Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Nov 13, 2009, 4:08 pm
Kavita and I are going for holidays to Kashmir from tomorrow for about a week and I am not sure whether I will  have access to internet over there. I think sometimes it is cool to be in such a near-t...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Nov 13, 2009, 1:42 pm
Government does not understand… Organization does not understand… Clients do not understand… Family does not understand… Friends do not understand… Wife does not understa...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Nov 10, 2009, 12:41 pm
A perfect plan that never executes. Everyday status meetings. Just an ability to use a collaboration tool or Ms Project. Not communicating the bad news to the stakeholders. Not managing the self first...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Nov 10, 2009, 12:36 pm
Planning – asking the right questions. Communicating – keeping everyone on the same page. Leading – the team from the front. Inspecting – what is expected. Ensuring – the tim...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Nov 1, 2009, 10:46 pm
They have the power. The power to create or destroy. Create or destroy anything. Any idea what they are? Yes? No? Maybe? I’m talking about the conversations. And, you know we are what our con...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 28, 2009, 11:42 pm
Your ability to communicate well is your impression in the outer world. No matter how strong your goals and your success foundation are, the essence of your ability to communicate cannot be under-esti...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 28, 2009, 11:20 am
Clear road ahead: You are clear about your fundamental goal and you exactly know which target you are chasing. Executable plan: You believe that accomplishments depend on 20% of planning and 80% of ex...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 26, 2009, 11:45 pm
As a manager you must have dealt with poor-performance. To do that you need to essentially identify the problem and the causes which created the problem, decide on a solution and make the solution wor...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 22, 2009, 10:08 am
Photo Credit: yvescosentino's Flickr photostream Intentionally forgets some tasks. Directly or indirectly engages in organizational politics. Works for long hours just to show that she is working...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 20, 2009, 1:47 am
Consider the following questions. These questions relate to your past year. Did you keep your health well? Was it 100% to your satisfaction? Did you enjoy profound relationships with each of the impo...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 18, 2009, 12:43 am
(Photo Credit: CarbonNYC's Flickr photostream) One of my good friends runs a small 40 people Offshore Software Solutions Agency based in India. The below is a conversation he had with his employe...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 15, 2009, 1:26 am
What is PRINCE2? PRINCE2 stands for PRojects IN Controlled Environments is a project management methodology covering the organization, management and control of projects. PRINCE was first developed...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 12, 2009, 12:58 am
In conversations about meeting the goals, when you hear something like below it means that you are listening to someone rationalizing. For example: I can’t. I’m too frustrated. I don’t have ...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 9, 2009, 2:01 pm
You believe you’re doing pretty good job but your boss doesn’t. She sends you an insulting email stating that you don’t know your job – without any specific instructions about what you have do...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 9, 2009, 10:49 am
Are you an Offshore Software Project Manager from India? In today’s status report, have you informed your project sponsor and clients that you would be observing New Year Holidays in ...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 7, 2009, 12:06 am
When your people are empowered, a major pillar of your business becomes real strong. Their job commitment is increased and they feel more powerful about their abilities. Empowerment encourages ownersh...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 6, 2009, 1:56 pm
How To Solve Any Problem You Are Having 101 is the title of the blog post that I am reading right now. This marvelous post is written by a great blogger, consultant and speaker – Nicholas Bate. Nic...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 2, 2009, 11:28 am
If you are a project manager, then you need to read what Matthew E. May has explained in the referred article. This fantastic article is the crux of  his twenty-five years of career as writer, speak...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Oct 1, 2009, 10:13 am
Minimum obligatory management controls. Personal accountability at the great extent. Work comes in complete entities; rather than just a small chunk of the whole. Ability to choose “what” and “w...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 27, 2009, 3:25 am
Everybody deals with it. The name of the devil is “Demand” and if its nature is unexpected then it becomes more poisonous. Prioritization is a weapon which serves as a great source of power in dea...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 24, 2009, 11:54 pm
Be real gem at what you do… as a leader, a manager, a doer… or all three. First, clearly communicate your expectations then inspect what you expect. Know exactly what you are doing. Articu...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 23, 2009, 12:30 am
It is a Hard Disk which could store 5 MB of data! On 13th September 1956, IBM unleashed the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with HDD – It weighted over a ton RAMAC stood for “Random Access Me...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 21, 2009, 4:54 pm
As a project team we promise that: We will accept tasks only which we think we’re capable to accomplish. We would say “No” whenever necessary. We will be direct and genuine in planning and repo...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 21, 2009, 3:52 pm
This is the title of my first guest post on PMStudent.com PMStudent.com is a great site devoted to Project Management. It is maintained by  Josh Nankivel who is a great human being and passionate ab...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 20, 2009, 4:42 am
Today is a Sunday and you are dealing with it in your own way. Sleeping, dreaming, partying, working, planning or doing whatever you have to do today. Let me invite you to to invest 4 important minut...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 18, 2009, 12:57 am
People’s tendency is to do what give them happiness and to be reluctant of what give them pain. American Psychologist Hull says that: Happiness or pain comes quickly after the behavior. The result...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 15, 2009, 2:27 pm
Your work will be really pleasant when you are enjoying profound relationship with your boss. Relationship with your boss can positively or negatively affect you, your team, your colleagues and the ov...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 14, 2009, 12:45 am
... heavily benefited if team-relationship is good. Managing projects become glossy if a good sense of community is in place. ... Absolute Project KillerFive Chronic Problems With Failed Projects...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 13, 2009, 1:18 am
In today’s cutting edge business environments, the essence of pace-setting is huge. Pacesetters can take the organization to new heights. Here are select traits commonly seen in the pacesetters. T...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 12, 2009, 12:46 am
Hiring a manager is an extremely challenging task no matter if you’re hiring internally or externally. Manager is a position which is going to impact a set of people, processes and technologies. Mea...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 11, 2009, 11:24 am
Today I become a part of BlogChai family.  Blogchai is an online blend of finest Indian Blogs like Big B, Shobha De, Shekhar Kapur, Rajesh Setty, Sanjeev Bikhchandani and a few more celebrities. I&#...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 10, 2009, 3:28 pm
As a Project Leader, your job is to deliver the project as per the schedule. And, that is also with the budget respected and expectations exceeded! You can achieve this by motivating your people such...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 10, 2009, 1:41 am
I have seen a few project managers who hold status meeting everyday with each team member for about 2 hours. Just for one good reason; to track where the project is going. Interesting reason, isn’t ...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 9, 2009, 1:24 am
There are many examples of failed projects. It doesn’t matter whether you are given the liberty to define what ‘Fail’ means or not! Here’s something to think about (and acted upon): Three De...
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Utpal Vaishnav posted an article on Utpal on Leadership, Management, Self-Help and Fun - Sep 7, 2009, 11:22 pm
Power of written goals is unmatchable.  The possibility of achieving the goal increases from 10 to 1000 times more when the goals are written. Here is what written goals can do for you. Build up you...
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