Dehyphenating India and Pakistan

Really interesting article from Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor, Indian Express.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-new-project-pakistan/499501/

Working in Teams/Organisation

One has to suppress oneself to other’s temperament or working style to do work in teams and get along with people. At times, one feels very strongly about certain things, or wants things to be done in a particular way, however, in the interest of overall output one must allow people to experiment and come with new ways of working.

The oe thing that one should avoid is receding ground to a bully or tolerating arrogance and sloppy work. A bully should be handled as a bully. And arrogance should be squarely dealt with at the first instance.

This is no doubt an normal case scenario, crisis scenario definitely needs situational leadership and people are required to implement strategy as directed.

Another connected point that I have been thinking about is the dress code and other formalities companies use while interacting with each other. Reflexively and Objectively, I think that dress codes are not required. One should be smartly turned out but wearing formals every day to work is important. The culture is reinforced by the quality of interaction of people in the company and not by the superficial dress code. However, I think having a dress code is a least painful position to ensure people are turnedout smartly in the office. But still dont like wearing neckties on shirts..

Project Management and Delegation

It is always fascinating to see the ability of some organisations/people to execute things in a perfect manner. The skill to execute strategy is by far the most important skill that has to be acquired. At a personal level, it requires Discipline, Dedication and Determination. In teams the goal has to be achieved by taking the team along on all these parameters along with ensuring that it remains motivated and the individual members grow- i.e. quiet acute personnel management.

Delegation is the basic current that runs the team and probably is the most important aspect that a project managers should look at.

Usually, delegation is seen as a tool to either offload tedious work or something that the person delegating the assignment is not interested in doing. The assumption is that it will help the individual gain productive time. However, while working in teams, it is never the goal.The goal is to finish the project in budget with a motivated and happy team.

Actually, delegation should be to offer interesting stretch goals to the team members. The most tedious work needs to be kept for oneself along with project management. This is the best way to finish tasks fast and as desired, because it is highly likely that the work you offload and are not interested in doing, your team member does not like to do it as well. This makes it really tough to get the tasks finished as desired.