How it feels to be a boss???
The other day, I walked out of the office at 4PM. Someone from another department saw me leave and said, "It's Good To Be The Boss." I smiled and kept going. I work longer and harder than anyone in my department. I get more done than most of my peers. My own boss recognizes and appreciates my work.
So I see no need to tell the person who made the comment that my day started with a phone call to Europe at 7AM or that I worked through lunch because my boss was injured and asked me at 11:30 to handle his meeting with a client at 1PM. Nor does that person need to know that after making a pickup that must be done before 4PM, that I will be working from my home office for another 3-4 hours. Yes, it is good to be the boss, but not for the reason that person thought (getting to leave early), but because I love what I do.
Each of us has to decide whether being the boss is for us. See "Is Management For Me?"
I love this work because I get to make a difference...
"You have to make a difference. The group you manage has to be more effective, more productive with you there than they would be if you were not. If they are as productive without you, there is no business sense in keeping you on the payroll. "
I lead a team that works hard every day to do things better and to make our customers happy..
I'm helping increase my company's EBITDA, which increases my income potential and the likelihood that this company will keep all its employees on the payroll.
Yes, it is good to be the boss, but sometimes those hours can be killers.
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Planning for MBA degree???
Qutable quote:"A life of unremitting caution, without the carefree-or even, occasionally, the careless-may turnout to be a half a life."
Applying to business school is inevitably stressful. Just narrowing your list of MBA programs to apply to can be overwhelming on its own. An MBA is a critical building block of many career paths, but also a serious investment of time and resources so you need chose carefully!
First Impressions are Ever-lasting. We know from business schools that most MBA applicants begin the process with a detailed Internet search. B-schools have made considerable investments into their websites, offering an outstanding resource for program details including on-line chats with MBA students and admission directors, admissions requirements, and curriculum details. Evaluate how the school presents itself: What is emphasized? What is missing? Was it easy to navigate? What were your overall impressions? This information is subjective, so tap into your other business and personal networks to gain greater insight.
As a prospective MBA student, consider your professional objectives post-MBA. During your web research, pay special attention to complementary opportunities such as internships, consulting projects, and mentor programs and how they will help you achieve your personal goals.
High Touch ... Big Impact. The opportunity costs of attending business school are great but so are the payoffs for your post-MBA career. Take time to meet representatives of the schools and visit the campuses. Investing this time upfront will ensure a good fit. MBA fairs, organized in cities throughout the world, are a truly valuable source of information to solidify your impressions. Peter von Loesecke, CEO of The MBA Tour, notes, "One of the important characteristics that distinguishes one MBA program from another is the actual b-school culture - it is impossible to feel that solely from the web or brochures. Meeting B-school representatives and alumni at an MBA fair provide invaluable insights and information."
Prepare Yourself. Get maximum benefit from the MBA fairs by preparing in advance. Know the basic program information and take your questions to the next level. Ask the alumni, "Why did you select this b-school over others?" "What did you value most about your MBA experience?" "How has the MBA shaped your post-graduate career?" "What was your favorite course?”
Ask the B-school representative to describe the ideal candidates for their programs. Give them a chance to differentiate themselves by asking, "What qualities are essential to success in the MBA program?" "What is the biggest challenge for new students?"
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Short Management Story
A fox meets a lion sitting outside his cave.
Fox:"My cell-phone is broken. Can I make a call from yours?"
Lion:"Oh,I can fix your phone".
Fox: "Can you?Your big claws will destry it even more"
Lion:"I bet I ll fix it in a jiffy."The fox hands over his phone to the lion disappersinto his cave. he comes back after a while with a perfectly repaired cell. The fox is impressed. the lion continues to sti, looking very pleased .
Soon a wolf comes and requests the lion:
Wolf: "Can I wash my clothes in your washing machine because mine is broken?"
Lion:"Oh, I can easily fix your washing machine."
Wolf:"Are you kidding? I dont think a lazy lion can fix a complicated machine"
Lion:"Do you want me to try?"The lion goes into his cave, and after a while comes back with a perfectly fixed washing machine. The wolf goes away, amazed and happy.
Backdrop:Inside the lion's cave, half a dozen small and intelligent rabbits are busily doing very complicated work with complex instruments. On the other side lies a huge lion looking very pleased with himself.
Moral:If you really want to judge a manager, look at the work of his subordiantes.
Management Lesson: If you want to know why someone undeserved is promoted; look at the work of his subordinates.
Fox:"My cell-phone is broken. Can I make a call from yours?"
Lion:"Oh,I can fix your phone".
Fox: "Can you?Your big claws will destry it even more"
Lion:"I bet I ll fix it in a jiffy."The fox hands over his phone to the lion disappersinto his cave. he comes back after a while with a perfectly repaired cell. The fox is impressed. the lion continues to sti, looking very pleased .
Soon a wolf comes and requests the lion:
Wolf: "Can I wash my clothes in your washing machine because mine is broken?"
