Share the cash, then share the congratulations

You can pat your people on the back and congratulate them all you want, but if you are not taking care of their need for cash, these praisings won't ring true.

Remote Management

Remote Management is an art. Different Managers have different styles.... some give you your space to work.. some breathe over your neck to get to details while that is not reqd. This is all the more difficult when you have your manager on the phone and when you have people around your manager butting into your conversation. It is always best to leaders to keep a neutral perspective before finding out facts - Do not jump the gun... Especially when you are remotely managing.......

Going above and beyond your call of duty

Being passionate about what you do could land you in certain side effects too..... Most large organizations do tend to give more opporunities, visibility, additional responsibilities, more engagements, etc to high performers. This is good stuff - right?? These are most welcome. What most of the people fail to see is the bandwidth issue that comes along with these add-ons. I know I am known in my earlier and current organization to be the pioneer of the word "bandwidth" - but then, this is reality. So, my advise to all my fellow companions - Do be a high performer.... Take the add-on's knowing what you are taking on...
Not complaining.... Rather cautioning......
My Managers always told me : Be careful what you wish for"..... I do know what that means.... Just that it took a long time for self-realization.... LOL.

To err is human.. but what's beyond that?

When a mistake is made in an organization, what's the first question asked? "what can we learn?" or "Who is to blame?" Most leaders continue to adhere to the old unwritten rule that admonishes them to cover up errors and hide mistakes. The tendency is to move from crisis to crisis, hardly stopping to see what went wrong or what was the cause. This leads to denial and causes us to look away from errors rather than towards them.