket match was a craze among the young & the old. Those days live telecasts on TV or cellphones were unheard of. Even p...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Act like a hunter
Sometimes some phrases get stuck to us for life. I have one such incident to share.When I was still new to the corporate world, my company faced a crisis. Due t...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Inspirational Quotes from Leaders
I was once on a business trip to Seoul & on one of the evenings; I visited a museum dedicated to King Sejong & Admiral Yi Sunshin.Both are highly regard...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Sales target setting
Once a global meet was organised at our office with the Board of directors. One of the agendas of the Geo's head was to review our future plans.A lot of backgro...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Action is more powerful than the spoken word
Once the super chief of the company was coming on an official visit from the corporate office to the factory. The preparation was in full swing starting from th...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Communicating with Children
I was once waiting at a prospective client’s office for a meeting to discuss about a proposal of work I had put forward. The meeting got delayed by...
Read blog
Management Bytes
How not to get distracted
In June 2012, Nik Wallenda successfully completed a tight rope walk over the Niagara falls from the USA side to the Canadian side of the water falls.During the ...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Communicating the actual status
A few years ago, my father was unwell and confined to the ICU of a hospital. I had taken the task of doing the night duty as an attender. Since nobody is allowe...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Discretion is better part of valour
This learning is from an unusual source. It is a from a beast…….a beautiful beast.My passion for wildlife photography, especially the tigers, takes ...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Project Audit
Several years ago when I was a first time project manager, the project I was handling underwent an internal audit.This being my first project, I prepared very h...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Performance Appraisal
I have been part of performance appraisal across various companies. It is usually a standard format. Most of the performance measures used is more or less the s...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Culture of Innovation
Talking about innovations, I would like to add what I have seen across some companies.If a company wants to be innovative, then the senior leadership should dem...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Innovation in small firm is a way of life.
I was once in a crowded food court in a busy office area. I was able to find one seat for myself at a table, which was already occupied by two youngsters.I coul...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Company's Culture
Company’s cultureIn the company where I worked soon after college, I noticed one thing which was common among my colleagues and me, all of us behaved in ...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Remembering Names -2
Remembering names, faces & linking them to events is an important leadership trait.But how does one do that?I went through several self-help management book...
Read blog
Management Bytes
Remembering Names -1
I have seen this with many leaders, they are able to remember names of people who were two or three levels below them in hierarchy. Even if they do not remember...
Read blog