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APRIL 14, 2010

Values based hiring increases performance, enhances collaboration, reduces turnover, increases morale, and creates a stable culture. Don’t be quick to hire based upon gut feel, but rather take time in the interviewing process to let the prospective new hire get a feel for your culture and your company.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Great Leadership: Beware of These Nine I’s I wrote earlier about Nine I’s and Great Leadership. Ineffective : Leadership delivers performance. Tip : For a better understanding and correlation, read this post along with my earlier post Nine I’s and Great Leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Never sacrifice quality: Your products, services, leadership, management, culture, customer service, communication, etc. Innovate: Your brand will have at best a limited shelf life if a culture of innovation doesn’t pervade your business. must all reflect high standards of quality.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer #QUALITYtweet at Reflection Leadership (Thanks to Tom Glover) Tom Glover is a “Leadership Friend” who hosts Reflection Leadership Blog. I came to know Tom via our common leadership community over at Twitter. I sent him a copy of #QUALITYtweet for review a few months back.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Invisible Cost of “Toxic” Leadership Many organizations today are plagued by so-called leaders who don’t carry a leadership mindset. We all know that leadership is a mindset, a way of thinking and attitude. It has little to do with title/designation.

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QAspire

JANUARY 12, 2011

Getting people to exercise their choice of delivering excellence is #1 leadership challenge. It starts with getting the right people and building the right culture. Secondly, excellence has a lot to do with people’s motivation to do a great job. It is their choice. Finally, just like quality , excellence is a moving target.

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QAspire

AUGUST 24, 2010

Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Check it out if you haven’t already ! Check out the feature. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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JULY 29, 2021

This book chronicles the adventures of David & Glaudia as they trekked around the world visiting companies embracing agile ways of working and detailing how cultural differences play a role in adoption. Principal Agile Transformation Consultant.

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QAspire

JULY 22, 2010

Have you ever realized the costs of: having an inefficient leadership team? loosing great ideas because of a “compliance” culture? Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Hidden Costs 25 As a business leader, if you think “costs” are only the ones where you spend real money, think again. setting wrong examples? Loved the theme!

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AUGUST 2, 2010

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JANUARY 2, 2011

Striving for excellence” should be a call to action for us to renew our focus on developing a culture of excellence, great leadership, adopting best practices, making them work in our context, continual improvement and superior service to our customers/peers. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer On Delivering In software world, delivering is generally associated with painful process of testing, rework, defect fixing, perfecting, packaging and then shipping. We build our reputation as professionals by the stuff we deliver, quality of what we deliver and timeliness of our shipments.

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QAspire

JANUARY 20, 2011

"The HR Carnival" by Mike Haberman (at Omega HR Solutions) features my post " Don’t Just Punish Them If They Don’t Comply " along with 32 other great posts on HR, Leadership and Organization Development. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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QAspire

OCTOBER 10, 2010

. - - - - - Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Leadership , Process Improvement , Quality | Tanmay October 11, 2010 No Comments No comments yet.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

.” - - - - - Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Check it out if you haven’t already ! Bonus: Read my post (How to) Have a Great Monday! –

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Life Lesson on Endurance What I learned from my daughter about “Persistence” Tags: Leadership , Persistence Leadership , Managing People , Managing Projects , Process Improvement , Self Growth | Tanmay September 13, 2010 No Comments No comments yet. RSS feed for comments on this post.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

A man’s character is tested in adverse conditions and difficulties. By Joe@Leadership blog , September 21, 2010 @ 11:14 pm Fantastic looking plant, not one we have in the UK unfortunately it would seem. Reading from the top, I was amazed to read that the flowers bloomed at their best in dry sunny climate.

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QAspire

AUGUST 15, 2010

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

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QAspire

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Great Quotes: Gems from Subroto Bagchi on Leadership I have always enjoyed reading thoughts of Subroto Bagchi , one of India’s most well known and respected leaders from the IT industry who operates as a “Gardener” and Vice Chairman at MindTree.

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QAspire

AUGUST 22, 2010

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QAspire

JANUARY 9, 2011

QAspire Blog was featured in Management Improvement Carnival Blog Review by Wally Bock at Three Star Leadership Blog. What fascinates me is how the company has continued to grow with a leadership that is set on throwing money and more people at the problem rather than any other approach to remedy. Thabo Hermanus´s last blog.

