Leadership goes viral!!!!!!

Leadership has a different beginning these days and its amazing to watch emerging leaders from different areas making us surprise. Being an entrepreneur, I had been always getting new answers to leadership and let us understand why? Right from educational space to the emerging corporate corners, we see leaders creating a new benchmark and a story. A true leader often owns the most difficult phase for the team and makes it look easy as they pass through the same. We see classes being delivered on leadership, special courses and workshops to ignite the traits of leadership among every working and non-working class to lead from the front. But, I would differ to understand the exercise of being a leader which comes naturally with the circumstances we are exposed to in day to day basis.

Ability to estimate, calculate risk and following the actions without regret to meet the consequences defines the strategic form of being in the process to be a leader. Every leader has its own different story to narrate but it can only inspire. As someone rightly said, the determination to own a loss and follow your dreams brings the true essence of leadership. People often come with their critical issues and problems to a leader and someone who is approachable to define a road to the solution is a leader in making. A leader understand the pros and cons of its actions while going ahead with a positive mindset to motivate the team for a journey. We are often puppet in the hands of “copy pasted” gurus who impose one consequence to a certain specified action points. The world is slowly going through a cycle of innovations at every level and there is a “new” we see everyday in different unique achieved stories of leadership. A Leader has the art of saying “No” no matter who feels good or bad about it when it is serving a larger purpose with a positive outcome.

With the competitive market compelling  a leader to stand out from the rest, expected to meet the desired outcome as well to be followed or respected. Humility, patience and ability to accommodate mistakes leads the team for a successful outcome or a successful message. We often miss out the race to be called a Leader for the “dictated values” and peer understanding as a protocol to win over every odds and circumstances. A Leader differentiates its action from the rest by following the right approach agreeing to risks at its place convincingly. There could be a more traditional approach in learning how workshops can help in the making of a leader which could rather be more justified with the ways we deal and face the circumstances as a face. We have several ways to collaborate in learning the true values of leadership making the political and economical sustainability for every entity a reality tomorrow despite what comes as an “odd”.

“Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.”-Colin Powell

 

Rural- Urban Ping!

Prediction is difficult, but projections could be beneficial to predict! Yes, you heard it right. We are in the era of growing rural and sinking urban by market values. Sometime, I wonder and get scared of understanding the future of companies about when they say- where are new talents who can deliver things passionately as before, and there is indeed a shortage of ambitious human resources to enterprises, and market. This reality would soon cover up the worries, if we start thinking and exploring the rural. Lets understand from one sector- IT, where are they going next to recruit the force, after B.Tech, its Bsc, Bcom and again next is Class 12,10, but is that a solution? We need to guarantee a pool which aspires to stick to job.

Today there is a  freedom in Tier 1 cities for guys to work and settle independent entities, and become entrepreneurs. Within the organizations, there is a huge structural and hierarchical competition for top places, HR, more and more managerial stuff etc etc. Where are the coders, field guys and ground staff which can bridge physical barriers to clients. The answer is, we must create a pool of general talent by creating a value based educational system which expose rural guys to the internet and global space. Yes, this is achievable with good infrastructures for education and internet, and that will bring more loyal and trust worthy workforce who has fire in the belly to make their home a standard luxury flat to set which their ancestors cannot dream of!.

There is another big story of rural urban connect. Imagine Urban cities as Employers, and Rural as Employees and the model could be  really time consuming but achievable if Govt and Private companies join hands for the training assurance and enlightening camps. Brands can really not just create a worthy employ-ability but can bring really higher sales by educating the families about the products making them available in their town making the aspiring youth of the family a part of their culture. I am sure, there are people who will understand what I wanted to convey. There is more of a employability   balance issue, then poor talent pool. Educational system is concentrated via more commercial needs and affordability today with Private varsities, then any other thing. Rural can boost a scope of a new brand may be better than urban crowd where the fight is cut throat and share is in single digit figure.

The idea is to understand the whole potential of growing India in terms of rural-urban balance in terms of talent and brand positioning then just creating pseudo hopes for employ-ability. Educational exchange program’s must exist for rural mass to create more sustainable and loyal talent pool from the untouched mass. This will work and help us create the next understanding platform of isolating money from talent and scope of both rural and urban belts on the basis of affordable education and development offices to bring the next generation resources and consumers to the front.

This is just a mater of imagination for all to rebuild, and progress together ultimately. I hope, I can bring more sensible context to the perception of what am trying to explain:)

Message to upcoming techies!

Before I raise my understanding level to meet the most talented pool of this world, I would appreciate if this write up is a healthy debate:). With new technologies and innovative disruptive technologies emerging to ping us every time for a “CHANGE”. Its time for change and we need to understand the underlying morals to handle the space. Its disappointing to find the new generation techies taking the job for granted, the attitude says something like this “I must get this, I must be getting this, and this company which delivers and that company which worries my emotions”:) Surprised and confused to identify resources these days, Yes, the BIG idea fails! How to handle this?

 “My only advice, run after projects, u will see your job satisfaction

  we make mistake going by face of company…rather than credible object we can get to work on.”

