We all have to interact with so many people in our workplaces or businesses. All of them are different, with different ideas and different thought processes.
Now, as an individual, I may have a certain mind-set, ideology or a way of thinking. However, it may not be necessary that everyone else will be like me or accept my ideas.
This is where the real challenge starts. But the good news is that if we learn the knack of dealing with all kinds of people, especially those who are different from us, success is virtually assured.
Trouble is, the reverse of this also holds true.
You only have to look around to realise how much trouble ‘imposing’ an idea on others causes.
All too often, people even get physical with others to prove their point of view. read more »
Never force anyone to accept your views!
How To Stop Being A Lazy Designer
From working with wide range of projects, I have learned one thing: designers are lazy (sometimes myself included). Most often it comes from our desire to get a quick signoff and move on with the next project. While several posts could have been written on this, I offer here a few suggestions guaranteed to make things at least a little bit easier in the end:
Name your layers and folders
What the heck do “Layer 234? and “Block Right Copy 23? mean? Have you ever tried to work with someone else’s files and find that one layer within several hundreds of them?
Make sure you cover most case scenarios
Nothing can be worse for integration developers to guess how something needs to look or interact. Design for the worst case scenario first and only then look at the best case scenario — you are always good at that! read more »
Being Professional
In order to climb the success ladder, one needs to understand the importance of setting goals and being a true professional.
Some essentials that can lead you to the right path.
The only successful beings in any field, including living itself, are those who have a professional viewpoint and make themselves and ‘are’ professionals.
- L Ron Hubbard
In simple words, the above quote would mean ‘to be successful, it’s important to be professional’. So what is professionalism? How does one become a professional? Is it some rocket science? Can one find the answer to these questions in some fat book that speaks about imbibing such skills? Certainly not! Being a professional means conducting yourself appropriately in a corporate set-up. It is a passive force that keeps you in the limelight.
For e.g., let’s consider this example shared by Jasmeet, an erstwhile telesales executive. She says, “For a particular member of our team, the steep daily targets were a cakewalk, unlike all others who barely could make a mark. It is not like no one tried, but she had a professional vision and lot of focus that helped her achieve what others could not.” read more »
Key to LEADERSHIP is setting an example for others to follow.
Being an expert in political science and even statesmanship, Chanakya emphasised the importance of discipline in a governance system. However, he also knew that the ministers and bureaucrats would have to follow the rules themselves.
Therefore, Chanakya had said:
The Administrator and the magistrates should first keep in check the heads of departments and their subordinates.
Let us see why this is necessary and how it applies in our offices and organizations:
Discipline Starts From Top
If you are the boss, you are the sole rule-maker. But then you should be the first follower of any rule. One cannot set policies and just insist that others follow it. Discipline starts with you.
When you become self-disciplined, others also get disciplined automatically. read more »
WATCH OUT!
Office politics is not optional. It exists everywhere, right from the bottom of a government babu unit to the top of an MNC. Read on to learn how to protect yourself.
Observe How Things Get Done
Look around and have a clear idea of how things are done in your organisation. You must know what the chain of command is like and who in office reports to whom. Know the companys culture by keeping a track of what actions are encouraged and the ones that are not seen in good light. Ask some basic questions like "How are decisions made?", "How much risk is tolerated?" and "Who makes the key decisions during crisis situations?". If you know the answers, it will be far easier for you to protect yourself from any possible propaganda.
Stay Away from Groupism
If your office is sporadically divided into different camps, there’s bound to be pressure to join one of them. However, as much as possible, try not to focus your loyalty towards any one group. If your office colleagues think of you as someone who’s constantly sitting on the fence, be it. One alliance may have more hold and power in the office decisions at one point of time. However, that does not mean that it will stay on like that. Organizations are constantly under change. New leadership and new people joining the organization change and mould the environment in their own way. Who knows, after a few months another alliance might have a stronger hold.
If you align with any particular group, you often end up burning bridges with other groups. If you are planning for a long-term career with the company, stay out of alliances. read more »
