Its been almost an year that i wrote this post- Are you the CEO of your career ? When i wrote this one, i had the privilege to learn about career planning lessons and philosophy of the former Microsoft India MD, Mr. Ravi Venkatesan.
In this blog, i would like to share the career lessons from another renowned Industry veteran Mr. Sudhakar Ramakrishna during one of the company gatherings. These were delivered by means of an informal talk that he conduced. Do enjoy some of the profound points below and take-away what you like!
· 4. Don’t manage with fear
and Don’t fear to manage
In this blog, i would like to share the career lessons from another renowned Industry veteran Mr. Sudhakar Ramakrishna during one of the company gatherings. These were delivered by means of an informal talk that he conduced. Do enjoy some of the profound points below and take-away what you like!
Key points from Sudhakar’s
career talk:
· 1. Have a role model,
learn from everyone but important to be yourself.
· 2. Know your True North
(moral compass)
o From career perspective, you need to know where your
compass is pointing at all the time.
o Be true to yourself.
· 3. Do the right thing all
the time.
· 4. Power of Influence is
more than the Power of control.
o Inspire. Instill Quiet Inspiration
· 4. Don’t manage with fear
and Don’t fear to manage
o Leading with fear is a short-sighted thing.
o Managing with fear can work for a short period of time but
not for long period.
· 5. Artificial harmony
o Be ready to have direct conversation but be
super-respectful.
· 6. Always work to build
and demonstrate Inner courage.
7 7. Luck is when
preparation meets the opportunity
o Look for the ways to intersect opportunity with preparation.
· 8. Be Relentlessly
persistent
o Abraham Lincoln quote: “Things may come to those who wait,
but only the things left by those who hustle”
· 9. Balancing Paradoxes
o Having the ability to balance two contradictory things e.g.
have a high quality software is necessity but at the same time presence of bugs
in software is a given.
o Ability to balance confidence with humility
· 10. Have a clearer idea of
what growth means to you, what gives you joy.
· 11. Be confident, humble
relentless, do the right things, focus on fundamentals and know where your true
north is.
· 12. Success is something
you define. Don’t measure your life with somebody else’s yardsticks.
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Hi Anuj,
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