17Aug 2017 by ksurya No Comments

Next time you feel someone is lucky; ask yourself

Leadership, Management, Mentoring
What differentiates people? This is a blog for career professionals and individuals wanting to make something out of their life. The ideas mentioned herein are applicable equally to the upper-tier, middle-tier and to a large extent to the entry-tier people. This is not a political blog. So, I am not going to discuss political reasons in the examples given. Recently, I was engaged in a conversation where one of the participants was lamenting that his peers & juniors were ahead of him despite him having more or better skills than them. His primary arguments were that he did not get equal opportunities and/or the others were ‘lucky’. On the question of opportunities, I firmly believe that all one of us are presented with opportunities. We need to have the eye…
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20Jul 2017 by ksurya 5 Comments
That day I learned A Lesson in Relationships.

That day I learned A Lesson in Relationships.

Leadership, Management, Memories
A lesson in relationships. I spend more time in - customers, prospects, partners, influencers, employees – the market ecosystem. I was in the ASEAN region. And, this post is about an experience from a meeting with one of our long-standing customers. That day I learned a lesson in relationships. The project with this customer was not going well. And, had recovered from the brink of collapse. But it had a long distance to travel to be a success. And, this was my first visit to the customer. The director who was also the founder’s daughter and the project head met me. I had asked the director to drive the agenda. And, the meeting agenda was as below: A presentation by the director of her company for 30 mins.Project, challenges, issues…
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