personal leadership by shantanu bhamare, pmp, mba

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Punishments negative consequences are the tools you use to get people to stop stuff. Becareful though, because you may fall prey to the hot stove guideline. "A cat who sits on a hot

stove will never sit on a hot stove again. But it wont sit on a cold stove either.

Pay For the Results You Want:

Pay is one of the tangible ways you can reward people for doing good job. Its another form

of praise in visible, tangible form. Dont limit your thinking about pay to just money, though.Pay people with time off, recognition, choice assignments, small gifts, and special bonuses to

encourage the behavior you want.

Look for ways to pay for the results you want. Pay and praise are the things that get the

engine of progress going.

Promote People Who Deliver The Results:

This one just makes sense. The problem is that lots of organizations forget about it. They

maintain reward and promotion systems that reward the old behavior, even while theyretrumpeting the new behavior in memos, meetings, and executive retreats.

A much more experienced and wiser management consultant suggested me, "When you first

go into an organization, pay attention to who it is they promote. Listen to the stories that folkstell you about who gets promoted and rewarded and why. That will tell you just about

everything you need to know about what the real organizational priorities are."

What do your folks say about the folks who are promoted? Do they feel they got promoted on

merit because of their performance or because they just happened to "know somebody" orworse.

Key Drivers of Leadership

Those three wordsautonomy, initiative, and responsibilityform the essence of what

personal leadership truly is.


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Autonomy:

Autonomy is the willingness to lead others. It is a driving force behind leadership becauseautonomy is the inner drive that pushes a leader forward.

Initiative:

Initiative is the willingness to take action, to make something happen. Without initiative,there is inertia. A leaders responsibility is to move people, either physically or ideologically.

Some define this characteristic as being a self-starter. Initiative also is the key motivator ofthe entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs are those individuals who look for possibilities where others

see closed doors. Initiative is the inner drive that says, Yes, I can make it happen.

Responsibility:

Responsibility is the willingness to be accountable for consequences. Success has manyfathers, but failure is an orphan. When a project exceeds expectations, its easy to take

credit. When the project tanks, it takes a measure of character to assume responsibility.Leadership is built upon responsibility; without it there is no leadership.

It is ok if God says, Dont worry I am behind you, but for leader it is other-way round.

We have seen what Leadership is, but it is also important to knowWhat Leadership Is Not

Leadership is not hitting someone over the head. Raising your voice and shouting doesnot produce respect. It may generate fear, but it does little to enhance personal dignity of

the person.

Yet many managers in leadership positions like to rule by fear. How many times have you

heard a manager say, I need to yell. Its the only way to get things done? Sure, yellingmight stimulate an employee to continue working, but it certainly will not encourage him

to contribute any more than the minimum effort.

Shouting says, Im in charge, youre not, so do what I say.

Advice for other Leaders interested in succeeding Take lead of the activities, drive from the front and set examples for others to follow.

Plan ahead and track the things to closure

Go extra mile to become differentiator to achieve the desired results.


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About the Author :

Shantanu Bhamare is a Project Management Professional(PMP) certified from Project Management Institute (PMI)USA . He is a Bachelor Of Engineering in Computers fromPune. He has also done Post Graduate Diploma InAdvanced Computing from CDAC, Pune, MobileComputing from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),

Bombay & MBA in IT & Finance.

He is currently working with IBM as a Deputy GeneralManager as well as Vice President of PMI Pune-DeccanIndia Chapter. He has over 18 years of professionalexperience in the IT industry on software projects enablinga wide variety of domains such as eCommerce, CRM &

Telecom.

He is an International Award Winner "Volunteer Leader Of The Year 2008-Asia PacificRegion" given by Project Management Institute (PMI) USA. He got recognized atLeadership Meeting in Denver, CO, USA in October 2008. Where leaders across the worldcome together and share each other experience, issues in each region, discuss on bestpractices in each region and set vision for PMI for next year.

PMI also selected him to be a part of Content Contributors & Content Reviewers on theteams to update and rewrite PMIs most influential global standard: A Guide to the ProjectManagement Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) Fourth Edition. Its an AmericanNational Standard ANSI/PMI 99-001-2004. This book is read all over the world as it ismandatory book to give Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) & ProjectManagement Professional (PMP) exams.

As he is part of PMIs global speaker list, PMI Tokyo, Japan chapter had invited him totalk in their International Conference - Summer Fiesta @ Tokyo, Japan in June 2009. Theyimpressed so much that they had invited media to take his interview; it is published in

Japan's most popular magazineNikkei

.

He has got Co-inventor Patent on Pricer Product, filed in USA, while working withSelectica Inc. USA.

He has got Spot Award for Excellent Project Management while working with DataproInfoworld Ltd.

He has keen interest in pursuing different techniques for effective Project Management. Hiscurrent interests include better estimation techniques, becoming better conflict resolutionmanager, better risk management, and use of earned value analysis for project tracking.

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