Should You Dress Up or Dress Down for Success?
By SoumenDe
You may have noticed one noteworthy event related to professional attire happened in recent past when Vishal Sikka, Infosys CEO, asked their employees to do away with formals and dress more comfortably to work through the week. It was no surprise as Vishal himself loved wearing black tee and jacket. Infosys said that relaxing the dress code
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Credibility: The Hard-Earned Talisman of Leadership
By SoumenDe
During the month of July 2015, the news coverage on two personalities accentuated the value of “Credibility” and the different shades of “power” that a person responsible for any top job can opt to use. PMBOK provides, coercive power, reward power and legitimate power as different types of “Formal Power”. The other and more effective type of power is “Personal
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Give that PUNCH to your Leadership Presentation!!
By SoumenDe
I attended Project Management National Conference 2015 (PMNC), held in Bangalore from 10-12th September 2015, and this was unquestionably the most popular and marquee event on Project Management in India. Speakers loved the hallowed podium inside the auditorium filled with enthusiastic crowd and volunteers. The 1000+ delegates carried back some great messages shared by the speakers.
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FED Mantra of Success from Federer Nadal Final
By SoumenDe
When you have determination, energy, skill and a touch of luck in your side, there is nothing that can prevent you from accomplishing your goal. That is exactly what happened on 29th January, 2017, when Roger Federer won his 18th grand slam title (Australian Open 2017 final) at the age of 35, beating his old rival Rafael
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Handling Comparisons: Lessons from Mithali Raj
By SoumenDe
The recent cricket spectacle that caught the attention of nation was a welcome surprise. India Women Cricket team reached the final of ICC Women World Cup 2017 on 23rd July 2017. An estimated 180 million people from across the world watched the event in which the Indian team, led by Mithali Raj, ended runners-up after losing to
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Framework for Implementing Data Analytics
By SoumenDe
Companies are rushing to invest in and pursue initiatives that use Big Data Analytics. “Data” has become the new resource that every company worth its salt is trying to mine to either transform its business (e.g. to reduced operating cost) and/or deliver added ‘value’ to its customers (e.g. improved customer experience). Research has shown that nearly eight
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The Amazing Power of Daily Chores
By SoumenDe
It is Sunday, 10.00 pm now. The Weekend is steadfastly receding away and heralding a fresh new week. Should I be feeling sad or excited? Sunday was the day when there were some elements of “cheat” activity built into my daily chore. I woke up a bit late, did not do the meditation at my
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COVID-19 Lessons from Cumin Seed and Zaarasaaur
By SoumenDe
For the past several days, I am feeling a bit amused (or confused?) in NOT starting the day the way, I have done in the past. I am not picking the morning newspaper and glossing over the headlines, not going through the WhatsApp posts along with the cup of my favorite morning tea. This is because,
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What Supply Chains Learned from Suez Canal Crisis
By SoumenDe
Every company worth its salt tries to develop its supply chain visibility as best as it can. They may call this visibility using different terms such as ” 6/6 vision” or “360-degree visibility” or “holistic view”. However, the bottom-line motivation to develop this visibility is to keep their factories running as per forecasted plan (supported by
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How COPQ KPIs should drive Business Results
By SoumenDe
A key performance indicator (KPI) is a number that shows how a process is performing. This process might be a manufacturing process, , Quality or General management. An objective is a KPI with a set target. Setting KPI especially for COPQ is always a tricky affair as more than 50 % of it remains hidden
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