"Find a job you love and most happy about. Then you don't have to work for the rest of your life." Thus said the cliche...
But in reality, is this really true?
Better yet - "Should we be happy with what we do? Or we do what we do then we choose to be happy?
Your comments and thoughts!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Monday, January 22, 2007
FAM of Leadership: Forget, Apologize and Move on
Businessweek ran a review article on the book ' What got you here won't get your there'.
The book essentially espouses two principles, namely -
A. Forget about the past;
B. Apologize for the mistakes made and move on.
Good points. There are caveats though.
1. Forgetting about the past is one. Learning from it, and understand what went wrong is more important. Learning also takes into consideration several facets i.e maturity of the organization, culture of the people and standard of excellence of individuals. These traits distinguishes good to great companies, I believe.
2. Apology is fine too. However, applied to the wrong person at the wrong place and at wrong time is disastrous. I still firmly believe in leadership which always grabs the opportune time to execute. In business, like everything else in life, in academia or in the military - timing is everything!!
Lastly, it is equally important NOT to simply accept opinion of writers at face value without applying one's own judgement and critical reasoning/thinking. After all, rational thinking made the clear boundary between men and ape!
The book essentially espouses two principles, namely -
A. Forget about the past;
B. Apologize for the mistakes made and move on.
Good points. There are caveats though.
1. Forgetting about the past is one. Learning from it, and understand what went wrong is more important. Learning also takes into consideration several facets i.e maturity of the organization, culture of the people and standard of excellence of individuals. These traits distinguishes good to great companies, I believe.
2. Apology is fine too. However, applied to the wrong person at the wrong place and at wrong time is disastrous. I still firmly believe in leadership which always grabs the opportune time to execute. In business, like everything else in life, in academia or in the military - timing is everything!!
Lastly, it is equally important NOT to simply accept opinion of writers at face value without applying one's own judgement and critical reasoning/thinking. After all, rational thinking made the clear boundary between men and ape!
"Face Time Counts"
According to Jack Welch, the amount of time you spend in a face to face engagement, whether it's a meeting, a conversation or a discussion with your people, determines or diminishes your effectiveness and influence as a leader and manager.
Never been truer. The paradox of 21st century management is that while convenience of technology and communication allows us to engage virtually, email, SMS, text from anywhere to anywhere, at the end of the day, we must not forget we still manage people.
And in managing people, the human dynamics and variables involved are even more complex than the design and assembly of a personal computer! It's as simple as that.
In order to be heard, speak up. In order to be seen, show up. And in order to lead, be seen, be heard. Leaders are nobody without followers. Managers can't manage without support staff, subordinates or crew.
In the end, communicating your emotion to a fellow human being matters most. Face to face cannot equal or even measure up to the advances of high technology. A paradox? Perhaps. It may even be an understatement.
Never been truer. The paradox of 21st century management is that while convenience of technology and communication allows us to engage virtually, email, SMS, text from anywhere to anywhere, at the end of the day, we must not forget we still manage people.
And in managing people, the human dynamics and variables involved are even more complex than the design and assembly of a personal computer! It's as simple as that.
In order to be heard, speak up. In order to be seen, show up. And in order to lead, be seen, be heard. Leaders are nobody without followers. Managers can't manage without support staff, subordinates or crew.
In the end, communicating your emotion to a fellow human being matters most. Face to face cannot equal or even measure up to the advances of high technology. A paradox? Perhaps. It may even be an understatement.
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