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7月15日 Sequence Diagram GeneratorMy colleague sanket was using this tool for generating sequence diagrams online.
Seems to be very good. Blogmarking it.
7月3日 5 Leadership Lessons: How the Best Get Better and Stay That WayInteresting Article which talks about the five things that the most successful people do to get better and stay that way.
Learn to Love the Pressure. To do that you must dedicate yourself to constant self-improvement. That is made a lot easier if you learn to compete with yourself and block out the drama of those around you. It’s a choice. “Greg Searle, who won an Olympic gold medal in rowing, is often asked whether success was worth the price. He always gives the same reply: ‘I never made any sacrifices; I made choices.’”
Fixate on the Long Term. Map out short-term goals in every area that affects your performance to make sure you meet your long-term goal. Long term success is paved with small achievements. Iron Sharpens Iron. “Train” with the people who will push you the hardest. “Smart companies consciously create situations in which their elite performers push one another to levels they would never reach if they were working with less-accomplished colleagues.” Reinvent Yourself. Once you become the benchmark, you need to keep reinventing yourself. To do this you need to develop an insatiable appetite for feedback; you need to be “hungry for advice on how to develop and progress. One word of caution, however: While it’s good to feel challenged, you need to make sure that any feedback you get is constructive. If criticism doesn’t seem helpful at first, probe to see if you can get useful insights about what’s behind the negative feedback. Get more specifics. You should be able to see concrete improvements in your performance after getting detailed coaching advice.” Celebrate the Victories. Think of it as constructive celebration. Otherwise it can lead to complacency. “Celebration is more than an emotional release. Done effectively, it involves a deep level of analysis and enhanced awareness. The very best performers do not move on before they have scrutinized and understood thoroughly the factors underpinning their success.” Orignial URL:
7月2日 How to Hire a Manager - A Time Tested RecipeI was reading an interesting blog post in Management Craft blog on how to hire a manager - A Time Tested Recipe. The blog post talks about some of the qualities to look for while hiring a manager.
Some of the Qualities (Ingredients as mentioned in the blog post): Courage, Independence, Leadership, Followership, Love of Management, Takes the Initiative to Make Things Better, Honey (AKA Relationship Builder), Self-Aware, Humble, Confident
Its a good list. I will probably add few more to that list "Accountability, Team Work, Transparency and Lead by example"
One of the things which the blog post talks about was "Test for fit within the culture". I guess, its one of the most important things to find out while hiring a manager. In my opinion most of the times, the hiring mistake was that "Cultural Fitness" was not tested. "Test for fit within the culture. This is a valid job-related line of inquiry. Watch for whether te candidate seems connected to the organization's culture and mission and look for chemistry with the hiring manager. You can determine fit by observing him or her and by noticing your comfort level with this person. Do you want him or her around?" Original URL: http://managementcraft.typepad.com/management_craft/2008/06/how-to-hire-a-m.html |
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