Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

Bennett Organizations working on raising awareness of inclusiveness and why it is essential for businesses to survive are well served by advocacy programming. This is very true as it relates to organizations that are working to increase gender diversity at the leadership levels. Culture shift is very difficult and ambiguous.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

The recommendation from Harvard Business Review and Catalyst is for organizations to adopt formal sponsorship programs similar to IBM Europe. Let others know within the organization that you are seeking a sponsor. Create visibility and credibility for yourself in the organization. o Take on high profile projects.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Moreover, in today’s litigious and compliance oriented world where the CEO is no longer out of reach, it’s just plain smart to take a more hands on approach. I can promise you one thing…If as a leader you don’t have a clear read on the pulse of your organization, it won’t have a healty pulse for very long.

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QAspire

JANUARY 20, 2011

Companies are working ways out to deliver more value, people in organizations are evaluated based on value they create and clients seek “value-adds” in products and services they purchase. Eliminating Waste” is the key to a lean and productive organization. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Suzanne Muusers—a 49-year-old Business Coach with international experience based in Scottsdale, Arizona—says that the stigma of Aguilera’s plight is common to women re-entering the job market after being a SAHM. FTC and Other Organizations Aim to Help Business Owners Get Loans Guest post by Shannon Suetos (learn more about Shannon at.

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QAspire

AUGUST 26, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Training Middle Managers On People Management Basics Here is a simple idea: Whenever you have a new manager (project manager/departmental leader) joining in your organization, put him/her through a simple training program on how to manage people. Train existing managers as well. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 7 Steps For Customer Centric Process Improvement You can improve almost everything in your organization. With so much to improve, how do you identify what are your top priority improvements? Check it out if you haven’t already ! RSS feed for comments on this post. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

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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QAspire

JULY 22, 2010

loosing great ideas because of a “compliance” culture? Totally employee oriented terms, and its also true if Employees are satisfied in any organization it will grow no doubts. People need to know how their work contributes to the organization. poor communications and expectations management? acting from a reactive standpoint?

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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

APRIL 16, 2020

Traditionally, those are more leadership trainers or team coaches, but we are consultants in the traditional sense of the word. I have my social hobbies. It is that one branch of my social life that has changed the dynamic of.” There’s a lot of air quote, “remote work consultants” out there. Laurel: Yes. Laurel: Yes.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

This book is a brilliant compilation of great thoughts from all time great authors and coaches. Why not now?” – James Allen (Success Coach) “It is important to remember that we are energy. Why not me? Einstein told us that. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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QAspire

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Identify your core values and behaviors that are important to your organization. So the critical question is: “Is your performance management system driving the right behaviors for the organization?” - - - - P.S.: Three quarters of 2010 have been a super fast for this blog with a frequency of 3 posts per week and a total of 100+ posts.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 24, 2010

One of the biggest challenges for a lot of organizations today is to involve each and every team member in the quality game. Most people in the organization can do a better job if they know: What are the key values and beliefs on quality/excellence in the organization? How will those actions add value to organization?

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QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2010

a lot of companies focus on restructuring their organization structure (hierarchy). Tuning hierarchy and structure of the organization for better outcomes is just one part. I have said this before – any organization that aims to deliver high performance consistently cannot ignore the power of process. How would work flow?

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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 ! Bonus: QAspire Blog was recently featured on Community of Program and Project Managers (PPM Community).

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QAspire

JANUARY 12, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Quality and Quantity – The Conversation Continues On 8th Jan, 2010, I wrote a post on Quality and Quantity – Compliance and Excellence. To me, this is the power of social media. The post resulted in some very interesting conversations in form of comments and in-person conversations.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Senior management and business leaders play a similar role in an organization. Sometimes, a kid acts up, doesn’t obey and creates difficult situations. A mother is still patient and tries to counsel the kid in different ways. But she doesn’t give up. There are problems, roadblocks, dead-ends, difficult issues and choices. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

AUGUST 8, 2010

I have seen extreme cases where organizations either measure so much or they don’t measure anything at all. You can measure almost anything in your business, but if those metrics don’t serve a real business objectives, they are just numbers with no real meaning. Measurement is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Don’t Kill It!

