Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Management Lesson - Point of view

You, your boss and his boss are discussing something and after the meeting you and your boss come out of the room.

Your boss: “What a moron he is! I shield you from taking all the crap so that you do not need to work with him”.

What do you do, give a smile and nod.

What your boss thinks of your smile and nod - You agree with his view that his boss is a moron and he works in a very challenging environment.

What did your boss actually missed in your smile and nod - The people who reports to him think of him exactly the same way he thinks of his boss. Yes, he is actually shielding the visibility of hard and good work you are doing being noticed by the top management.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Happy Pongal

Pongal / Sankranthi - harvesting festival or Indian thanksgiving day - What more can you say on this day other than thank farmer and say "Jai Kisan" for producing crop that would feed a billion+ people inspite of natural calamities (flood/excessive rain/drought) and man made calamities (no electricity / no seeds/fertilizers on time / middle man / no proper storage/warehouses ).

Wish, Hope and Pray that this year and years to come we get good rainfall that is sufficient to meet the needs of all people, trees/plants and animals and wisdom to people not to contaminate and stop encroachment of water bodies.

Pleasant

My first canvas painting...