tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47214137238315890102012-02-17T08:42:10.344+05:30For the matrix-mindedMuralihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13861699752841631406noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-8441216239837508842008-05-26T15:22:00.001+05:302008-08-28T05:32:54.359+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SDqIvZMfVQI/AAAAAAAADPQ/g8m8s5m1tLk/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204622667178530050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SDqIvZMfVQI/AAAAAAAADPQ/g8m8s5m1tLk/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/05/26/stories/2008052650381200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><br />Bill devoted the fourth session on HR philosophy to the marvel of the human capital to appreciate with use! “Have you ever wondered why children demonstrate more energy during vacation time than when school is on?”<br />Contrary to popular belief that expects work has to necessarily drain us of energy, some individuals who perform some aspects of work actually end up more positively energised after a gruelling engagement! Can HR come up with a philosophy that could capitalise on this freak occurrence?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/05/26/stories/2008052650381200.htm">More</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-844121623983750884?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-42349583931721906832008-05-19T15:35:00.001+05:302008-08-28T05:32:50.273+05:30<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SDFRLKDDXFI/AAAAAAAADKQ/mj5QWB0fmTI/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202028296707202130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SDFRLKDDXFI/AAAAAAAADKQ/mj5QWB0fmTI/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/05/19/stories/2008051950341200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><br />Third in his series on HR philosophy, Bill equated the predispositions the employees held towards their work with the ‘Employee value proposition’ held out by the employers.<br />“Do we see people in terms of their future potential or past performance? When we say ‘we aim to get the best out of their hidden potential’ do we comprehend that much more lies within the employee than that we are willing to acknowl edge? Do we recognise then that people do possess much more capability than what they may put forth currently or are willing and confident of ventilating in the future?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/05/19/stories/2008051950341200.htm">More</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-4234958393172190683?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-31000713507375956852008-05-12T14:47:00.001+05:302008-05-12T14:49:12.487+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SCgLe6DDWXI/AAAAAAAADEg/lel0tlXXAo8/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199418395405277554" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SCgLe6DDWXI/AAAAAAAADEg/lel0tlXXAo8/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/05/12/stories/2008051250301200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><br />Continuing with his observations on people philosophies, Bill questioned the senior management on what it is that they intended to do about a recent report in the industry stating that less that 20 per cent of the workforce is actively engaged at work; in fact over 50 per cent could be actively disengaged!<br />Just as the senior management had some perceptions about the level of risk or opportunity associated with a decision and the forum and treatment appropriate to them, the workforce also carried some prejudices and predispositions about the meaning of work and its impact on the organisation.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/05/12/stories/2008051250301200.htm">More</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-3100071350737595685?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-89533050175842355552008-05-05T15:49:00.002+05:302008-08-28T05:32:48.696+05:30<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SB7fX_prguI/AAAAAAAAC_4/wif2hAB25HA/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196836623348368098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SB7fX_prguI/AAAAAAAAC_4/wif2hAB25HA/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/05/05/stories/2008050550551200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><br />Bill devoted the entire morning session to repeatedly bring out the power of the self-fulfilling prophesy that influences our perceptions and dictates our life’s choices. He got the team to list the various situations awaiting decision from the senior management; next, purely based upon their intuitive perception, he got them to classify them on two dimensions; was the situation requiring routine treatment or inviting a new thinking (X-axis) and whether the decision was aimed at containing risk or tapping into an opportunity (Y-axis).<br />Categorising the types of decisions according to their orientation to the situation (X-axis) and perception of the situation (Y-axis), he brought out the cultural practices that defined the people philosophies.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/05/05/stories/2008050550551200.htm">More</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-8953305017584235555?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-70914089624180794252008-04-28T15:59:00.001+05:302008-04-28T16:01:46.986+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SBWnfvprgNI/AAAAAAAAC7w/lXfwIBKeDyw/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194241909050802386" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SBWnfvprgNI/AAAAAAAAC7w/lXfwIBKeDyw/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/04/28/stories/2008042850431300.