 1. Good Project- Criterias- full fledge end to end consulting area with client with a good team. This is rare due to market scenario. 2. Good Salary- Do not depends on what project you work these days, rather on the way you have managed the top bracket and your skill areas to extract more amount. I am sticking to “projects”  as recession, depression wont hamper if you are into good project rather than just tag of a company Logo. Indian resources got a poor habit of estimating their efforts more than what company has set. The point is the CTC defined by big service companies got into the minds of most of the people in Indian market and that has halted the thinking process. The resources are taking the continuing CTC as granted whether they deliver or don’t. Small companies struggle to make them learn, and still the big glasses attracts faster then learning even in early days. I do not discard the warmth and feeling of a good ambiance, but the priority initially is “LEARNING”.

We will not have per hour billing soon for lot of projects running in India. Client demands, milestone of projects vs payments and no billing formula for resources.  I hope you all are getting the practical scenario.  I am facing conferences and  I understand where we lack as a company  but the point is, we have to set our flexibility! But, change the way you think, unless you set sacrifices to your belt, no company and team will gel in for futuristic projects demand of the consumers, and their we stand with resources who understand the need. A company not just fighting for itself, but for investors/stakeholders, Employees, etc etc…and moreover we have to get a realistic model to work.

Your key edge: 1. Open to new Learning 2. Understanding multiple platforms as an analyst to help developers adapt solution based approach 3. Good knowledge on Cloud , BI etc 4. Deployment & Client Communication on technical support.

Compel companies to pay, retain and pamper you:)

The BIG Solution!….Yet to be implemented in bits!

My second opinion and this time, I prefer to go ahead with a strategic “understanding and alignment model”. Well, we have to focus on sustainable business model. When we say this, we have to really look at the dynamics of an Entrepreneur behavior and his vision rather demotivating with compelling trends of market. Suggestions and advises are a definite part of a learning curve but nurturing ideas of an Entrepreneur giving him a sustainable picture through Eco system is more important.

Service and Products- often these 2 things are taken in different ways by Investors or people who have money to invest. A real investor looks for solution that gives him return and that’s genuine. An intellectual knowledge consultant who is eventually turned into an Investor can guide for a road map for potential “outcome”. Time has come to bring board of intellectuals to create products and service line aligning with market and companies through strategic & partnership models with Govt. & enterprises.

An intention is more time consuming then action:). The basics to bring the BIG solution:

•  Designing road-map with people who understands the industry and revising the same thoughts that an entrepreneur aspires to achieve with a sustainable and more promising picture.
• Looking ahead to low cost yet good exposure based platforms which includes the area where company creates its working office.
• A secured and decent  ambiance- Matters for good thoughts and positive vibes.
• Identifying the risk factors to bring in experts at right time, who are not commercially inclined to exploit and you count the rewards for them later honestly.
• Investing more time looking to create scope in promising space of clientele base.
• Eliminating and ignoring the bad elements affecting the enterprise diplomatically leaving the unproductive stores.
• Targeting productive and good sessions which fits your level of growth and helps in designing PR levels.

Doing a series of activities, and then making things look at the other supportive measures to really make a small place live to perform.The BIG solution will always be “you” who sets the perfect strategy of bringing technology and consulting to your productive space.

Upcoming Next……………………Please wait, I am just trying to help my thoughts reach the right audience, excuse for the words that do not fit your emotions, yet true…:)

 

A comic Entrepreneurship!

A new era of ideas and innovations flowing in the modern India and still we fighting to beg for outsourcing and kill corruption. Well, I do not want to be the second person to complain rather proceed to help all of you understand the roots of the same.

Did we ever find time to manage our intentions? Indian Govt claims to encourage entrepreneurs with some unproductive workshops which neither answers the pain area neither reaches to people who need help. It is meant for PR, Media and some pocket of bureaucratic standards who should get snapshots on the profile while they make another virtual move to entertain(motivate) us:).

Reeling to fix its own compensation, a painful middle class entrepreneur processes files from investment, looks for house to build its assets and employees places & even crawls to pay taxes for his unsold product/service with no system in place. But, we have acres of Govt land been given for offices where bunch of people sits to manage their unanswered salaries to the Govt. Am I too harsh speaking this? If Yes, let it be!

I see great investors and people coming to answer and solve Entrepreneurs problems, at the end you get some really pitiable queries from the conference speakers- Are you an Entrepreneur? Where is the innovative product? Why should I invest? You need to do this, that and just do all sorts of that to achieve this- pathetic and disgusting.

Let me ask these people around one question- What is the sustainable model considering my aim to build this? Well, I have got few answers like- this is not my area my friend:)

Life of an entrepreneur does also goes through a poor social approval system and that never helps you take the ladder at your pace & thinking sometimes.

I will come over this sometime again, and our answer being an entrepreneur should be- “My Career is not a slave of your opinion”. I am optimistic and believe this part of the world will understand the productive entrepreneurs struggling to pay rents still, and come to the hot seat for helping the Govt take initiatives.

We need to be system to bring a system, and that will start with a new day, fresh thoughts not from the present speakers but from the real passionate builders for tomorrow!

Allow me to rope in this better way, when I see your approval on this topic!:)