some common difficulties for everyone

I am writing some common difficulties for IT leadership and entrepreneur at beginner level.

When you are in start of any business and you are not from business bacground you will find decision making a big problem . No matter how confident you are but if you are not having enough business background and financial background , you will find difficult to take right decision at right time.

Yes, and this situation is unavoidable in early phase of business but soon after you will realize decisoin making is very important part of business and you will adhered to it. But keep having faith on your self.

I had faced and I am facing decision making problem but I never expect myself as a perfectionist to I always open door for making mistakes. And that helped me a lot to learn.

If you are having such difficulties then do not worry about it much.. just keep going . and you will land in a better place..

How to motivate your subordinates?

My friend Nikunj brought some books for me yesterday,as always he cares about me for all aspects.Truly amazing friend.

Today I just got time to look in to books,And found one good small books about motivation.

Books is really small one so any one can finish in one session.I would like to mention few points which I like most .

1) Keep Giving Feedback.
The Failure to give appropriate and timely feedback is the most extreme cruelty that we can inflict on any human being.
Human being crave feedback so, if you are trying to be a good leader learn to give timely feedback.

2) Manage Agreements,Not people.

If you manage to make an agreement and get work accordingly , you will never require to manage people.Just make a strong bond through which your subordinate inspire to full fill all agreements.
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

3) Play both good cops and bad cops

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more,do more and become more , you are a leader- John Quincy Adams

4) Motivate by Doing
People can be divided into two classes, those who go ahead and do something , and those who sit still and inquire, why wasn't it done other way? -oliver Wendell Holmes.

Figure out what you want to achieve and start achieving , your staff will follow for the same.

5) Use Positive Reinforcement
The first Duty of a leader is optimism.
How does your subordinate feels after meeting with you?Does they feel uplifted?

6) Use 10 Minutes well
Man must not allow the clock and the calender to blind him to the fact that each moment of his life is a miracle and a mystery.

Use following in your routine
I am proud of you
What is your opinion?
If you please....
Thanks you..

7) To Motivate your people ,first just Relax
A Frightened captain makes a frightened crew-lister sinclair

8) Use the power of deadlines..
The best way to predict the future is to create it-Peter Drucker

Just Do it.

9) Let your mind rule your heart.
If you don't think about the future , you won't have one.

10) Make it happen today
There is no tomorrow.

11) Stop pushing
Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish ,push it an dit will go nowhere at all-Dwight D. Eisnehower


12) Create a Vision
The reason most goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.
-Robert J.Mckain


Hope you will have some good ideas about how to motivate your staff? from this post.

Easy No , Hard No

When you ask manager to list what are the most difficult things to do?
You will find one answer in top of the list mostly "Saying no"

Here,I would like to explain you Easy no and hard no and how to deal with them.

If your employee come and ask you some thing to finish as per your earlier discussion with him/her.
You will check feasibility and if its not feasible you will say "no, we will do it later on".

This is an easy no.
(a) you have strong logic behind your decision,
(b) Person who is asking is with lower power and authority
Suppose you dont have above two and you require to take decision at that time ,it will be Hard no.

You will find difficulty to get the way of saying hard no.Manager often face this situation.

I read article in Tech republic and found few helpful things.

Know the facts. More you know about the issue , more you will be able to identify problem, solution and more you will be able to defend you decision.

Believe in yourself. If you will doubt yourself then you will find difficulty to win over others.

Don’t take it personally. Always Remain emotionally detached while dealing with this kind of issue.
Understand your position relative to others. Realize that saying no is a statement of position and the weight of your no is dependent on your relative position of authority/power and your persuasiveness.

what is procrastination?

Does your to do list increase day by day?Are you adding same task again & again because of UN finished or not yet started status?

That means deferment of actions or tasks to a later time which increase your anxiety,This is by all means Procrastination. It is now common in IT industry as of being over loaded by tons of work to do.

People who are sick with procrastination work same amount of time as common people do but as they are not capable of putting right thing in right basket they usually busy with undeserving tasks.

They do not have any priority table or do not understand work break up structure perfectly. Usually they are not able to interpret meaning of Urgent Task and Important tasks.

There are more then on reason for procrastination such as chunking, inability to organize things, forgetfulness.

Procrastination is had major drawback on psychological manner too…it used to indulge feeling of guild, self-disgust & depression.So, it requires to be cured promptly as it is identified.

I hope this will help you to identify what is Procrastination; I will help you to get rid of it in my next article.

Time estimation of project

Hi use following technique for time estimation of project.
P.E.R.T
Programm evaluation and review technique.
It averages Pessmistic estimation,Most Likely and Optimistic.
A.E.T.=Aprox.Estimated time
P.E.=Pessimistic Estimation
M.L.E.=Most likely Estimation
O.E.=Optimistic Estimatoin

A.E.T.=(P.E+4(MLE)+O.E)/6.

Assess Yourself for better progress

I understand the mission/vision of my organization. Yes or NoPlease explain answer.........

2. I know what I am accountable for. Yes or No
Please explain answer........

3. I know how to measure my progress. Yes or NoPlease explain answer.......

4. I have the tools, knowledge and support I need to do my job well. Yes or No
Please explain answer.......

5. At work I have the opportunity to succeed daily. Yes or No
Please explain answer.......

6. I receive regular constructive communication from my supervisor. Yes or No
Please explain answer.......

7. I feel my supervisor cares about me as a person, not just as an employee. Yes or No
Please explain answer.......

8. I am encouraged to continually develop my skills. Yes or No
Please explain answer......

9. My opinions are valued by my supervisor. Yes or No.
Please explain answer.......

10. I would encourage anyone who is qualified to work for my organizationand for my supervisor. Yes or No
Please explain answer......

Try to give answers of these questions and assess Your self.....

I got this tutorial from leadershiptools.com

Few Quotes to build up spirit.

"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."
- James Joyce

"Results? Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know 50,000 things that won't work."
- Thomas A. Edison

"There is no security on this earth: There is only opportunity."
- General Douglas MacArthur

"The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism."- -Norman Vincent Peale

"Assume nothing, pursue everything."
- Kevin Riper

"The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well."
-Sir William Osler

"To find fault is easy: To do better may be difficult."
- Plutarch

”Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.”
- Henry Ford

”The ratio of We’s to I’s is the best indicator of the development of a team.”
- Lewis B. Ergen

”I am easily satisfied with the very best.”
- Winston Churchill

”The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.”
- John Scully

”A championship team is a team of champions.”
- Unknown