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Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Monday, June 20, 2016
Forms of Business Communication
Communication is the
cornerstone for the success of any venture. Preceding blog discussed about the
importance of Communication in Project Management, and this post will draw your
attention to the different forms of communication. Communication put simply is
sending or receiving information. Be it person to person [one-on-one] or with
multiple contact [one with many] or within contacts [many to many], the bottom
line is effective and efficient communication will prove decisive in the
success of business venture. Timely call and timely action underscores the
indispensible need for communication.
The insights from PMI’s
Pulse of the Profession™ In-Depth Report: The Essential Role of Communications
are interesting in its findings. “Highly effective communicators are also more
likely to deliver projects on time (71 percent versus 37 percent) and within
budget (76 percent versus 48 percent).”
The methods and means to
communicate are as important as communication itself. It’s a difficult
fact to digest that despite understanding the significance of communication at
the required hour, there is still a struggle to keep concerned informed of the
critical details and updates.
To get everyone associated
with the project on the same page, it is necessary to speak the language of
business. Communication is often glorified as a dialogue or discussion between
figure heads or ‘key’ personnel, especially decision makers, sponsors or
business owner. The last person is counted whose views, opinions, suggestions
and response matters. Communication is a two-way street when “we reach out by
speaking and listening”.
Communication is of two types
in the context of business: internal and external.
Be it internal or external,
communication works mainly on the following methodologies:
Verbal
It’s the spoken word, which
can be face-to-face, particularly individual to individual (one on one), or
groups (conferencing) or one to many (interviews, stakeholder meet or client
meeting). Verbal communication these days are empowered by employing media like
phones (direct conversation) or radio and television (passive listeners). Some stakeholders meetings in
the Asian-pacific region are known to be held in football stadiums. Verbal
communication is the traditional form and cuts out the clutter or confusion.
Unless recorded, which can have legal implications, the verbal exchange can at
best be captured as minutes or notes, which can be less accurate.
Written
Communication:
Anything in the written
format that include letters, memos, bulletins board, circulars, notice,
posters, articles, magazines, and books. This method is chosen when
communication is intended to reach multiple persons who are at a distance that
voice can’t reach or in a different location. Before the advent of technology,
this was considered as the predominant method of communication. For
authenticity and authority, written format can best serve the purpose like
offer letter, or user manual or business related correspondence like
agreements, invoice and other legal documents. Also, records in writing serve as proof or testimony and
in legal parlance as evidence too. The downside is the delay in delivery and
failure in acknowledgement can leave the fate of the correspondence in hanging;
too much of paperwork and hence housekeeping could be cumbersome and the
adverse impact to nature by felling trees to make papers.
Electronic Communication:
Technology has
revolutionized communication. Electronic Communication includes email, sms,
social media, websites (enquiry and feedback sections), web conferencing, and
online chats. Pen and paper are fad, other than signature or the occasional
notes. With gadgets governing the order of the day, it’s electronic all the way
because of the access, use, reach, convenience, comfort and connectivity.
The communication can be complete with a click of a mouse.
E-mail is the most preferred
form of communication, especially in the written format. Technology enabling
voice, it will not be necessary to type or key words, as the system will
intelligent to input the words from voice software technology.
Web conferencing is where
remotely located person or people can connect either face-to-face meeting take
place on a secure connection. Web conferencing can be leveraged for
instructor-led online training and alternatively a recorded session can become
the course content for self-paced or e-Learning for training, lectures,
presentations, workshops and the like.
Social media sites also act
as good platform, especially for marketing and promotional activities with its
vast network, they help to connect and collaborate in exchange of information.
Such sites are also used in the sphere of learning where the learned impart
their knowledge and thereby serve the community.
There are of course, online
chats for customer service provided by any merchant put up a shop online or service
provider offering services. As technology advances, newer ways to connect are
created strengthening communication. There is always a downside to anything
creative or innovative but the evaluation will always be based on the
pros and cons.
Friday, June 17, 2016
Are YOU worried that Robots will take your Job?
With
the rise in AI, amidst the cheers that hailed the new arrivals, there were few
that suffered some anxious moments wondering ‘will I be out of a job?’ Finance
fuels the journey of life. Disruption had a negative connotation but the
perception has altered peculiarly in the parlance of information and
Technology. More so in Robotics.