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><br />Returning from a short break, Bill went on to explore the people philosophy at play. An abundant philosophy creates a culture of optimism, tolerance and the pursuit of universal good. A scarcity minded philosophy on the contrary might reward circumstantial short-term wins denying room for chance and intuition.<br />Putting the HR manager on the spot, he motioned towards four options created by interplay of gainful deployment of personnel (X-axis) and the returns they posted on the potential resident in them (Y axis).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/04/28/stories/2008042850431300.htm">More</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-7091408962418079425?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-85384942063345072642008-04-21T15:45:00.002+05:302008-08-28T05:32:45.448+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SAxpbvPhLEI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/Ilyc1SNOW84/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191640395710278722" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SAxpbvPhLEI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/Ilyc1SNOW84/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/04/21/stories/2008042150831200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><p>The following day, William (Bill) Oliver, the international Sales Coach, addressed the top management team at the invitation of Rajat.<br />“What is your business philosophy?” asked Bill, startling the senior team. Perplexed at the prospect of mixing business and philosophy, they came up with several ‘smart’ responses on the fly that he listened to with great patie nce. Bill went on to present four possible scenarios he wanted the top team to vote independently and fearlessly in favour of the one closest to describing the company’s collective current philosophy. </p><br /><p><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/04/21/stories/2008042150831200.htm">More</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-8538494206334507264?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-48410315158842861692008-04-14T12:28:00.001+05:302008-08-28T05:32:51.841+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SAMA8jKI41I/AAAAAAAACxw/7LDa3uxIj2M/s1600-h/fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188992235890860882" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/SAMA8jKI41I/AAAAAAAACxw/7LDa3uxIj2M/s200/fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/04/14/stories/2008041450761200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><p>“This may give you some ideas on the sales summit you are convening?” Rajat opined as he extended an invitation to PVR Rao, Head of Sales. ‘Psychology of selling’ was the subject of talk at the Rotary that evening. Rao consented, somewhat meekly though, at the prospect of an authority such as he, sermonised by another. </p><br /><p><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/04/14/stories/2008041450761200.htm">More</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-4841031515884286169?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-18470379915485277612008-04-07T14:47:00.002+05:302008-08-28T05:32:55.088+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R_nnFYfVBtI/AAAAAAAACus/CSAvpNnevms/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186430525553051346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R_nnFYfVBtI/AAAAAAAACus/CSAvpNnevms/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/04/07/stories/2008040750601200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><p>PVR Rao, the Head of Sales, called Chandrasekhar, the new product manager, to convene a ‘Sales Summit’ to reinforce the need for the salesmen to hold the price line. Rao was vexed at being pulled up by the CEO for the sales team’s inability to command the price they were asked to negotiate. Rao wanted to put a stop to the practice of sales personnel seeking approval for a price deviation or a discount ever so often, reflecting adversely on the EBIDTA mar gins. </p><br /><p><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/04/07/stories/2008040750601200.htm">More</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-1847037991548527761?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-72088248123289765952008-04-02T15:50:00.002+05:302008-08-28T05:32:52.555+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R_NeFofVA2I/AAAAAAAACn0/cwTvEd2GPOw/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184591046894748514" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R_NeFofVA2I/AAAAAAAACn0/cwTvEd2GPOw/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/03/31/stories/2008033150441200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><p>By electing to call on customers along with the Heads of Sales and Marketing, Rajat had unwittingly invited this predicament upon himself. The moment of truth for any CEO, and Rajat was no exception to it, is to hear about some unpalatable home-truths about the organisation from its well-meaning and most loyal customers. He was told that the company’s sales personnel were making over-commitments which the production had difficulty living up to.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/03/31/stories/2008033150441200.htm">More</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-7208824812328976595?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-41675399984125816242008-03-24T15:45:00.001+05:302008-03-24T15:46:50.715+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R-d_gYfVAdI/AAAAAAAACks/FQ2h3DcWPfc/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181250090619437522" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R-d_gYfVAdI/AAAAAAAACks/FQ2h3DcWPfc/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/03/24/stories/2008032450311200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><p>Rajat invited the HR Head to air his reservations on the plan presented to the board and asked for suggestion on how to make it happen. Having been used to fighting tactical fires daily, the HR community was somewhat sceptical about their own state of readiness to embrace something of this magnitude.