Lean Advantage

  The Most Desirable Professional!! We can consider eight major aspects of every professional life that are most likely to continue to give favorable results making those professionals the most desirable one amongst them all. Attributes of the most desirable Professional: 1) Skills 2) Experience 3) Knowledge 4) Delegation 5) Dedication 6) Team Work 7) Integrity 8) Creativity & Proactiveness 9) Liked  We won't invest our precious time in trying to explain or understand 1 to 8 attributes, as a lot has been written & explained about it. Hence we straight away go to 9th attribute that is the most heavy weight amongst all the 9 & has a significant impact on all the remaining 8 aspects Attribute Number 9, Liked One may be very skillful & intelligent yet won't be valued by their team members, juniors & seniors as well. One can have a long & strong experience but won't be invited in strategic sessions. One may be knowledgeable & ver...

  Legacy - All that we do & choose not to, becomes an inevitable Legacy!!! The most desirable topic for the 50th blog, Legacy Indeed. One of the meanings of Legacy according to a popular search engine: The definition of “Legacy” is something that is passed on. But Legacy can take many forms. A Legacy may be of one's faith, ethics and core values… A Legacy may be monetary or your assets… A Legacy may come from one's character, reputation and the life you lead – setting an example for others and to guide their futures. And most popularly it is believed that whatever one achieves, does & attains in their personal & professional life tends to become their Legacy. But we are here as always to ponder on the odds, yes indeed all that we do & get success, gain, achieve & attain will always become a Legacy, what we have never been told that again all that we don't do when it was needed to be done, the decisions that we were meant to take, the act...

  Employees as viewed by a n Philanthropist, an Entrepreneur and a  Businessman ! Take example of any kind of business, be it hospitality, trading or manufacturing, we can easily identify three categories of employees,  A) One who are striving perfection with themselves & may always remain on their toes to share high degree of dedication with ownership to attain the same level of perfection in discharging their duties. B) Two the one who lives & works to impress others, all of their actions would be focused on getting applause & recognition. C) Third one are the most ambitious & intelligent ones, that can do & undo anything & everything to grow & get a better share in everything they venture into. Type A could be the most profitable employees, as given their personal quest they are capable to carry the load of work by almost 70 to 80%, type B are going to remain in limelight as long as they can survive when their work is bei...

  Why Do People Change? More than often we ask these questions, especially when we experience a changed behavior from someone, so then what is happening to them, that they had to change, what was bothering them or triggered them to act in a certain way that we never expected, a ton of questions arises. Let us try to understand what is going on here. We meet certain individuals for the very first time, that is either for professional objectives or personal goals. So in summary there is a need for an interaction to exchange skills, knowledge or companionship in case of personal relationships. When first few meetings & interactions are taking place, both the parties will PRETEND as much as possible and give an impression of being the best version of themselves, in fact some of them may actually be that kind of nice person when they are at their best. Here we give & take impressions about each other that were well crafted, calculated & created to win the trus...

  Undisputed Realities of a Modern Life No preface required, straight to the points: 1) Life will continue to revolve around your emotional actions, reactions & inactions equally. 2) The number of perceptions for any given aspect is directly proportional to the human population on the planet. 3) The probability of anything happening is always going to be one out of all that was envisaged. Everyone is a wizard. 4) When you start giving time, attention, care, love & so on, you start becoming enlightened. 5) One must fail and learn, & then learn how to fail again. 6) At any given point in time, there will be at least 2 to 3 people in your circle & around you that will love you unconditionally, identify them & treasure them. 7) At any given point in time, there will be at least 2 to 3 people in your circle & around you that are intimidated by your existence, identify them & love them unconditionally. 8) When an experienced person is speaking, ...

Inevitable Sales Promotion The beauty of trying to pick a message or lesson from anything & everything at times goes a long way in shaping the personality, to an extent that nothing seems to ever have been in existence without a deep meaningful lesson in it. Condom decoration at the cash counters! I am sure after reading the article next time whenever you are at the cash counter, you will recall the analysis. As it is, the application of the said product is so peculiar in its nature, that no matter whatever variety it may be there is little or no change in the experience.  So the point here is that while the product is being used for entirely a different purpose, the innovation, marketing, promotions are top notch. Innovations in the product line is a marketing & branding strategy that stands alone in its place so significantly that nothing can ever come close to it, and it always has its effect & impact. Likewise, in today's time, irrespective of whatever segment,...

  Corporate lessons from Movie - Animal Before we go into the subject details, of recent it is evident that no matter who so ever may have been the director or producer of the movies in bollywood, any movie that is Hero centric is getting more recognition than any other genre, to an extent that a super star who acted in a story centric movie directed by the most talented director in the industry received a poor content, whereas yet another movie that had no storyline but was projected on the Hero did much better. It may need a lot of conviction to make movies like RRR & Bahubali that are having a very strong storyline that is still revolving around the Hero. Animal is one such creation that is Hero centric & a storyline that revolves around him. Before a century, books used to be an entertainment medium to take the readers into a different world, time & even culture while making them feel thrilled & entertained, each reader of any book may be at a discretion...

  Number 2 BRAND Every business in its own has their well defined KSPs & with experience the investors will continue to make decisions that will help the business to sustain their sales and follow a profound YOY growth pattern. Yes we are talking about sales & not about profits or about growth, that determines the market positioning of the product & brand. So in order to understand how the Number 2 works, we may try to study what are the least of the factors that helps any product & its brand to be that Number 1 . What are the key contributors to get to the top of any segment? A) Quality Consistency B) Brand Value, within business partners as well as end users C) Products offers value for Money D) Products has sustainable awareness E) Balanced demand & supply F) Profitability for every stakeholder G) Offering product ranges with continued innovation H) Genuine after sales support I) Recognized CSR J) Employees are their assets Let us now get into ...