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

A dear friend and business coach, Marcie Stern of Vocal Consulting, tells me that according to Harvard Business School Research, your business can earn 10 times more by writing down your goals. The Business Case for Building a Flexible Work Culture- Series Part I Why do organizations offer flexibility?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

About Tanya Maslach Tanya leads the coaching and creative efforts of Elevati, Inc. in Industrial and Organization Psychology with honors and a B.S. Please join me in welcoming Tanya Maslach of Elevati, Inc. to Women On Business. You can learn more about Tanya below. Clients served through TalentSmart® and Elevati, Inc. in Zoology.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

In my view, implementing an organizational change is pretty much like teaching, because just like teaching, it changes people/teams/organization for better. We make a big mistake when we expect everyone across the organization to accept change at an equal rate. It involves creating an impact on how other’s see their work.

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QAspire

JANUARY 16, 2011

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)? Hence, Rosabeth Moss Kanter , a professor at Harvard Business School believes, “ The next big trend is simple: to simplify. ” Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

JANUARY 2, 2011

One thing that remains constant (and has remained constant) is “Excellence” – which is at the core of the success of any organization, product, service or an individual. Quality is often defined as “degree of excellence”, extent to which organizations, people and products reach their potential. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Most people/organizations don’t think about meaningful changes unless the consequences of not changing are serious or our survival is at stake. I realized that we only change when we “have to” change (externally driven) or when we strongly believe in the result of change (internally driven). Because the latter often tends to be more painful.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 17, 2010

To bring about a positive change in people/organization through our work. 4) To bring about a positive change in people/organization through our work. To be able to build/deliver quality consistently. To raise the bar. To be able to do more in less time. To innovate and experiment. 3) To be able to do more in less time. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Well regarding, Servant Leadership, can you please explain where can this kind of ideology fit in a leadership activity or what a leader can benifit and when, by following this attitude of being just a server or a purpose to attain a end goal for organization. I hope this helps. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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QAspire

JULY 27, 2010

Now think about your organization. A common mistake organizations commit is to deliver great experience first time and then take the customer for granted. It is easy to fall in trap of compliance to standard processes and get boring. You recommend their food, service, ambience and overall quality. You become an evangelist.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 21, 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 ! Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

With rapid globalization and advent of technology, the rate of change in society and in organizations has just multiplied. Every change has its settling time and that depends on you/your organization/your context. internal re-organizations, initiative to change etc.) Change eliminates (on a long run) those who don’t adapt.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

They not only pull you out of your comfort zone, but can also add tremendous value to your team/organization. These have always worked for me: Spend more time with your customers As a leader, your impact on an organization is as large as the impact you have on the customers. Think about “Top 3” pain areas in your team/organization.

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QAspire

JANUARY 31, 2010

This month, I touched upon “ Instinctively Reactive Leadership ” and how it is a huge cost to the organizations. My post on Quality and Quantity – Compliance and Excellence tracked conversations of compliance versus excellence. I wrote earlier about “ toxic leadership ”. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I was very glad to know that two young and aspiring individuals, Manan and Naitri (who are still students themselves) took an initiative to start TEDxAhmedabad (TEDx is an independently organized TED event). The theme of this conference, to be organized on 02nd October 2010, is “Urban Rethinking”. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Are you creating positive experiences for your team, clients and your organization? So, if you are a project manager at any level, here are a few critical questions to think upon: What statement are you making by the way you manage projects? Are you the right example for your team to follow? Have a Great Monday! Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Article Series on Quality – A Round-Up As announced earlier , I am writing a very exciting series of articles on QUALITY over at ActiveGarage.com – it is a 12-part series that touches upon some of the most critical aspects of building a quality-centric organization culture. Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire

JULY 20, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 5 Ways To Build Trust (Lessons from a Conversation) One of my friends recently joined a new organization at a senior position. " Clarify Expectations : When you are new to an organization, it is very important that you manage expectations well. What you expect from them.

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QAspire

AUGUST 29, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer ‘Their Work’ Versus ‘My Work’ When you work in an organization or within a team, you can think of it as ‘doing the work for someone’. On one side, they work for an organization, but on the other, they also aim to attain personal mastery in whatever they do.

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QAspire

AUGUST 31, 2010

Best, Tanmay By Tanmay , September 3, 2010 @ 3:21 pm @Paul - There are leaders who fulfill these requirements and when they get to the top, you get a clue about what works in such organizations. It also tells a great deal about the organization itself. Best, Tanmay Other Links to this Post RSS feed for comments on this post.

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