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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer In Review: The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau I have been following Chris Guillebeau ’s remarkable work via his blog since last couple of years. This led me to ask one question to Chris (the same one that I asked Seth Godin about in Linchpin’s book review ).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer #QUALITYtweet – Interviews, Guest Post and Reviews I am delighted to share a couple of things that happened this week around my book #QUALITYtweet. He reviewed the book in a previous article and shared two-part interview with me. It reflects in the way he writes.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: Lead Well and Prosper by Nick McCormick Being a good manager (self-management and team management) is essential ingredient of success in today’s business environment. Nick was kind enough to send me a signed copy for review. A great tool for the beginners in management.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

When you review progress, you can review the accurate status of a deliverable (results), if it is defined early on. Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: The Leadership Test by Timothy R. Tags: Book review , The Leadership Test , Timothy Clark Books/Reviews , Career Related , Leadership | Tanmay January 18, 2010 2 Comments Other Links to this Post QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life!

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APRIL 9, 2010

Are you likely to adopt a new software application that is poorly designed? Largely due to the iPod’s strong integrated design qualities it is the dominant brand in its class, commands a pricing premium, and has developed an extremely loyal and satisfied customer base.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

It starts with getting the right people and building the right culture. It is their choice. Getting people to exercise their choice of delivering excellence is #1 leadership challenge. Finally, just like quality , excellence is a moving target. Today’s excellent becomes tomorrow’s good enough and day-after-tomorrow’s mediocre.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer On Delivering In software world, delivering is generally associated with painful process of testing, rework, defect fixing, perfecting, packaging and then shipping. Software has to be perfected before shipping. A writer has to constantly review/revise the piece before it goes out.

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AUGUST 22, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra Akshaya Patra Foundation in India is a shining example of how social entrepreneurship combined with power of innovation can make a HUGE difference. First, some background information. million children across India on all school days.

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JULY 22, 2010

loosing great ideas because of a “compliance” culture? efforts spent in resolving personal conflicts and protecting individual/departmental fortresses? poor communications and expectations management? not allowing people to make mistakes? acting from a reactive standpoint? not treating your customers well? not demonstrating integrity?

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JANUARY 2, 2011

Striving for excellence” should be a call to action for us to renew our focus on developing a culture of excellence, great leadership, adopting best practices, making them work in our context, continual improvement and superior service to our customers/peers. On that note, wish you an “excellent” 2011!

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OCTOBER 10, 2010

. - - - - - Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Check it out if you haven’t already ! Leadership , Process Improvement , Quality | Tanmay October 11, 2010 No Comments No comments yet.

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JULY 4, 2010

Not reviewing the progress. When you don’t review the progress periodically, you loose momentum. Projects generally start on a high note – keep the momentum going by periodic reviews. Review early and often. Say no, so that you can say yes to more important stuff. Run away from fears. In fact, leaders embrace their fears.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

.” - - - - - Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Check it out if you haven’t already ! Bonus: Read my post (How to) Have a Great Monday! – and have a wonderful start into the week!

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

The intent, intensity and diligence with which they execute that piece of work, and how well they are equipped to execute largely determines quality of the outcomes. Because, work flows horizontally. Between teams. Between members of the teams. Between different departments. Work flows from one team member to the other.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Article Series on Quality – A Round-Up As announced earlier , I am writing a very exciting series of articles on QUALITY over at ActiveGarage.com – it is a 12-part series that touches upon some of the most critical aspects of building a quality-centric organization culture.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

Six Thoughts About Middle Management - by Lisa Haneberg Lisa says , “Management is a social act. Three Years of CO - by Kurt Harden Cultural Offering blog completed three years and Kurt ruminates on the journey so far. These brilliant posts hit the point and leave us with some excellent lessons. You take a shot at it.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

