A few weeks ago, on my way back home from New York, I happened to stop at the home of one of my friends from 1998. This friend and I had worked together for about six months in 1997. We reconnected a day or two before this trip of mine, and I got very warm …
Working together An effective leader should not see herself as different or special from the team she leads. Being part of the team, staying together or being treated the same brings great loyalty from the team. I’d like to share a story which relates to this topic. Hanumant Singh played cricket for India, was the …
Preparation When I was 13 or 14 years old, I very badly wanted to make it to the local cricket team as a pitcher. The one thing I learned was that the team needed a fast pitcher. For a frail boy of small proportions, hurling a leather ball weighing 5.5 ounces was not an easy …
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Planning & Vision Let me tell you the story of the packing division of a cement packing plant. It consists of ten packing lines, each one staffed with about 20 union workers and their job is to pack all the cement into sacks, boxes and cartons and move it along. This is a three-shift job …
