success path

8/8/2019 Success Path

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SUCCESS PATH FOR ALL MANAGERS

V. Narayanan


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FUNDAMENTALS

Make a Budget with an aim to make money and notsave money and Live within thus prepared Budget

Have a well defined targets based on current level ofpotency not on conventional standards

Make life simple and keeping things simple meansbetter organized; planned and focused

Profitability does not necessarily means big; hence aimat being most profitable rather than being big

At the peak of success; look for things that can be donebetter

Be humble success is hardly ever all your own doingand rarely irreversible


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NO PROFESSIONALISM

Hire and Team the people with a sense of humor and capability toturn a tough situation to a lighter one

Quit Pretending. To be successful; be true to the maximum extentpossible

Hire for attitude and train for skills

If you had hired wrong person or right person at a wrong time; saygood bye to him or her; else there would be disruption in theoperations

Treat all your team members like FamilyMembers and never takeyour family for granted

Do whatever it takes for there is very little traffic in the extra mile Be your own and define your own standard of professionalism

Follow the principles of Equity as if you are fanatically religious aboutit


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ORGANIZE

Think as if you are the owner of the enterprise

Be lean; make it difficult to hide poorperformance

Kill bureaucracy-

Ignite Ownership Spirit

Abolish unnecessaryMeetings

Abolish Committees; multiple approvals; etc., Abolish orMinimize Paper Work

Simplify and Clarify the Communication Channels


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ORGANIZE - CONTD

Stop Analyzing; Start taking Actions as if you

are on the battle field

Make rules, systems and procedures your

servants and not your masters

Anticipate the unexpected Expect the worst

and prepare for the best

Be flexible but dont break

Deal with your people and not positions/titles


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WHO IS OWNER

Owner is the one who is focused on the resultsregardless of who is watching

Owner is the one who believes that he can

make a difference in everything he does

Owner will put his trust in others; he tells hismen that he trusts them and make them to act

accordingly Owner will show his men what he think they are

worth


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WHO IS OWNER ----- CONTD

Owner would negotiate with an abundance

mentality

Owner is the one who would make hisorganizational and personal mission, vision,

values clear and then hold the reins loosely

Owner is the one who does what his men

expects and make his men to do what he wants


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LEARN LIKE CRAZY

Take on a Childlike Curiosity. Learn from every one

Develop Genuine Interest in the knowledge of others;

ask to learn, listen to learn and watch to learn

Train yourself to look beyond the horizon Put yourself in Others shoes quite often

Plan and organize based on others expectation

Make information more interesting and meaningful;

relevant and show your team what is in it for them Give people more responsibility to develop their

strengths and grow


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DARE TO FAIL

Blaze new trails; dont rest on others laurels

Ask yourself how you can do it before you askothers how its been done

Become a Risk Doctor help people recover frommistakes by accepting and encouraging

Stand behind your commitments

Learn from mistakes Play to win and not to not to lose

Make life and work an adventure


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TEAMWORK

Equip people to make decisions Clearly definetheir deliverables and explain the organizationsculture

Values and Principles are to be made clear inevery system; procedure; etc.,

Measure and Reward people who protect culture

Do --- Just Do it

How you spend your time and money? Does itreflect your values and principles


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LIVE

Make your people your artwork memorialize anddisplay your fondest memories with your people

Make the vision your boss

Be sincere with your people Building Culture is not an over-night job; it is not

accidental; make it purposeful and meaningful

Do what you value; speak what you do; walk your

talk Be a story teller for your company and your family

by creating history


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CELEBRATE

One who works hard can alone be truly happy. Dont hide thathappiness celebrate

Celebrations create memories; acknowledge what is important andrecognizes the values

Celebrations is the opportunity to bring the people together andtighter

Celebrate/appreciate from heart and not as a matter of customs

Identify and reward people who have done their best openly andwhole heartedly

Note un-spirited appreciations means insulting the person. You would

appreciate a person when he has done more than what you haveexpected. Hence when you appreciate you need to legitimatelychange your opinion on him and else you are insulting notappreciating

Celebrate as you do at home.


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MAKEWORK A PLAY

Lighten up

Work in play clothes if possible. Never be rigid

and serious Be first to find humor in tense moments

Make it your daily mandate to make at least

one of your team members to laugh and laughat yourself

Be a friend and not boss


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LOVE ATWORK

Love your work and people

Show and demonstrate your love and genuine

interest Know you can love and disapprove at the same

time

Never be afraid of other man love is fearless Be gracious Polish your politeness

Forgive and Forget


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COMPASSION

Genuinely show your gratitude to your people

for their support at the time of success

Genuinely support your people at the time offailures by acknowledging their good intentions

Give more than money your love and time

Love not to get but to give; you will get morethan what you expect

Be first to give


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CORPORATE IMAGE

Market to employees not just to your customers

Promote culture along with your product

Look for unusual ways to tell your story

Collaborate with others in creating your story Use your story as a way to build spirit, service and

performance

Have everyone play a part in keeping your

companys advertising and marketing promises Find ways to tell your own story; use it further your

personal and professional success.


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EMPLOYEES COMES FIRST

Defend your people. The customers may not be

right all the time

Make service a way of life

Give people the flexibility to transcend rules

and regulations to better serve the customers

Good Enough is never good enough

Every one is most valuable; inform your people.

Give more than what is expected


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It is collaborative effort to achieve any success and so to retain it

CONCLUSION

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