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So
far humans have been in the control of machines. What happens if it reverses?
Automation in large-scale, like manufacturing wherein a robotic arm could
effectively handle the operations of many a skilled workers and in effect
replace them. Public didn’t panic then other than sympathizing with the
misfortune that befell on the displaced workforce and largely embraced the
change and went about their lives. If robotic arm wasn’t artificial
intelligence that failed to give the jitters, why is that the, a superior and
smarter robot of the present makes us feel weak and vulnerable?
Could it be the ‘thinking
aloud’ of the leading lights about the advent of AI and its impact on humans
affect our composure or we become too complacent by ensconcing in the comfort
zone? It’s a rude jolt or a rough wake-up when a technocrat and an economist
point in the same direction and almost articulate alike. The imposing
power of artificial intelligence “will
eliminate a lot of existing types of jobs” by Bill Gates and former IMF
Economist Rajan raising reservation about the “anxiety
in middle class” because of the technology progress can be unsettling. It
sure doesn’t send the shiver down the spine, though apprehensions are shared by
profession about the doomsday.
What made us worry?
“Occupations
most at risk including administrative, clerical and production tasks” was
opined by Bank of England’s chief economist Andy Haldane. The possibilities
that Jobs from customer service to security analyst might be replaced in two
decades are dictated as real by some pundits. But quoting Bill Gates, who
famously quoted that the “shelf life of Intellectual Property is that of a
banana”, two decades must present the timeline for you to draw and discern the
postulation. Some say ‘possible and some ‘preposterous’, and it remains to be
seen what will be your stand in this scenario.
Look at the possible scenarios:
Chatbots: customer service
will turn out to more effective with computers answering customer calls. It
could send customer call executives reeling, but some employees given the
stress and at times toxic exchange and environment seems to embrace the change
– even before arrival?
Some
even speculate the ‘most at risk’ opportunities in employment would
be
- Anyone working in telemarketing
- Anyone stitching by hand
- Maths technicians
- Watch repairers
- Insurance underwriters
And the recently introduced Betty
of Milton Keynes who actually joined as ‘trainee robot manager’ engaged in
a trial run for months, which can discharge several duties from monitoring
personnel on work to welcoming guests.
And some statistics as well:
The author feels fear is
misplaced. What happens in the breakdown of machinery? What about malfunction
or virus attack? Despite numerous attempts are made to insulate from the
onslaught, immunity is far cry.
Everyone
seems to be engrossed with Bots , Taco Bell announced the TacoBot, Microsoft
Tay , Facebook AI Assistant “M” and the list can go on.
Are you worried?
There were instances when
Robots failed and dismissed from service. In a recent occurrence, two
restaurants in China were forced to shut down due to the faltering
Robots which couldn’t pour water or take orders from customers.
Another occurrence worth
mentioning would be Microsoft’s Tay which malfunctioned and retired from
service. Microsoft subsequently offered an apology and admitted that despite
factoring many scenarios, it wasn’t prepared and made a critical
oversight for this specific attack. Microsoft Tay was pulled offline
and will be featured once ready in address all possible human misuses. For now
it’s not possible to predict all ‘all possible human interactive misuses
without learning from mistakes’.
So we would be unduly worried
to fear professional prospects robbed by robots. Even in the worst case
scenario, human will upgrade themselves. The author took this survey and
responded in the negative. The result depicted as under reflects that the
majority negate the worry factor.
(source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11994694/Heres-what-will-happen-when-robots-take-over-the-world.html)
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Artificial sounds so artificial – shouldn’t that be ‘Incredible’ Intelligence
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Information is wealth and knowledge is power.
Mankind has underscored the
importance in its time and today data reigns supreme. Hereon and hence forward,
the challenge would be to ‘challenge the supremacy’. With a data now and
digital is future, the internet will influence a whopping 50% of purchasing
decisions. In the world in which we
inhabit, there is an information avalanche or a data deluge, and what all that
amount without application will be just data dump. From core computing to
commerce, it’s all about data points. Business is driven by numbers. Message is
strengthened with statistics lest it lacks in substance and becomes an opinion.
If its fact, then furnish data.