<br />Nevertheless they decided to go ahead with a workshop on competency mapping and consolidation and commissioned Sandhya to take the lead. </p><p><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/03/24/stories/2008032450311200.htm">More</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-4167539998412581624?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-73130098711997198542008-03-17T15:18:00.001+05:302008-03-17T15:20:14.652+05:30<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R94-w4WfI1I/AAAAAAAAChc/ilAdi-v_Fgg/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178645631003992914" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R94-w4WfI1I/AAAAAAAAChc/ilAdi-v_Fgg/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/03/17/stories/2008031750451200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><p>Rajat Batra's approach won the favour of the board members but the HR head and the CFO looked unconvinced throughout. They had seen many a CEO hoodwink the board before and were curiously guarded in their confidence about the CEO's ability to get them bought by the operational layers of the organisation?<br />Soon thereafter Rajat convened an `all hands on deck' meeting with over 100 senior and middle managerial personnel. In response to the communication on the commitment made to the board, several ideas emerged that were classified into a 2x2 matrix as laid out across.</p><p><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/03/17/stories/2008031750451200.htm">More</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-7313009871199719854?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-8453829401887670852008-03-10T14:39:00.001+05:302008-03-10T14:41:57.023+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R9T7ToWfIZI/AAAAAAAACd8/-aTgT9HWe3k/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176038186423361938" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R9T7ToWfIZI/AAAAAAAACd8/-aTgT9HWe3k/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/03/10/stories/2008031050551200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><p>Rajat Batra was brought in as the youngest ever CEO at 35 with a stiff mandate to figure out a way of stemming the accumulated losses built up steadily over the last 12 quarter. He was handed over the operational plans and financial statements of 92 different budget centres to study and recommend a turnaround strategy to the board for approval within the next 30 days. </p><p><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/03/10/stories/2008031050551200.htm">More</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-845382940188767085?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-60373995109243709852008-03-04T14:52:00.001+05:302008-08-28T05:32:46.982+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R80VH8R57RI/AAAAAAAACUs/UTHXME8sNsA/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173814773103062290" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R80VH8R57RI/AAAAAAAACUs/UTHXME8sNsA/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/03/03/stories/2008030350361200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><p>Sangeeta’s summer project concerned the study of mutuality of expectations, set by the employers on the employees and vice versa. By polling the perceived effectiveness of the employees in their current roles using the five questions below, they hoped to improve productivity and satisfaction levels at work. Redundant work that could be eliminated altogether. Repetitive work that was more conducive to automation. </p><p><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/03/03/stories/2008030350361200.htm">More</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-6037399510924370985?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-87703685569475309162008-02-25T12:12:00.001+05:302008-02-25T12:14:00.739+05:30<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R8JjoKXi0EI/AAAAAAAACJY/LFyipUf3O7I/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170804863803772994" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R8JjoKXi0EI/AAAAAAAACJY/LFyipUf3O7I/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/02/25/stories/2008022550301200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><p>Hasmukh Patel, my landlord in Baroda, never finished school but inculcated a culture of entrepreneurship in his grandchildren at the formative stages of their life. Living as a joint family, there were about a dozen school-going children in the house who kept demanding pocket money from parents for varied purpose. Hasmukh hit upon an ingenious idea of creating a corpus of Rs 100 for them and told them to meet their expenses out of the returns they generated from it.</p><p><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/02/25/stories/2008022550301200.htm">More</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-8770368556947530916?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-70315088773846090432008-02-18T16:08:00.001+05:302008-02-18T16:09:50.467+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R7lgX6XiyvI/AAAAAAAAB-0/-7WkciqRTiM/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168268011305618162" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R7lgX6XiyvI/AAAAAAAAB-0/-7WkciqRTiM/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><p><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/02/18/stories/2008021850801200.htm">R. Shekar </a></p><p>Pranav, the CEO of Prabhu Constructions, had a problem on his hands. As a public limited company undertaking international contracts in the hyper growth construction industry, many of its projects were delayed far beyond the committed deadlines for just one simple reason. The origins of the problem were traced to a culture of decision-making.