When you decide to review early and often, you should. Constant Improvement : You planned, you did and then you also reviewed. The plans you established needs to be followed. Discipline, in simplest terms, is your ability to fill the gap between what you know and what you actually do.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Wally Bock selected my post ‘ Engagement, Leadership and Power of Storytelling ‘ as one of the five best independent business blog posts of the week at Three Star Leadership’s Midweek Review. Have a GREAT weekend! RSS feed for comments on this post. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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AUGUST 2, 2010

with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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JANUARY 9, 2011

QAspire Blog was featured in Management Improvement Carnival Blog Review by Wally Bock at Three Star Leadership Blog. . - - - - - Acknowledgements: The Rainmaker ‘Fab Five’ Blog Picks of the Week - 2010 Rewind Edition includes my posts. Thanks Chris! with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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JULY 1, 2010

Process culture best established when you are still small. I then reviewed Seth Godin’s amazing book “Linchpin&#. A leader’s belief about people goes a long way in building culture. The next post talked about leadership belief and building a people-centric culture. My next post helps you do that.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

This is also validated in Harvard Business Review’s research. When customer’s expectations are constantly changing (in line with changing business needs), one of the primary challenges for companies is to be responsive to those changes and meet the expectations. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I sent him a copy of #QUALITYtweet for review a few months back. Tom loved the book and decided to devote one full week of his blog posts to #QUALITYtweet which would include his review of the book, my interview in two parts and finally a guest post from me that looks at intersection of Quality and Reflection Leadership.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Read the reviews here and here ). Practicing servant leadership is most effective when the overall organization’s culture is built accordingly. I have read both his books, “ The High Performance Entrepreneur ” and “ Go, Kiss the World ” with great interest. I hope this helps.

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JANUARY 3, 2010

2010 promises to be exciting and there is no better time than now to read such brilliant resources and go from good to great! with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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AUGUST 5, 2010

Stories create alignment and hence culture. This post was selected as one of the five best independent business blog posts of the week in my Three Star Leadership Midweek Review of the Business Blogs. Tell tales of triumphs and trials, of success and failures, of past and future. Stories reinforce the belief system.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

In software development world, inaccurate estimates are a major cause of project failures.) In my view, Agile is not just a software development methodology, agility is also a mindset. communication, quality planning, scoping, reviews etc) only happens when enough thought process has gone into the planning phase.

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OCTOBER 3, 2010

A lot of what you build as a part of your organization’s culture is a result of what you have rewarded over a period of time. In performance appraisals, specifically mention the behaviors you have appreciated when reviewing overall performance. You can reward by results, or you can reward by how those results were achieved.

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JULY 27, 2010

Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. All improvements are about change - in habits and in culture. Check it out if you haven’t already ! If you do great, that spreads fast.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

To me, this is the power of social media. I think you’re absolutely right about this being one of the big advantages of social media - the effortless dissemination of ideas and thoughts that either reinforce what we’ve pondered or which fuel new ones. You take a subject to explore, think and write about it.

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JULY 14, 2010

Oftentimes, in the larger corporate culture of focussing on quarterly results, the priority becomes the immediate short- term strategy–leading to high risk growth. Cultivating people takes time, but is at the core of leadership and building a sustainable culture. Overuse of fertilizer and pesticide would be an example of that.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

Posts at QAspire Blog : I started 2010 blogging with a review of Nicholas Bate’s book Instant MBA. I posted a review of the book. Simon Young at iJump posted a video review of my book #QUALITYtweet. I wrote earlier about “ toxic leadership ”. The Leadership Test by Timothy R.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

This book focuses on people, process and leadership and how they impact quality culture of the organization. Nicholas Bate , who reviewed the book recently says - “I’ve always enjoyed Tanmay’s blog for its succinct approach and he has managed to transfer this to his book : it’s full of shots of wisdom.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Great Quotes: Super Seven From The Collection of Michael Wade Michael Wade is a GREAT blogger I have been following since 2006. He was the first blogger to have linked back to this blog way back in 2006. Profound learning in a few words.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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