Google, in its inception, was
driven by the mission "to organize the world's information and make
it universally accessible and useful," and did anyone gave much thought
about its ability to market and monetize back in the late nineties. There were
many search engines at that point in time that have disappeared or probably
obscured by the numero uno status held by Google today. Websites apportioning
real estate for advertisements to milk money as a strategic revenue stream
didn’t hold weight for all despite their might. Publishers started studying
traffic and the one that gained more traction in terms of attention and active
participation proved pivotal in assessing return on income.
This
report acknowledges Mary
Meeker’s 2016 internet trends as key inputs to arrive at different
inferences and interpretations.
Some highlights from the
presentation more pertinent to this passage:
- Internet advertising in the US has grown by about 20% since last year, reaching $60 billion—two-thirds of that growth has come from an increase in spending on mobile ads.
- Facebook’s yearly advertising revenue (up 59%) grew much more than Google’s (18%) last year.
- Online video ads are ineffective: 81% of people surveyed mute video ads, 62% are annoyed by pre-roll ads, and 92% have considered using ad-blocking software.
- Internet sales have increased from less than 2% of all retail sales in the US in 2000 to about 10% in 2015.
- The rising Snapchat generation: Millennials communicate with text, but Generation Z prefers to communicate with images.
- The average Snapchat user plays with sponsored lenses for 20 seconds.
- There are now over 3 billion images shared daily between Snapchat, Facebook, Facebook
- Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp—all but one of which are owned by Facebook.
- 55% of Pinterest users use the site to find products they want to buy.
- Messaging apps are moving from simple text tools to communicate with friends to platforms for commerce.
- There are 10 million business accounts on WeChat, and about 80% of all users follow one.
- Generation Y is the first generation to prefer chatting over the web or social media to talk to businesses, rather than over the phone.
- Computer recognition of speech has gone from about 70% to 90% accuracy in the last five years.
- 65% of US smartphone owners now use a voice assistant.
- By 2020, at least 50% of all searches online will be through voice or image search, according to Baidu’s chief scientist Andrew Ng.
- It’s time for self-driving cars: The average urban US worker spends about 42 hours a year sitting in delays on their commute, and the average person’s car is only in use about 4% of the time.
1. Intelligence driving
computers is not something we stumbled upon. It was a given. ‘Search’ engine
started with a search by returning results that’s near about or no way near to
the ‘search input’ and a distant to the expected ‘result’. Then search engine
pushed it way and propelled itself to the way forward, by retrieving ‘right’
result with minimal iteration. You don’t have to be brainy or super smart to
string a nice ‘search query’ – the system should be able to fetch you the
search ‘result’. How did it do it? Intelligence reared its head up – defying
logic, reason and rationale. Over time, Google has amassed a wealth of
information to mine and monetize – using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence.
With advancement, where we
did we witness the acceleration of intelligence? Try the search engine. The
accuracy in the search results has gone exceedingly high and to the cycle or
attempts taken to locate the result has reduced way below. The machines are
able to recognize through images and words used. How? Check the newsfeed in
Google news section. Or observe the image results. Or the X-Box that feeds body
movements as inputs to read and respond. Personalization is not the pinnacle of
AI. It’s just warming up.
Next cars will drive and
diagnosis can be more specific. We see more players actively engaged in AI as
direct line or dotted. Ford is not a player in AI but its investment in AI for
its vehicles has risen manifold. Google came out with ‘allo’ and Facebook
launched ‘DeepText’ and startups mushrooming by the hundreds in this space.
The Trends 2016 put forth by
Meeker
Search Engine
Try hailing a cab from your
office corridor or the home confines, and check your device with the app and
study the screen up close. The GPS fueled intelligence is just compelling or at
times, breathtaking by the sheer spectacle of the number of vehicles traced and
screened in the smart device with the possible time to reach in minutes.
Perhaps the details complemented with depiction dazzles. This is a common and
known scenario that happens in our daily walk of life.
Now Google is a well-known
search engine. Facebook, given its information capital wants to leverage and
launched DeepText for better engagement. The conundrum with regard
to privacy is an admittedly complex. It’s the ground breaking development
that’s fascinating. Google search and DeepText have ‘search’ as common and
still exist as chalk and cheese as the domain is different for both.
