Category Archives: Management

Delegating

Posted on May 29, 2022 by sujatad

One of the principal attributes of a good leader is their ability to effectively delegate specific tasks while still being accountable for the final outcomes. By assigning work loads to specific people or teams the leader can then focus on making the more strategic decisions. The people working on the tasks also benefit from acquiring […]

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5 Levels of Leadership

Posted on May 31, 2020 by sujatad

I came across a great article and followed up by listening on Utube to John C. Maxwell about the 5 levels of leadership. Really, liked all he has to say on this topic.

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Switching to working virtually…

Posted on May 23, 2020 by sujatad

It’s been about a month and half nearly two months now of working completely virtual and staying away from the office due to Covid19. There were some initial bumps, such as, dropped vpn connections or capacity overload home wifi connectivity issues missing having two monitors issues with team collaboration tools missed meeting by team members […]

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Leading in troubled times

Posted on March 25, 2020 by sujatad

March 2020 will be a time in our history that we will remember for ever. Almost overnight we went from a time of economic prosperity and freedom of movement to one where businesses were quickly shuttered and we were severely restricted in our movements. Masks and social distancing became part of our daily life. Working […]

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Coaching Technical Teams

Posted on May 20, 2019 by sujatad

Coaching is a very important part of a manager/leader’s role, as it affects the morale, productivity and long term success of the team. Coaching simply involves, Empowering teams to tackle problems and come up with solutions on their own Encouraging risk taking and learning from their mistakes. Providing skills training and mentoring individuals to develop […]

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Team Goals

Posted on February 4, 2019 by sujatad

Goals built around a common purpose help teams become more cohesive and collaborative. Goal setting can be challenging, both in terms of identifying and then marking progress. I generally start the year, by bringing the team together for a team meeting to, set collective team goals, by first, Reviewing the company goals for the year […]

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Top 4 leadership qualities

Posted on January 2, 2019 by sujatad

A good leader is someone with a vision, who is passionate about that vision and has the courage and commitment to bring that vision to fruition. Here are four characteristics that leaders have, Ability to Inspire A good leader needs to able to get others to see the vision and follow it so the vision […]

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Budgets

Posted on October 5, 2018 by sujatad

Coming up with the appropriate project and team budgets for the upcoming year can be challenging and time consuming. Determining resource needs on new projects can be daunting, particularly if you still have elements of the plan to be worked out. It is hard to anticipate unexpected needs that might arise in the later part […]

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Fun at work

Posted on May 24, 2018 by sujatad

Having some fun at work is important. Even as teams work late nights to make deadlines or try to achieve the different organization and personal goals, it is important that they pause for some rest and relaxation. This builds team camaraderie, reduces stress and ultimately does improve productivity and employee retention. We have had various […]

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Management – Listening

Posted on January 2, 2018 by sujatad

One of the most important things one can do as a manager is to listen.  Often in a drive to appear assertive and decisive, one can forget to listen – you are hearing or appearing to hear, but not really listening. If you make a split second judgement on what you hear without really listening […]

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