Archive for 'Leadership'

Does Your Boss Bend You Out of Shape?

Does Your Boss Bend You Out of Shape?

I recently finished reading 360-degree Leader and I couldn’t help but share this as is. It is talking about one of the quality that a leader in middle management needs to have. Adaptability – Quickly Adjusts [...]

When Do YOU See Change?

When Do YOU See Change?

-Adaptable -Flexible -Versatile -Ambitious …are some of the adjectives attached to someone who is ‘ready to change’ or NOT.       Many a times I’ve heard ‘Change is Inevitable. Growth is Intentional’. In regards to [...]

Timing in Leadership

Timing in Leadership

Timing is very important when one is part of a team or a middle manager. They have to be mindful of the situation when dealing with seniors. Whereas the seniors are at liberty and dictate the [...]

Hiring Stupid People

Hiring Stupid People

One thing is for sure – no one wants to hire stupid people! But do you really put an effort to hire ‘The Best’ candidate? Not just ‘best of the lot’, nor ‘best possible’, but ‘The [...]

TWiST – This Week in Software Testing Podcasts

TWiST – This Week in Software Testing Podcasts

TWiST is a series of podcasts from Software Test Professionals where Matt Heusser interviews leaders in software testing from different parts of the world. Through these podcast the interviewees share their experiences, achievements, tools and latest [...]

What is Your Elevator Pitch

What is Your Elevator Pitch

Continuing from my last blog – at the same forum we had a senior personnel from ANZ bank, who did a keynote presentation on Strategy and Planning for managers. While presenting he touched on various aspects [...]

Where the Testing Industry will be in 10 Years Time

Where the Testing Industry will be in 10 Years Time

Last month – November 2010, I attended Test Managers Forum organised by Assurity where I also did a presentation related to (of course) software testing. Anyways we’re not talking about me here There were some great [...]

Presentation at ANZTB Test 2010 Conference

Presentation at ANZTB Test 2010 Conference

  Last year I blogged about ANZTB’s (Australia & New Zealand Testing Board) Test conference and mentioned that if things work out well I might be doing a presentation there – fortunately they did! Yay – [...]

The New Era and Project FOCUS

The New Era and Project FOCUS

Lot has changed in last 2 years for me, specially I completed 3 decades of my life and moved into my 30s. Recently also delivered a major project for my employer – called project FOCUS. It [...]

Myths of Leadership

I’ve been reading The 360-degree Leader by John Maxwell. The book is about “Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization” In the first section the author presents 7 myths that every leader in the middle [...]