AI-driven messaging Apps
Microsoft
has one - ‘Skype, while Facebook has two: “whatsapp and messenger” and
Google joins with its own AI-based app “allo”. The apps have built-in ability to enhance and enrich user
experience. AI enabled assistants have been in the news lately with one or the
other behemoth rolling out their product. Times have witnessed the launch from
Google, Facebook, apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and even as this article is penned,
the buzz in the industry is Robot
Betty joins office as a trainee office manager. One wonders with this
evolution of Artificial Intelligence and the looming threat of people’ interest
superseded by machines introduction into the workforce – cases as in chatbots
which can automate repetitive mundane handled by humans cutting on the cost and
drastically enhancing the productivity.
Image Recognition and
Voice Software
The
advancement is alarming that machine can think like man, act independently and
intelligent enough to communicate to another robot. Google image
recognition can be amazing study and awe-inspiring in its implementation.
Powerful algorithms can read from millions of pictures and map with the face
scanned by the camera and throw a result – the identification is another break
ground in terms of innovation, especially the high-level abstraction in data
and multiple processing can be mind boggling.
Voice-function
enabled search is another incredible innovation. We had voice software but
enabling search with voice is so powerful in its enablement. You speak faster
than read or type. So the ease and comfort with which the user is empowered is
unbelievable till you do the search yourself. For instance, if it’s an android
phone, you can experiment by simply asking “Ok Google, what is the temperature
outside” and within second you hear the answer. Try any other question but make
sure your question starts with “ok Google’ because the system understands this
command. The voice and image have undergone incremental changes to arrive where
they are at present. The voice recognition when complemented with image and
retina can become dominant in determining user identification.
Summing
up, the progress of AI is exponential that it entwines in our daily life. As we
resort to AI for almost anything – reminders, communication, travel, sports, entertainment
and what not, even the skeptics will forced to look harder and question their
own beliefs.
It’s no
longer the distant future.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Importance of Communication in Project Management
Records
reveal that 90% of the productive time engaged by Project Managers is on
communication. The PMI’s 2013 Pulse of the Profession report states that effective
communications to all stakeholders as the most critical in project
management.
The report
further cautioned about the high risks due to poor communication, which is a shocking
figure of 56% percentage.
One of the
reason attributed to this rise in risk is the negligence to proper communication
as project managers, at times, tend to take it for granted. Communication during the inception, especially
about requirement walk-through can prove critical and impact the outcome of the
project. It’s important all the stakeholders well informed and educated about
the expectations. Capturing the requirement correctly – usually exchanging
notes and drawings or prototype – is again typical communication management. If
the start is good, it’s as good half the battle won. Most of the failures when
analyzed point to the requirement analysis when the customer and vendor’
understanding failed to match. Furthermore,
effective communications prove to be main reason(s) for successful execution of
projects by meeting deadlines with some delay and at cost. It spells top
performance of all the stakeholders. For the scope of this article, let’s look at key aspects that stress the
need for effective communication in a business project.
Understanding stakeholders’
expectation: it’s
easy to misread as ‘requirements’. Stakeholders always have an expectation as
to how the project should evolve and shape up. It will be difficult to gauge
the expectation in the first call and hence it’s iterative. The back and forth
exchange is a necessity till all involved are able to read and interpret the
message in voice – unanimous. The objectives
agreeable mutually should be engaged as the mission of the project.
Risk Mitigation: Any undertaking will have its share
of risks. Black and white is almost picture perfect. There will be some grey
area, which is expected in a business engagement. . When the communication is
free and frequent, chances are good in ironing out the difference and closing
the gaps. The worst of risks are the assumptions made in the absence of valid
or required information. Correspondence between different stakeholders will cut
down the clutter and enhance understanding. The better the understanding,
lesser will be the assumptions. Assumptions
are inevitable, but efforts should be made to keep it to the minimum with least
impact.
Transparency leads to trust. Communication helps to earn the
stakeholders confidence. Much depends on the matter and manner which is being communicated
and the manner. Its time bound and information critical to build a good rapport
in order to build credibility. When there is nothing to hide, why will be the
need to doubt? Open and transparent communication always clear results in garnering
goodwill and establishing trustworthiness. An honest response that conveys an
unpleasant message might be difficult to savor but that’s how integrity is
build. Trust deficit or erosion can create serious conflicts in slowing or
stopping project. On the other hand, earning stakeholders’ confidence will help
in better understanding within both the parties to allow some leeway or
latitude. All said and done, it boils to the trust – how reliable you are, and
more importantly, truthful.
