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Farid’s Secrets for Managing a Team of Experts

Farid’s Secrets for Managing a Team of Experts

If you’ve done some reading about Leadership, then I am sure you must have come across all the discussion about Management v\s Leadership and what it’s all about. There are many managers who could be great [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Tips for Becoming an Energiser

Energisers are those Clever people in your team who have a potential to deliver great outputs even with the minimum amount of resources made available to them. They are the ones who are always bouncing new [...]

DOs and DON’Ts for Leading Clever People

DOs and DON’Ts for Leading Clever People

“Without clever people, leaders cannot hope to succeed. Without good leadership, clevers can never realize their full potential.” The author here reflects on the book Clever where he reckons: “The paradox is that while they (clever [...]

Five Tasks of Leadership

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” -Theodore Roosevelt Image Source [...]