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                     Responsible, Result-oriented, Reliable and Resilient people succeed “Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.” – Francis Bacon In today’s technology driven and highly competitive global market, every employer wants to retain responsible, reliable, result-oriented, innovative and resilient professionals. As a manager/team leader, you are responsible for discipline, curb rumours , enhance performance and grooming of your team. Responsibility cannot be delegated and you are fully accountable. As a team, your commitment, actions, risk-taking and results should speak not words. A successful manager/leader must be reliable, responsive, cooperative, competent innovative and knowledgeable about organisation’s vision, rules and ethos. You need to think far ahead to plan for growth and not maintain status-quo. Some salient points fo...

  Quality is the Key for Business Sustainability and Growth   “Eventually everything connects – people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.” – Charles Eames Quality is the responsibility of all from GateKeeper to the CEO, Everyone in the organization must be a part of the quality movement. The senior management should give more weightage to quality and get their organization certified for QA.   Once QA certified, they should arrange to display Quality Flags and Banners in the premises. To instill quality spirit, let people wear caps and shirts with a quality badge. When you deliver any project or product or service to your customers, they often stress that the product should conform to international standards or standards as stipulated by the customer. A quality product will have assured performance and ease of operation and great demand in the market. Although quality is not free, it gives great satisfaction to the custom...

                              Practice, Practice and Practice wins the race                     Practice, Practice, and Practice Wins the Race “One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”  –  Arthur Ashe The secret of success of any leader is preparation, preparation, and preparation. Preparation deals with the use of skills, testing processes, and procedures. Those who practice building strength and better techniques are the winner in any race. In a competitive market, you are not running your own race but competing against equally great professionals. All things being equal, it is the hard practice that gives an extra bit of stamina to cross the finishing line and surprise the spectators. Similarly, all great statesmen/ public speaking gurus rehearse their speech to create the desired impact o...