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Friday 29 July 2011

Are you a Water or Coke ???

Yesterday when I returned home late but with a big smile, which is my usual habit, after having a very hectic training session at office.

On the face, I usually do not show any negative sign of unhappiness or tiredness, no matter how tired I am Or what time have I reached home.

When I passed smile to wife, she just started abusing the KESC for their extensive load shedding because I had asked her that“ Why the UPS is not working”. 

On my wife’s reaction which actually I didn’t like but immediately one striking phrase came to my mind from the book “Seven Habits of Highly Effective Leader by Stephen Covey” that “ No one can hurt you until & unless you will not let them to do so” i.e. One can abuse us, It is in one’s control but the response against it what we give, is in our control. Likewise weather , Natural disasters or some one’s behavior , KESC is not in our control but the choice of response is.

To understand this, let me tell you a short story,
Once upon a time , a man was polishing his new dream car; his 4 year old daughter picked up a stone and scratched on the side of the car. In anger, the furious Man took his child’s hand & hit it many times, not realizing he was using a wrench. At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures.

When the child saw his father, with painful eyes he asked ‘Dad when will my fingers grow back?’ The man was so hurt and speechless. He went back to the car and kicked it many times. Devastated by his own actions, sitting in front of the car, he looked at the scratches, His daughter had written ‘LOVE YOU DAD’. Whatever the situation, we should try to hold our nerves and keep intact in a positive manner. 
So what to do, let may say it, in a different way here that “Be Water and not a Coke”. 

What do I mean by this, well let me explain,
What does happen when we shake a coke bottle ? .. its blast , but when we shake the water bottle it remains calm though it may make some ripples.

It is our choice and response against a particular event which differentiates us whether we are water or a coke . Water is beneficial for the person’s health as well, think twice before taken any action or decision whether you are responding or reacting. Wise people respond whereas fools react. When you respond you have a lot of choices but when we react we don’t have choice except regrets , sorrow , unhappiness & troubles .
Because when we react its urgent & abrupt , it’s not planned at all and this can lead to big mishaps at times.

Be a Water Not A Coke…..!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday 28 July 2011

Book Review on Good To Great by Jim Collins


Book Review on Good To Great by Jim Collins ,

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James C. "Jim" Collins, III (born 1958, Boulder, Colorado) is an American business consultant, author, and lecturer on the subject of company sustainability and Growth.

Sunday 24 July 2011

Insights OF Performance Managment .
A research based analytical side of Perfromance Management rather than conventional one. for more details ;
http://slidesha.re/pmoTwk

Tuesday 12 July 2011

Employee Engagement Activities for Managing High Performance

Research shows that Employee Engagement is directly proportional to the Organizational growth i.e. the maximum an employee will be engaged with the organization the more that Organization will grow.

Employee engagement is more than satisfaction & motivation but once engagement will bring in , satisfaction & motivation will emerge automatically by itself, in fact , these two will be a bi-product of employee engagement. Effusive Engaged employees work for the success & vision of the organization . It is all about development of Disciplined people, Disciplined Thought & Disciplined action by the inception of employee engagement activities. Because once you have disciplined People ,you don’t need “Hierarchies” ; when You have Disciplined thought in your engaged employees , you don’t need “Bureaucracy” and when you have a disciplined action people , you don’t need “Excessive Controls” on the engaged employees.

Employee engagement can’t be developed with money factor for that reason employer has to cover an extra mile & develop empathy not only with the employee but also with their families as well . Followings are some innovative & effective employee engagement activities for managing high performances .

• Appreciation Letter/ shield for Mother / Family Members for employee High performance.
• Birthday Cake & Gift on employee & his dependants.
• Half day on employee Marriage Anniversary with Dinner vouchers.
• Specified Fund for Team Dinner Dept Wise.
• Extra Holiday on Eid by company other than Gazette Holidays
• HR Manager / HOD visit on Child Birth at Home.
• Movie of the Month .
• Professional Trainings without any bond .
• Family Get –to- Gather .
• Ramzan Gift Packs .
• Flexi Hours inception.
• Indulge domestic benefits like Monthly Water Supply.
• Lunch with CEO .
• In-house recreational Activities like Swimming Pool, Table Tennis, Snooker ETC
• Parents Health Coverage.

As a result of the above innovative & effective employee engagement activities, the growth of the Organization will be self apparent and no will have to pin point the success that the organization will enjoy as a combined unit.

