The need for an organization to define & maintain formal annual goals cannot be overemphasised. They act not only as a magnetic compass providing a sense of purpose to teams but also help focus the collective energies of the various entities...
With increasing complexity of projects, it is common to see project sub-teams (headed by a team leader), relatively independent but still, working towards the creation of a common product or service. The project manager, as always, must play the...
When I started on my journey of Mind Mapping, one of the initial areas that I experimented with Mind Mapping was for planning and conducting meetings. And the first time I applied it in my meetings I was pleasantly surprised by the increased...
This happened many years ago with me while auditing a project. I requested the auditee for a project plan, and he asked, “Which one?”. I was a little surprised and said, “What do you mean by which one?”. He calmly answered “I am maintaining 3...
Recently I was conducting a session on Advanced Project Management using Mind Maps for a group of bright employees from a large MNC. I was deeply impressed by the high level of participation of the group over the two days of the session. These...
Given the fact that in today’s world we can store everything on our smartphones and our cloud space, we may erroneously believe that memory & learning techniques are meant only for students. This is definitely not so; everyone across...
An organisation chart is an immediate reflection of the clarity of thoughts of the top management. Hence, many a times, it is easy to judge the level of business excellence in an organisation simply by looking at its organisational structure. As...
A project plan, according to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), is: “…a formal, approved document used to guide both project execution and project control. ….”. A very important aspect of any project plan is...
When an employee faces a challenging or a delayed task, it is not unusual for the boss to remark that ‘You have made a “project” out of this !!”. Even in our day-to-day parlance we loosely use the word...
Every meeting provides an opportunity to harness the unique creativity of participants as also the collective intelligence of the team. And an organization, which fails to do so is losing a golden opportunity to transform itself positively...
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