Precise and concise communication. Prompt, punctual and proper exchange
of information using appropriate channels defines communication. How many actually acknowledge a mail receipt –
though it’s the best way to assure. It doesn’t
need to be rich in prose or sound poetic – a simple message using simple language
is enough as long it communicates the required and desired information. Besides,
stakeholders, especially decision makers are always short of time and may not
be read the length of the letter. Hence it’s recommended to keep it precise and
to the point.
Regular and frequent communication. It’s never construed as disturbance
when it comes to the messages affecting the commitment. Free and forthcoming communication
that’s scheduled or unscheduled is always welcome and never understood as an intrusion
specifically about project updates. The daily status report, weekly status
report and similar reports are scheduled ones that are expected. And any
alerts, warning or clarification exchanges are unplanned or unscheduled. Frequent
communication will help in project navigation and better understanding of the actual
progress made as accountable stakeholders will confirm or raise flags as
concern to undertake remedial measures, if required.
Communication
Management features as one the knowledge areas in PMI’s PMBOK® A Guide to the
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). If you have a comment,
please drop by and we can discuss it further.
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Monday, June 13, 2016
What does it serve to hold a Professional Training?
It’s a well beaten track, and oft-walked path and probably
worn out. Even after it goes a full circle, sometimes we are back at square
one. So what does it serve to hold a professional certification/training?
Maslow postulated that ‘when one need is met, another
arises’. It’s a two way street between employers and employees. While one is on
the lookout for extraordinary skills offering position and perks, the other is
on the pursuit of offering its services to best bidder. The employer-employee
relationship is reciprocal. ‘How can I help you’ to ‘what do you have to
offer me’. As a professional aspiring to move ahead in the corporate ladder,
what are the expectations from an individual standpoint as well as collective?
Skills Specialisation
Show uncommon skill.
It will become banal if you could do the math with the
headcount, out of which how many really can be counted in?
So the number of candidates who actually make it to the
talent pool is disproportionate to talent available. Employers are really
vetting a recruit’ worth because getting a new hire onboard is expensive and
cumbersome. The trail of links from start to closure can be long and winding.
So how does professional training help developing skills? Expectedly, your
knowledge base should be broad and it’s strongly recommended to
specialize. Academic knowledge is acknowledged and professional
development will complement in carving your professional profile. Capabilities
in line with the current standards, relevant knowledge about the changing
trends and times in your track; closing your knowledge gaps and help you become
a potential contributor.
Non-professionals as active participants
How do non-professionals get in? That’s an interesting
poser. There are prospects in the industry which facilitates non-actors in to
active participants through professional development programs. For instance,
you have enlisted for Arts but interested in design, or your major is Math and
penchant for Analytics, and the industry will surprise with the opportunities
abound. There I nothing non-inclusive.
In fact, heavyweights and bellwether companies have opted to
look beyond the conventional method even in campus selection shifting primary
focus on skills. Those who have the appetite to ‘go beyond’ is succinctly
encapsulated in this crisp comment “people
who like figuring out stuff where there is no obvious answer”.
More than academic, it will be the analytic, innovative,
think out-of-box approach that draws more eyeballs. Every player is deemed to
have traits and skill primary followed by secondary. It will be through honing
and fine-tuning, especially when professional migrate from their line of
practice. And that’s when and how training, workshop or certification courses
actually lend merit to improve skills in a planned and structured way.
International acceptance and recognition
With economy opening up profiles today are pancontinental.
When visibility is high, the stakes too are high and hence it’s significant
that your credentials take center stage or go places – literally. Some
niche certification is renowned for its compelling grip to hold international
audience. A professional certification course is a key enabler in making your
profile visible and far reaching – by speaking in the same language that’s
universally understood and upheld. When you can demonstrate with the expected
skill, expertise and authorized by a professional governing or certifying body,
it not only recognizes but endorses your commitment in a global business
analysis community.
Job opportunities world-wide
Job opportunities will be a corollary to international
recognition. Once the threshold is reached, doors are opened. The industry is
not short of opportunities. There is a dearth of quality and qualified
professional and this supply vs demand is grossly skewed underscoring the need
for skilled personnel. Interestingly, professional training enabled many
non-actors to get into the fray and find a place in the workforce.