<br />After observing the senior management during the course of their deliberations during the day, the Executive Coach retained by Pranav, briefed the latter thus: </p><p><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/02/18/stories/2008021850801200.htm">More</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-7031508877384609043?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-61819607173034793502008-02-11T14:18:00.000+05:302008-08-28T05:32:53.454+05:30<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R7AMSqXiyZI/AAAAAAAAB8E/MD1_rMHwOu4/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165642287344175506" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R7AMSqXiyZI/AAAAAAAAB8E/MD1_rMHwOu4/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/02/11/stories/2008021151131200.htm">R. Shekar </a><div></div><br /><div>One of the organisational oddities is the amount of time and effort expended in meetings and conferences with the explicit purpose of ‘communicating’ the state of business or call for action. Strangely enough, only a few of these manage to successfully transact the purpose intended. </div><br /><div>After having suffered through such encounters, I have managed to classify them along the coordinates of the emotional reassurance they provide the participants (X-axis) and the meaning or significance they hold as a consequence to all (Y axis).</div><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/02/11/stories/2008021151131200.htm">More</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-6181960717303479350?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-78362381435953357552008-02-04T15:13:00.000+05:302008-02-04T15:16:05.320+05:30<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R6beyV3dmiI/AAAAAAAAB5s/YH7FrMt0I4I/s1600-h/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163058979271449122" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R6beyV3dmiI/AAAAAAAAB5s/YH7FrMt0I4I/s200/the+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/02/04/stories/2008020450281200.htm">R. Shekar </a><br /><div></div><br /><div>As the head of Learning and Organisational Development (L&amp;OD) of a 20,000 strong BPO company, Farzana Batlivala was committed to developing people through lifelong learning. With the appreciation of the rupee, questionable commitment to residency with employer and escalating wage levels, the benefit yielding from the standard policy of a mandatory minimum of 15 days of training for everybody was questionable. Some deeper questions required attention: </div><br /><div>Dismayed at the contrasting considerations, the participants applied to their own learning and growth, the participants were caught up between a concern for sheer survival at job (X-axis) and dedication to personal growth (Y axis). </div><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/02/04/stories/2008020450281200.htm">More</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-7836238143595335755?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-23734078571459516582008-01-28T14:49:00.000+05:302008-08-28T05:32:49.451+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R52egF3dmMI/AAAAAAAAB28/v_haovY8Gt4/s1600-h/The+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160455022204262594" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R52egF3dmMI/AAAAAAAAB28/v_haovY8Gt4/s200/The+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/01/28/stories/2008012850541200.htm">Communication protocols </a><br /><div><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/01/28/stories/2008012850541200.htm">R. Shekar </a></div><br /><div></div><div>Inspired by late Bismillah Khan, Marcel Othavio, enrolled himself at MS University Baroda, India to learn Shehenai. Looking angelic, this kurta-pyjama clad Italian national overcame his limitations in conversational English and reached out to the entire class. He resolved the mystery behind his meteoric rise to popularity over a plate of his favourite ‘Spicy PC’ (Papri-Chat). </div><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/01/28/stories/2008012850541200.htm">More</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-2373407857145951658?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-13599801197984468512008-01-21T15:44:00.000+05:302008-08-28T05:32:44.726+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R5Rw4978pZI/AAAAAAAAB00/VlHIR6-Driw/s1600-h/The+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157871597247047058" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R5Rw4978pZI/AAAAAAAAB00/VlHIR6-Driw/s200/The+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/01/21/stories/2008012151071200.htm">R. Shekar </a></div><div></div><br /><div>When Karl Kummer, a German was posted to the Indian operations of Xerox as the Director of Marketing, we did not know what to expect. At his first ever meeting, he regaled us with his discoveries from the streets of India:</div><br /><div></div><div>ADDICTION: Every Indian kabaadi and pan- wallah knows marketing! The pain of disposing old newspaper is no secret; show up at periodic intervals to ‘relieve their pain’. The buyer believes and the seller willingly obliges the former into a deceptive game of self-seduction.<br /></div><br /><div>AFFINITY: ‘Fortune tellers’ in India respond to something that the customers think is essential for them to know and do not, but presume the fortune teller knows better. Any subject of scarcity in India seems to offer a case for sale! So why not provide expert advice on all subjects of perceived scarcity and build up goodwill and customer base? </div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/01/21/stories/2008012151071200.htm">More</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-1359980119798446851?