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AUGUST 22, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra Akshaya Patra Foundation in India is a shining example of how social entrepreneurship combined with power of innovation can make a HUGE difference. First, some background information. million children across India on all school days.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Alexa Rank : 251,748 Google Page Rank : 5 PostRank Leadership Score : 18 Number of Posts in last 30 days : 30 TwitterGrader Score : 100 All Things Workplace : This blog offers opinions and general information on leadership and leadership development by Steve Roesler. Steve’s insights are thoughtful and always spot-on.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In today’s post I’ll clearly explain the difference between vision and mission … As as a backdrop to answering today’s question, I want to share a simple organizational framework I developed several years ago to help executives gain a better understanding of leadership structure. Think about that.

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QAspire

JULY 29, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Adding Value: A Gentle Reminder Sure, as a project manager / business leader, you: Completed the project in given time frame. Shared statistical reports with the top management. Adding value – that is what project management (and all our work as professionals) is all about.

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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. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

It also comes out that the amount of preparation, practice and thinking that goes in when developing your product/service is inversely proportional to the pain you will undergo when delivering. Our progress as professionals depends a lot on our ability to undergo the pain of delivering things out. Check it out if you haven’t already !

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QAspire

JANUARY 12, 2011

We develop our products and services in line with the demands of our customers. This led to some more thinking and here’s what I realized: Quality is generally extrinsic. It is driven by external demands. We implement best practices in line with industry standards. We write our processes to get certified against a certain standard.

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Experience and Expertise – A Few Thoughts When a kid learns how to play music, he develops “ability” to play music. Then a few more years of practice and he develops ability to play new songs without notes. He knows the basics. He is able to play the music according to notes. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

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. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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QAspire

JANUARY 16, 2011

Hence, Rosabeth Moss Kanter , a professor at Harvard Business School believes, “ The next big trend is simple: to simplify. ” So here is a BIG question : How are you contributing towards simplifying the business (of your organization or your customer’s organization) and life (yours and people who work with you)? Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Tags: improvement , Process Improvement , Processes , project management , Quality Managing Projects , Process Improvement , Quality | Tanmay November 29, 2010 1 Comment By Jay Chhaya, December 1, 2010 @ 12:16 pm Masterpiece co-relation between teaching and process improvement aspects.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Tags: connecting with our own self , real worship , self development Random Musings , Self Growth | Tanmay December 2, 2010 3 Comments By Jagat , December 2, 2010 @ 1:44 pm Just 2 Words, Mind Blowing.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

QAspire Blog was recently featured on Community of Program and Project Managers (PPM Community). Thanks to Amit Agarwal (India’s first Professional Blogger at award winning Digital Inspiration blog) for listing QAspire Blog in Directory of Top Indian Blogs under ‘HR/Management/Business’ category. Check out the feature.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

In software development world, inaccurate estimates are a major cause of project failures.) In my view, Agile is not just a software development methodology, agility is also a mindset. So next time you plan your project / initiative, remember that quality of execution depends on quality of planning.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Adjourn/ Networking Social. Adjourn/Networking Social. Hadoop App Development Lab. Eric Sammer – Engineering Manager, Cloudera Cloudera. Adjourn/Networking Social. Mike spent two years at Oracle Corporation as vice president for Embedded Technologies after Oracle’s acquisition of Sleepycat in 2006.

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QAspire

AUGUST 17, 2010

That, to me, is the essence of project management. For project success the points rightly identified above are part of Verification process in V&V model. On a second thought, you can only innovate when you don’t have to worry about doing the routine stuff right. That is where processes and FTR approach can really help.

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QAspire

AUGUST 31, 2010

Megha By Parallel Project Management Training , September 1, 2010 @ 8:55 pm Sad to say that I know some leaders who fulfill all these requirements. Parallel Project Management Training´s last blog. Thanks a Lot for again a very good Topic! It’s amazing that they get to the top. A tendency to overly criticise others.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Tags: improvement , Process Improvement , Quality , self development , Self Growth Career Related , Improvement & Development , Process Improvement , Self Growth | Tanmay November 18, 2010 4 Comments By Ketan, November 18, 2010 @ 7:05 am Excellent, Tanmay!!

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Tags: Adversity , Golden Shower Tree Career Related , Improvement & Development , Self Growth , Uncategorized | Tanmay September 20, 2010 5 Comments By Jay Chhaya, September 20, 2010 @ 8:00 am Yes I am listening and very rightly said, adverse conditions teaches us the most in life.