Friday 1 July 2011

Have A Courage to Come True Your VISION ????

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows . It is pretty much obvious that our success and future growth found in our vision of life . When I asked to the son of Bakery owner near to my home ( 19 Years Old ) about his future planning & vision then he replied me very enthusiastically that when I will be at my papa’s age then I will broaden the Bakery & will acquire adjacent shop. At that time I think for a moment that nobody stop him to think big or vast his vision that “we must have a world renown bakery all over the globe with thousands of branches spread out all over the world & my sitting office will be in Switzerland “ . 

It is all about courage to think big , very few people have this sort of audacity in their goals of life. Because everything develop twice in this world first it develop in mind then we figure out it onto reality . No engineer can develop an engine drawing until and unless it would have been developed in one’s mind . Believe me what you will dream to get , you must got it . One must have a firm believe on his capabilities & efforts that he / She is well versed that he can achieve his vision & come true his dream . One thing is common , in fact it is key to success that all visionary successful icons have been taken concrete steps towards their ideas without knowing the result but they have taken steps because might be 90% you will not get success in your initiatives but rest 10 % success will engulf your all 90% failure. It is not a person who is big but his vision make him big & different from rest.

“ While one person hesitate because he feels inferior and the other busy in making mistakes and become Superior”  Henry C. Link

Following are the steps that how one can come true his Vision.

Visualization
It is the technique of using one's imagination to visualize specific behaviors or events occurring in one's life. It is a detailed illustration of what one desires and then visualizing it over and over again with all of the senses (i.e., what do you see? what do you feel? what do you hear? what does it smell like?). For example, to be a CEO is your vision then first of all you have to visualize that how will you Feel when you will be dressed in branded Suiting , Your sitting office will be at your dream place , People will be giving you desired protocol, Secretaries will be around you to facilitate , You will be big wig etc. You have to do it every day , every night when ever get free just visualize yourself in that manner then your gestures & posters will be changing around like a CEO. Because things created twice in this world once in our mind then our mind produce it into reality.

Networking & Blogging
Once you have been visualizing then start networking with CEOs It might be done through referral , Trainings , Professional Social gatherings , Social Media Sites etc . It will not be uphill task ,there are lot of forums where you can find desired audience very easily . It’s the law of attraction at work, surround yourself with people who share a similar ambition, and have the drive to make themselves successful and together, you all move forward as a group. It’s one of those things, when everyone is engaged the magic starts to happen. Your vision should be your passion.

Maintaining High Self Esteem
You should have a proud on yourself because if you will not value you high then others won’t give you due importance .Once Female conceives a sperm of male , there are about 10 Millions cells released from the sperm of male & every cells can be converted in to a potential baby but when this race begins ,only one cell win the race and rest 9.99 Million lost their way . So we have been in a tough competition before our birth in this world , we have born with basic instinct of winner and we should have a firm believe on our self that we must Win. When we have defeated millions so can’t we defeat billions ?. Praise yourself as high as much you can it will be a basic key to get you vision in set time lines.

Acquire Mentoring
Mentoring in general is a relationship between someone more experienced and knowledgeable (known as Mentor) with someone less experienced and less knowledgeable in their area of common interest. Mentoring is a power free, two-way mutually beneficial learning situation where the mentor provides advice, shares knowledge and experiences for realization of mentees career aspirations and advancement. Follow foot print of your mentor to come true your vision .

Information Congregation
If your vision is to get your dream Car , Then start gathering the information about the that car . Rush to show room for test drive & asking the prices for your dream car , get the information from different banks for leasing & loans, paste the picture of your dream car or personality in front your Washroom mirror where you usually brush your teeth , placed it on your desktop , get the info about its specifications , search all the info available at any where .

Daily Progress & Set The Time Lines
Maintain a dairy or log book where you will jot down each & every step ,what you have taken in a single day to realize your Vision . You have to make sure that on each single day you must entered something in your log book and show serious concerns when you did not do anything .For instance , if you looking for your Dream house then on daily basis make sure you did something to realized your dream house in reality like go to real estate agent , search for newspaper in classifieds etc then logged it in your daily log book. Review your daily log book on monthly basis and set the dates line for vision accomplishment.

This is not because our vision is difficult that we don’t dare,
It is because we don’t dare that it seems difficult……..

By : Syed Shahzad Ali 
HR Expert in Pakistan