The Hindu Business Line : <I>`Delegation is a commitment to oneself' </I>

He has over 35 years of diverse and hands-on experience in Information Technology, Consultancy, Business Strategy, Manufacturing, Engineering, Marketing, and Logistics; 15 years of experience in Human Resource Management with special focus on corporate turnaround, portfolio redesign, and organisation interventions especially in the areas of logistics, sales management and total quality management.

Two things that my education/training taught me:

Articulating and/or visualising a challenging situation gives clarity, and often leads to the solution. Always connect your day-to-day activities with the big picture, and that automatically sets your day's priorities.

Two things I learnt from my work/real life:

Strategy, at the expense of not taking care of operations, always hurts. One needs to find a delicate balance between daily operations and the big picture. Take care of the basics first, increase efficiency, streamline operations, link individuals to organisation goals, and establish sound relationships. Between operational issues, pause frequently to get back to your strategy. Delegation is not simply an attitude; it is a planned developmental activity. Different people require different levels of delegation, and the same people also require different levels of delegation on different tasks. Verbalise it, plan it, gradually develop people from one level to another. Delegation is a commitment to oneself.

One quality I look for the most in a new recruit:

Passion.

A book that I read recently:

International Human Resources Management by Harzing et al.

Based on substantial research, this book deals with the HR issues in global organisations that are significantly different from traditional HR functions.

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