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-79186552084596011742008-01-16T16:30:00.000+05:302008-08-28T05:32:46.269+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R43kKt78o_I/AAAAAAAABxk/hcNJ6rObhBA/s1600-h/The+fourth+quadrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156028021189944306" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QuZEZ4uZOt4/R43kKt78o_I/AAAAAAAABxk/hcNJ6rObhBA/s200/The+fourth+quadrant.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/01/14/stories/2008011450951200.htm">First impressions </a><br /><div><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/01/14/stories/2008011450951200.htm">R. Shekar </a></div><div></div><br /><div>James Mathew was due to assume charge as Country Manager, India for a year, on the premise that one of the four equally promising and prospective contestants would succeed him. </div><br /><div>Gordon Coleman, the Global HR Head handed over his brief on the four contrasting ‘avatars’ James may run into upon landing. Plotting the source of their motivation (X-axis) to the significant value-add potential of their agenda (Y axis), G ordon opined that a successful contender had to be adept at balancing their act. </div><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.blonnet.com/mentor/2008/01/14/stories/2008011450951200.htm">More</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-7918655208459601174?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>padmajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873215764651892639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-14667519055391869552008-01-07T09:37:00.001+05:302008-08-28T05:32:43.626+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R4Gl7M7kMpI/AAAAAAAAASg/TZLQwtIPktI/s1600-h/Fourth+Quadrant+Jan+7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152581885190484626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R4Gl7M7kMpI/AAAAAAAAASg/TZLQwtIPktI/s400/Fourth+Quadrant+Jan+7.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2008/01/07/stories/2008010750341200.htm">Sell the ‘Pyramid’</a><br /><em>R. Shekar</em> </div><div><br />Vipul Sawhney topped all the offers at campus that year to covet a high-end management consulting assignment. After ten years of reputation for hard work, he was denied elevation to a ‘consulting partner’ for the third year in a row ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2008/01/07/stories/2008010750341200.htm">More</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-1466751905539186955?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Muralihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13861699752841631406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-37850721918628608782007-12-31T10:44:00.000+05:302008-01-07T09:40:19.043+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h7Sc7kMRI/AAAAAAAAAPg/w5N835GlIV8/s1600-h/Fourth+Quadrant+Dec+31.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150001730832052498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h7Sc7kMRI/AAAAAAAAAPg/w5N835GlIV8/s400/Fourth+Quadrant+Dec+31.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="mailto:Joy@work">Joy@work</a></div><em>R. Shekar </em><br /><div></div><br /><div>None of them are ascetic enough yet to become a monk or rich enough to disown a Ferrari. Four contrasting entities came alive at the New Year bash. Looking for clues to a life of lasting happiness, each sized up the others quietly through the ... </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/12/31/stories/2007123150601300.htm">More</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-3785072191862860878?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Muralihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13861699752841631406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-58684223556727256322007-12-31T10:42:00.000+05:302008-01-07T09:40:34.328+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h6h87kMQI/AAAAAAAAAPY/Iwmt3OYM0n0/s1600-h/Fourth+Quadrant+Dec+24.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150000897608397058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h6h87kMQI/AAAAAAAAAPY/Iwmt3OYM0n0/s400/Fourth+Quadrant+Dec+24.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/12/24/stories/2007122450691300.htm">Peer level maturity at level 5?</a></div><em>R. Shekar<br /></em><div></div><br /><div>The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Pittsburg lays down the standards of software management development systems through a maturity level rating. The global tally of a maturity level of 5, the highest, rests with Indian IT companies. ... </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/12/24/stories/2007122450691300.htm">More</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-5868422355672725632?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Muralihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13861699752841631406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-65085261914659695572007-12-31T10:37:00.000+05:302008-01-07T09:40:53.995+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h6H87kMPI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/3Ohj6EYEcxo/s1600-h/Fourth+Quadrant+Dec+17.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150000450931798258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h6H87kMPI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/3Ohj6EYEcxo/s400/Fourth+Quadrant+Dec+17.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/12/17/stories/2007121751181300.htm">Know your customer</a></div><em>R. Shekar<br /></em><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Ted Oliver, the Head of a newly constituted business development group in New York was assembling a crack team of market savvy analysts to conduct due diligence and bake potential deals for growth through M&amp;A (mergers and acquisitions). He ... </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/12/17/stories/2007121751181300.htm">More</a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-6508526191465969557?