Ant crisis presents an opportunity and how can you
capitalize the chance by leveraging on your knowledge and understanding. For a
power-packed performance, you need support in the form of grooming and guidance
and perhaps where professional training will pitch.
Career-path accelerator
Now that’s huge. A certification can ensure consideration,
if not confirmation. Building your career will depend much on your personal
branding. Just as in any job search, distinguish yourself head-over shoulder by
positioning yourself. There are programs conceived and delivered to help you
progress faster and further in your career with promotions and compensation.
How does training impact career advancement?
In addition they can provide linkage to training in the right modality to
facilitate development, It’s not enough for you do good. You have to take
control of career and make it happen.
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
Challenges with Project Management
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The iron triangle is too tough to balance. Too often or not,
it was observed that one axis is either long or short compared to the other
two. And it might be near perfection to maintain equidistant axes.
Project stakeholders are left perplexed tearing the hair wondering what went
wrong, and ‘how didn’t we see that coming? We failed to detect and decipher the
warning. Did we throw caution to the wind?’ that will sound too critical as due
diligence is done through detailed discussion and deliberation before inking
the contract, yet, projects going off the rails poses serious threats in damage
control and contingency measures. What went wrong should be a lesson
learnt for the next or projects in pipeline, yet projects seems to stumble in
the same spot flummoxes and shakes the foundation. It might sound clichéd or
routinely repetitive but professionals tread on a beaten track and worn out
path, and ironically can’t sight the pitfalls and potholes? What possible
oversights that project suffer – that are ‘known’ knowns and still found
wanting on action and remedy.
Identify Project Objective and Goals:
The stakeholders stating the objective should make sure that
project goals are identified and make sure the message reaches out to the team.
Chances of disconnect is disturbingly high when objective isn’t clear or
communication incoherent. Minor addition to the original scope will result in a
major reshuffle, transfiguring the original requirements. Consequently,
the project fails to progress on expected lines. It can be any field and
platform independent and technology agnostic as project is a temporary endeavor
with a start and end date. The dates differ because the project team plays a
different wherein goal posts keeps keep shifting.
Determine the Project Scope:
Always the slippery slope. The in-scope and out-of-scope
tends to blur and blend, and the risk is inherent. Is it easier
for a camel to go through the eye of a needle? It might be
appear as exaggeration expression. Most experienced project managers would
agree that ‘admission and accommodation’ that starts as a trickle is difficult
to stem as a tide. Nudge here and poke there and scope is nowhere near the
‘original’ scope.
Emphasize Project Communication across Stakeholders:
Stepping up communication will set the expectation right.
The fundamental reason for any misunderstanding is poor communication. In a
technology advance professional work environment, gap due to improper
communication is unacceptable hampering hampers productivity and performance.
Be it manual or electronic exchange, there will be greater degree of
transparency and accountability only when communication between stakeholders is
crystal clear and timely on delivery.
Prepare proper Project Deadlines:
Delivery deadlines must be realistic. Setting up
unreasonable timeline is self-destructive. It can lead to serious issues
running your project progress and workforce morale. Raising the bar is good to
groom but poor governance to reflect in the target. The date of completion can
be setting after taking stock of the soft skills and availability. The
resources pose an intrinsic risk, admittedly, and hence there is a standby or
fall back provisions made in the ‘resource plan’ but the usual practice of
engaging someone on something is strictly on ‘evaluation of excellence’ and
securing confidence.
Evaluate Talent Pool:
Expectation are always high – be it employer or employee but
rising up to it and staying in ‘top of form’ consistently is breaking grounds
in terms of performance. Team, inevitably, will be a mix of talent pool.
Any shortcoming or deficit will be offset by outstanding performance and that’s
how it becomes teamwork. The delivery and deadline should be worked out
only after factoring your Talent Pool. Assessing your resources becomes
critical before committing about the possible time of completion. Besides, it
strongly recommended conducting the SWOT analysis on every team member to
evaluate the team’s strength and weakness. Sometimes there is too much of reliance
on a particular resource that can lead too much ‘burn’, and ‘wear’. There is
only so much a resource can perform and efforts are to optimize. Beyond that
the very resource is put in peril – too much of a risk.
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