Lion:"Oh, I can easily fix your washing machine."
Wolf:"Are you kidding? I dont think a lazy lion can fix a complicated machine"
Lion:"Do you want me to try?"The lion goes into his cave, and after a while comes back with a perfectly fixed washing machine. The wolf goes away, amazed and happy.
Backdrop:Inside the lion's cave, half a dozen small and intelligent rabbits are busily doing very complicated work with complex instruments. On the other side lies a huge lion looking very pleased with himself.
Moral:If you really want to judge a manager, look at the work of his subordiantes.
Management Lesson: If you want to know why someone undeserved is promoted; look at the work of his subordinates.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Platform for Nepalese
Here's an article that I would like all my viewers to go thru.....taken out from the Business Age magazine....February 2007
"BIG AND SMALL...."
US President George W Bush’s famous dichotomy either with us or against has well seeped into realms of Nepali philosophizing: Any attempt at reviving the middle ground between the extremes of khattam kancha theory and the rising Nepal theory is seen to be a sabotage against Nepalipan. I still choose to fight between the two_edged sword. I narrow my battleground to dry front of private sector development, and to try to articulate my position: the middle ground does exist and it has two components: big and small. Period. This is how the feeble and female fight back.
The big component includes an array of infrastructure, energy, banksand universities. Often, Nepali are not producers but the consumers here;and they need foreign investment and management to come to grip to these. Small is everything else where Nepali stand the chance of competitively producing and selling.
Let’s contextualize the big and small. The world afar is increasingly taking note of the shining India and roaring China. Tarul-ed Nepal cannot afford to ignore the giants. We can be their investment platform for the big industries. They can be our markets and transits for the small industries. We have to differentiate between the big and the small, or we either end up foolishly competing against or sheepishly surrendering to them in everything.
Industrial policy is back up on the map. Now, how do we differentiate between industrial policies for the big and the small? Big will inevitably entail foreign investment even if the country metamorphoses into a maoist avatar. Foreign investment need not always bring about economic imperialism: nor does it always keep us safe from the perils of knowledge transfer treachery.
Take the blood diamonds of Sierra Leone on one hand and the tecno-savvy China on the other hand. FDI is good servant and bad master. We must play our cards of incentives, controls and technology transfers really well. Nepal has had a losing hand in the first round. There are those who have found the lessons; we just haven’t read them well as yet.
Small is Pandora’s box. Lets sort out our basic premise and lets take one bite at a time. Lets stop daydreaming of the impossible. Instead of trying to produce clothes cheaper than the Chinese, can’t we go for smarter clothes? The writing on the wall is clear: Quality and innovation. Here are the six biters: Brand economics: Standards, certification and harmonization: finance and financial instruments; collaboration economics among the flexible specialisers; the smoothening of the supply chains; oiling the nuts and bolts of business regulations. Please do stay tuned since we will tackle them one at a time.
US President George W Bush’s famous dichotomy either with us or against has well seeped into realms of Nepali philosophizing: Any attempt at reviving the middle ground between the extremes of khattam kancha theory and the rising Nepal theory is seen to be a sabotage against Nepalipan. I still choose to fight between the two_edged sword. I narrow my battleground to dry front of private sector development, and to try to articulate my position: the middle ground does exist and it has two components: big and small. Period. This is how the feeble and female fight back.
The big component includes an array of infrastructure, energy, banksand universities. Often, Nepali are not producers but the consumers here;and they need foreign investment and management to come to grip to these. Small is everything else where Nepali stand the chance of competitively producing and selling.
Let’s contextualize the big and small. The world afar is increasingly taking note of the shining India and roaring China. Tarul-ed Nepal cannot afford to ignore the giants. We can be their investment platform for the big industries. They can be our markets and transits for the small industries. We have to differentiate between the big and the small, or we either end up foolishly competing against or sheepishly surrendering to them in everything.
Industrial policy is back up on the map. Now, how do we differentiate between industrial policies for the big and the small? Big will inevitably entail foreign investment even if the country metamorphoses into a maoist avatar. Foreign investment need not always bring about economic imperialism: nor does it always keep us safe from the perils of knowledge transfer treachery.
Take the blood diamonds of Sierra Leone on one hand and the tecno-savvy China on the other hand. FDI is good servant and bad master. We must play our cards of incentives, controls and technology transfers really well. Nepal has had a losing hand in the first round. There are those who have found the lessons; we just haven’t read them well as yet.
Small is Pandora’s box. Lets sort out our basic premise and lets take one bite at a time. Lets stop daydreaming of the impossible. Instead of trying to produce clothes cheaper than the Chinese, can’t we go for smarter clothes? The writing on the wall is clear: Quality and innovation. Here are the six biters: Brand economics: Standards, certification and harmonization: finance and financial instruments; collaboration economics among the flexible specialisers; the smoothening of the supply chains; oiling the nuts and bolts of business regulations. Please do stay tuned since we will tackle them one at a time.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
HAHAHAHEHEHE
Laughter; The Best Medicine Available
Lost Wives
Two guys collide in a supermarket. “Sorry about that”, the first guy says.” I am looking for my wife and I guess I wasn’t watching where I was going.”