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Muralihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13861699752841631406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-88358312412221468522007-12-31T10:35:00.000+05:302008-01-07T09:41:12.281+05:30<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h4_M7kMNI/AAAAAAAAAPA/0M_B-ufaYLI/s1600-h/Fourth+Quadrant+Dec+10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149999201096315090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h4_M7kMNI/AAAAAAAAAPA/0M_B-ufaYLI/s400/Fourth+Quadrant+Dec+10.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/12/10/stories/2007121050771300.htm">HR analytics for a high $ yield</a></div><em>R. Shekar<br /></em><div></div><br /><div>Kavita Jamtani was appreciated for assembling a youthfully mature workforce. But Ruth Walter, her mentor cautioned her about mistaking it for competitive advantage. What else could explain the dramatic difference in annual per capita ... </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/12/10/stories/2007121050771300.htm">More</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-8835831241222146852?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Muralihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13861699752841631406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-32114826272201331682007-12-31T10:31:00.000+05:302008-01-07T09:41:29.875+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h4e87kMMI/AAAAAAAAAO4/RQOebLXr_l4/s1600-h/Fourth+Quadrant+Dec+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149998647045533890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h4e87kMMI/AAAAAAAAAO4/RQOebLXr_l4/s400/Fourth+Quadrant+Dec+3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/12/03/stories/2007120350521300.htm">Massage that message</a></div><em>R. Shekar<br /></em><div></div><br /><div>Ravi Malhotra, Executive Assistant to the Country Head of a foreign bank, found his job extremely demanding. His job was to create a five-line management brief out of an average of five contracts, 20 reports and about seven presentations daily ... </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/12/03/stories/2007120350521300.htm">More</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-3211482627220133168?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Muralihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13861699752841631406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-51116018538603309832007-12-31T10:30:00.000+05:302008-01-07T09:39:47.161+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h3t87kMLI/AAAAAAAAAOw/12Ap-wfKv68/s1600-h/Fourth+Quadrant+Nov+26.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149997805231943858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h3t87kMLI/AAAAAAAAAOw/12Ap-wfKv68/s400/Fourth+Quadrant+Nov+26.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/11/26/stories/2007112651261300.htm">Am I a brand ambassador?</a></div><em>R. Shekar<br /></em><div></div><br /><div>Thanks to traffic congestion from Kollam to Thiruvananthapuram, I missed my return flight to Chennai necessitating an unscheduled overnight halt at a 3-star hotel owned by the uncle of one of the students. With compliments of course!With ... </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/11/26/stories/2007112651261300.htm">More</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-5111601853860330983?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Muralihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13861699752841631406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-61536604991123731112007-12-31T10:28:00.000+05:302008-08-28T05:32:51.002+05:30<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h3Pc7kMKI/AAAAAAAAAOo/Rr4LpRvPmUY/s1600-h/Fourth+Quadrant+Nov+19.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149997281245933730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h3Pc7kMKI/AAAAAAAAAOo/Rr4LpRvPmUY/s400/Fourth+Quadrant+Nov+19.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/11/19/stories/2007111950451300.htm">Connections that bind and bond</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Sarup Chowdhary, then the product manager for a new polymer ‘polypropylene’, went to market with a message hoping to expand the demand base by 25 times within the ensuing 24 months! Challenge: The task, as he quickly realised, ... </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/11/19/stories/2007111950451300.htm">More</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4721413723831589010-6153660499112373111?l=fourthquadrant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Muralihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13861699752841631406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721413723831589010.post-3311291621493321692007-12-31T10:25:00.000+05:302008-08-28T05:32:47.872+05:30<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h2xM7kMJI/AAAAAAAAAOg/s0FTuIw9pl0/s1600-h/Fourth+Quadrant+Nov+12.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149996761554890898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RucUf6OE2fg/R3h2xM7kMJI/AAAAAAAAAOg/s0FTuIw9pl0/s400/Fourth+Quadrant+Nov+12.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/11/12/stories/2007111251391300.htm">Where do you want to get to?</a></div><div><em>R. Shekar</em></div><br /><div></div><div>“What kind of a career can I look forward to?" asked Sneha. She is one among the 60 odd students of MBA from one of the business management schools on the outskirts of Chennai. Quite like the Cheshire Cat in Alice in ... </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2007/11/12/stories/2007111251391300.htm">More</a> </div><div> </div><div>R. 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