My first blog....

A person who love machine, should become an Engineer; a person who love food start a hotel; a person who love human being, should become a Saint or a Manager !! Do you agree with me that ability to love human being is a competency of a managerial role? Today I am going to attempt a story of appreciation!! One young academically excellent person went for an interview for a managerial role. His final interview was going on the company director. By looking at this young man’s CV, the director understood that the candidate has obtain great achievement in academics from school to his post graduate research. The director asked the young – Have you obtain any scholarship in school? Youth answered (smooth voice) none. Director – Was it your father who paid your school fee? Youth answered (slowly) My father passed away when I was one year old and my mother who paid all my education fees. Director (sharp voice) – Where is she working? Youth (light voice) My mother worked as a cloth...

Today I am going to write about an open secret. Work politics. When I thought about this topic, I started reading a lot of document on work politics and I did talk to my peers, managers and reports as well. I asked my reports do you this we have politics in our organisation? They said yes. I asked why? Some people good with managers are getting undue advantages. I asked to my peers, they asked do you want hear from my month? It is obvious man all are politicians, look at this guy, he himself no sure what is he doing but he is in managers good book. Asked my manager too, he also agreed. Next thing I asked everyone except my manager, are you involved in politics? They had a shock in their face. You mean me.  Couple of month before, I had session with a senior manager for all my department managers on work politics. Facilitator have asked, does politics there in this organisation? Since all managers present in this session, most people had a politically correct answer, Ye...