“I am looking for my wife, too” the second guy says.
“Maybe I can help you” the first guy says. ”what does your wife look like?”
“Well, she is a tall red head with big green eyes, long sun tanned legs and a bright smile”, the second guy says. “What does your wife look like?”
“Never mind,” says the first guy,” Let’s look for yours.”
Fresh Graduates
Reaching at a job interview, the human resources person asked a young engineer who was fresh out of IT, “What starting salary were you thinking about?”
The engineer said, “About Rs 125000 a month depending on the benefits package.”
The interviewer said, “Well, what would you say to a package of 5-weeks vacation, a furnished flat, full medical and dental, company matching pension fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every two-years-say, a Skoda?”
The engineer sat up straight and said, “Wow!! Are you kidding?”
The interviewer replied, “Yeah, but you started it.”
Old Couple
A couple is getting ready for bed after a long day’s work.
“I look in the mirror and see an old lady,” the woman says to her husband. “My face is all wrinkled, and I’m sagging and bagging all over. And look at this this flab on my arms”. Her husband is silent.
“Hey!” she says turning to him, “Tell me something positive to make me feel better about myself”.
“Well”, he says, “your eyesight is still great.”
Lost Wives
Two guys collide in a supermarket. “Sorry about that”, the first guy says.” I am looking for my wife and I guess I wasn’t watching where I was going.”
“I am looking for my wife, too” the second guy says.
“Maybe I can help you” the first guy says. ”what does your wife look like?”
“Well, she is a tall red head with big green eyes, long sun tanned legs and a bright smile”, the second guy says. “What does your wife look like?”
“Never mind,” says the first guy,” Let’s look for yours.”
Fresh Graduates
Reaching at a job interview, the human resources person asked a young engineer who was fresh out of IT, “What starting salary were you thinking about?”
The engineer said, “About Rs 125000 a month depending on the benefits package.”
The interviewer said, “Well, what would you say to a package of 5-weeks vacation, a furnished flat, full medical and dental, company matching pension fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every two-years-say, a Skoda?”
The engineer sat up straight and said, “Wow!! Are you kidding?”
The interviewer replied, “Yeah, but you started it.”
Old Couple
A couple is getting ready for bed after a long day’s work.
“I look in the mirror and see an old lady,” the woman says to her husband. “My face is all wrinkled, and I’m sagging and bagging all over. And look at this this flab on my arms”. Her husband is silent.
“Hey!” she says turning to him, “Tell me something positive to make me feel better about myself”.
“Well”, he says, “your eyesight is still great.”
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Globalization and its impact in Education
Globalization
Debate abounds over whether globalization is good or bad for the self, the family, the nation, and the world. Some pessimists see increased interdependence as a terribly destructive trend, while optimists see a more diverse, better life for all. Some people argue that the world is no more globalized than it was in the waning days of the British Empire, but some see an information revolution that is unparalleled in history and widespread in its implications.
Despite its reputation as an up-and-coming global competitor, India’s economic growth has been stunted by the limited higher-education opportunities – with only 7 percent of young adults entering universities. Recognizing the demand of Asia’s university-aged population, American schools seek to establish relationships with their counterparts in countries such as China and India. Through satellite campuses, exchange programs and research collaboration, US universities tap into the Indian market and enhance the competitiveness of their graduates. The US representatives also ask that the Indian government put aside “strict rules that currently apply to all government-accredited universities in India on fees, staff salaries and curriculums.” A US education is expensive by Indian standards, but students of India believe a college degree holds the key for entrance into the global marketplace.
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Monday, March 19, 2007
HIGHLIGHTING THEDIFFERENCES BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC STUDENTS
International higher education students differ from their domestic counterparts, both in characteristics and outcomes. Broad student groups and how these have changed over time. Some outcome measures – attrition, retention and progress rates – are also compared.
International students, like domestic students, are not a homogenous group of people.
The information presented in this paper comes from a simple analysis of the available higher education student data, using mainly comparative counts and rates. This paper does not try to unravel all the differences between or within the three student groups examined. Rather it is intended to highlight the fact that considerable differences exist. Further work is required to look at the relationships between variables and the drivers behind change.
International higher education students differ from their domestic counterparts, both in characteristics and outcomes. Broad student groups and how these have changed over time. Some outcome measures – attrition, retention and progress rates – are also compared.
International students, like domestic students, are not a homogenous group of people.
The information presented in this paper comes from a simple analysis of the available higher education student data, using mainly comparative counts and rates. This paper does not try to unravel all the differences between or within the three student groups examined. Rather it is intended to highlight the fact that considerable differences exist. Further work is required to look at the relationships between variables and the drivers behind change.
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