Tapping The Youth Resource

Youth are the power house of the nation.  Today’s children are the future of tomorrow.  There is  a fountain of youth  in  yourself, it is  your mind, your  talent, the creativity  you bring  to your   life  and the  lives of people  you love.

Elected members are not masters but our servants.  We should not approach   them as individuals but as an organization or people belonging to a locality.

Enter politics.  Need young youthful and energetic leaders.

Need to keep the melting pot of our diverse cultures ever colorful.

Be well informed about our country, its past and present

Do your bit in educating people and not merely making them literates.

Use your voting rights responsibility.

Respect our soldiers who fight to safeguard the integrity of the Nation.

Let’s get involved

Take interest in learning about other religion. 

Dissociate yourself from fanatical elements.

Desist from believing rumors.

Avoid resorting to violence.  Violence only begets violence.  

How to Plan, Organize & Control Scarce Resourses to Attain Objective in time

           

The triple constraint of quality time and budget constantly poses threat.  The

 biggest  challenge  is to  get things  done  quickly  cheaply  and  with  fever  resources then before. 

1.         Get off to a good start

            Prepare a road map identifying activities necessary to accomplish the task

            Determine time line and budget requirement

Continuously monitor changes happening in the external and internal environment.  Make appropriate revision of the plan.

            Identify potential risk factors

            Be prepared to tackle foreseen and unforeseen contingencies 

2.         Good reporting systems

            Define the roles and responsibilities of team members

            Set up feedback loops and follow up procedures

Design suitable formats for preparations of reports and dashboards to help   everyone locate essential data 

3.         Cultivate relationship

Good  relationship  alone  can help  you to get  things done  on  whom  you have  no formal authority

            Cultivate relationship early on with people who matter to have a smooth sail

4.         Solving problems

When encountering unexpected problems, don’t base   your actions on anxiety anger or frustrations.

Instead calm down, make  on objective  analysis, put things  in perspective  and decide  action  and time  when  to be  taken.

If you  cannot  find a solution  collaborate  with others,  Identify  people  who are  most responsible  and knowledgeable  in this regard.

After  every  crisis  solved  or  milestone  reached  document  the lesson  learned.  This helps you to understand what process are working and what are not.  It also helps you in identifying in   whether the team is doing well and where it needs to improve.  This also helps in taking corrective measures when there is still time.      

Boost Your Self Confidence by Conscious Effort

Confidence is important for building and maintaining good relationship with others.

Building confidence is a twofold path that includes affirmations and building competence.

Learn to live with failure.   Do not bother about mistakes.  Learn from your mistakes and move on.

Don’t try to be perfect.  Bring forth your brave front and give the best you can.  Collect all the information you can and take a decision without bias. 

Commit to your   decisions.  More you shift your decisions, the more you lose confidence in your knowledge, competence, decisions making ability and determination.

Act brave.  Any sign  of self  doubt,  the other  person  might take  advantage  of it and  confront  you emotionally.  The signs that you lack courage can damage your subordinates self confidence.

Affirmations have tremendous impact on the mindset of the person.  whenever you feel  low or  have to accomplish  some difficult  task  write  down  positive  statement  about yourself  and read them.

Make it a habit to say positive things about yourself, at least once every day.  Tell  that you are  willing  to learn  everything  that would  help  you  improve  capabilities  and  quality  of life.

Affirmation yield expected results only when they are combined with actions.  So consistently strive to improve your competence.

More difficulties you deal with, more courageous and confident you would be.    

Do not lose any chance      that could help you develop and grow.

Five Vital Facts to Imbibe for New Managers

What to do

Meet the Boss the very first day and understand his expectations.  Find out what you have to deliver and deadlines.

Get to know your resources

Peer pressure

They will question your every move and decision.  They want to test   your confidence.

Carefully explain your objectives and method of achieving it.  

Being fair

No violation of rules for friends.

Accept suggestions but do not follow advice.

Understand  the management  perspective  and not  the  individual  views  on how  to  discharge  your duties.

Any doubt, look to the top management

Be up to speed

Bosses   watch you with magnifying glass.  The will never pressure   you but at the same time observe your performance.  Do not be caught off guard.

Stay Normal

Be as normal as possible in your attitude

If you show authority, you will become hated commodity.  People will not share information and call you arrogant you will be   isolated.