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QAspire

AUGUST 8, 2010

Tags: Business , Business Performance , improvement , Metrics , Performance , Quality Improvement & Development , Leadership , Process Improvement , Quality | Tanmay August 9, 2010 No Comments No comments yet.

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QAspire

AUGUST 10, 2010

Your questions in the post are a checklist kind of thing to meet their needs and then delighting the customers. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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QAspire

JULY 22, 2010

Bacharach for including my post “5 Ideas to Ensure Lessons are Really Learned” in his list of 10 Must-Read Social Media & Leadership Stories From July 12-17 My post “ Leadership Belief and Building ‘People-Centric’ Culture ” was featured in Carnival of HR – Online Degree Edition along with other GREAT posts on HR and Leadership.

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QAspire

AUGUST 12, 2010

Photo Courtesy: Holtsman’s Flickr Stream Tags: Passion , Seth Godin Improvement & Development , Managing Communication , Managing People , Random Musings | Tanmay August 13, 2010 No Comments No comments yet. RSS feed for comments on this post. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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QAspire

AUGUST 20, 2010

Six Thoughts About Middle Management - by Lisa Haneberg Lisa says , “Management is a social act. These brilliant posts hit the point and leave us with some excellent lessons. A big high-five to these amazing folks. Conversations are your currency to generate excellence and bring out the best in others. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

JANUARY 9, 2011

It is important to realize that it is virtually impossible to develop a process/approach that will foresee all possible issues organization will face. Peter Senge has done some amazing work on organization development and systems thinking. This is true for all businesses large and small. What about you? Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

JULY 1, 2010

Learning fundamentals of project management is essential for everybody - irrespective of whether you are a project manager or not. Well, that is what project management is all about! The idea was to relate project management and PDCA cycle with all personal initiatives for improvement.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Tags: Culture Building , improvement , Quality Improvement & Development , Process Improvement , Quality | Tanmay October 25, 2010 No Comments No comments yet.

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QAspire

AUGUST 1, 2010

Jason Seiden at “Fail Spectacularly” blog has hosted the latest Carnival of Leadership Development featuring my post “ 5 Ways to Build Trust&# Lessons from a Conversation) ” along with a host of other GREAT posts on leadership and executive development. Check it out – some great ideas waiting to be explored! Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Photo Courtesy: DJHuber’s Flickr Photo stream Tags: comfort zone , getting things done , Leadership Improvement & Development , Leadership , Managing People , Process Improvement , Self Growth | Tanmay February 3, 2010 4 Comments By shahmaulikn, February 3, 2010 @ 9:06 am Truly Motivated and learning. Have a wonderful Wednesday!

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QAspire

JULY 8, 2010

Great Quotes , Improvement & Development , Quality , Self Growth | Tanmay July 9, 2010 2 Comments By Jay Chhaya, July 9, 2010 @ 11:38 am Some people aren’t use to quality centric environment and the reason is that actions in such environment requires additional efforts to strive to quality standards. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

JULY 25, 2010

Maxwell Books/Reviews , Improvement & Development , Managing Communication , Managing People , Self Growth | Tanmay July 26, 2010 6 Comments By Jay Chhaya, July 26, 2010 @ 8:21 am Very nice topic brought to scene. Have a GREAT week ahead! Communication is more of theoritical aspect whereas Connect is a practical phenomenon.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Seven Key Thoughts About Managing Human Resources Here are SEVEN most prominent thoughts that stuck me this week about managing “human” resources. February Leadership Development Blog Carnival By Katy , February 10, 2010 @ 8:05 pm Hi Tanmay - great post! Tom Glover´s last blog.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Hard facts Other Links to this Post MAPping Company Success — November 8, 2010 @ 11:18 am Leadership Development Carnival — November 10, 2010 @ 3:28 am RSS feed for comments on this post. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Tags: Friday High-Five , Link Love Improvement & Development | Tanmay September 17, 2010 1 Comment By Jay Chhaya, September 17, 2010 @ 8:31 am Liked John Hunter’s and Patty Azzarello’s blogs.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

I’ve definitely seen the backlash of negative feedback on social sites. Other Links to this Post RSS feed for comments on this post. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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QAspire

AUGUST 15, 2010

Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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QAspire

JULY 27, 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. By Tanmay , July 29, 2010 @ 4:12 am @Ajay - With advent of social media, people now have easier ways to spread the word. Don’t Kill It!

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