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QAspire

AUGUST 12, 2010

I am fortunate to a part of a wonderful leadership/management community who so generously share their ideas, insights and knowledge. Wally Bock at Three Star Leadership prescribes a method to treat “Idea Deficit Disorder”. So, here are 5 posts that I totally enjoyed reading in the last week, and I am sure you will enjoy them too.

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QAspire

JULY 14, 2010

Selflessness is at the core of great leadership. Oftentimes, in the larger corporate culture of focussing on quarterly results, the priority becomes the immediate short- term strategy–leading to high risk growth. Cultivating people takes time, but is at the core of leadership and building a sustainable culture.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Photo: Flower at Esplanade Park, Helsinki, taken during my Finland visit in May 2009 Tags: God , Hard work , Opportunity , Random Muse , Work Career Related , Leadership , Random Musings | Tanmay February 19, 2010 6 Comments By shahmaulikn, February 19, 2010 @ 8:18 am Wow.Simply Great. What are you doing to seize them?”

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QAspire

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Leadership lessons from the Chile mine rescue By satyanjoy, October 19, 2010 @ 8:02 am Very nice article and never thought about Experience and Expertise in this way, so my take away is : Expertise is the skill that we developed during our experience Other Links to this Post RSS feed for comments on this post. Consistency matters!

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QAspire

JULY 1, 2010

Process culture best established when you are still small. My next post underlined the fact that thinking abundance is the key to great leadership. I explored Nine roles of great leadership. A leader’s belief about people goes a long way in building culture. My next post helps you do that.

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QAspire

AUGUST 26, 2010

To complement this effort, give them the URL’s of some of the best leadership blogs out there. Share other useful resources like free presentations, eBooks, podcasts and videos that would help them get into a leadership mindset. Explore more articles tagged under “Leadership” at QAspire Blog. Thanks for adding that.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Robin’s Blog Seth s Blog Steve Yastrow’s blog - new article Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching TerryStarbucker.com The Tom Peters Weblog Utpal Writes QAspire Blog: Practical Insights on Quality, Management, Leadership and Improvement is powered by WordPress WordPress Themes I think it’s not only business specific.

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QAspire

AUGUST 5, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Engagement, Leadership and Power of Storytelling Last week, I had a short conversation with one of my colleagues in HR about the all important topic of employee engagement. Stories create alignment and hence culture. That is what leadership is all about. I have noticed that in Prof.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

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NOVEMBER 28, 2010

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QAspire

JULY 4, 2010

It’s amazing how simple things like using up your employees’ time and not giving them chances to take on new tasks can have such a negative impact on both your team and how they perceive your leadership. I think great leadership is all about having simple rules of thumb and follow them consistently. .&#

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QAspire

AUGUST 20, 2010

Three Years of CO - by Kurt Harden Cultural Offering blog completed three years and Kurt ruminates on the journey so far. He also offers practical tips to handle a performance problem. He says, “That is the deal that is blogging. You take a shot at it. Put some thoughts down. Must read if you are struggling with your productivity.

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QAspire

AUGUST 10, 2010

. - - - - - Stay tuned to QAspire Blog: Subscribe via RSS , Connect via Facebook or Follow us on Twitter Tags: customer delight , Customer Relationships , Excellence , project management , Quality Leadership , Managing Projects , Quality | Tanmay August 11, 2010 7 Comments By Anil Kumar, August 11, 2010 @ 8:59 am Fantastic post!!

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Robin’s Blog Seth s Blog Steve Yastrow’s blog - new article Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching TerryStarbucker.com The Tom Peters Weblog Utpal Writes QAspire Blog: Practical Insights on Quality, Management, Leadership and Improvement is powered by WordPress WordPress Themes Have a GREAT week ahead!

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

My Writing at QAspire Blog Excellence: Lessons From Anupam Kher The ‘Invisibles’ in Business Performance Engagement, Leadership and Power of Storytelling Metrics: Are They Mapped With Your Business Objectives? (You can also visit monthly round ups of Jan 2010 , Feb 2010 , Mar 2010 , April 2010 , May 2010 , June 2010 and July 2010 ).

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