by Anantha Natarajan | Sep 25, 2018 | Leadership, Personal Growth
Adolf Hitler would feature in most lists of leaders of all time, but I would not want to fashion my leadership journey around him, would you? The intent of this post is not to identify the right leader to emulate but define a few guiding lights. Based on my experience...
by Anantha Natarajan | Jun 4, 2018 | Agile, Chow
You are a program manager with an IT Service Provider handling a project for a U.S. based client. The client uses three different telecom service providers and pays large bills every month – for a few hundred thousand calls that cost them millions of dollars. Your...
by Anantha Natarajan | Jun 4, 2018 | Agile
In one of my earlier blogs, I had written about some of the thoughts that plague a manager’s mind (refer https://pm-powerconsulting.com/blog/thoughts-plague-managers-mind/). Top of the list was about the ability to make commitments and deliver on them in the face of...
by Anantha Natarajan | Feb 12, 2018 | Agile, Chow
Nipun Sehgal was the designated QnC (IT Service Provider) Program Manager for the engagement with Spot-On Power Solutions (SOPS) to develop their next generation Analytics solution. A key assumption in the QnC proposal was the re-use of artefacts from the earlier...
by Anantha Natarajan | Feb 12, 2018 | Agile
As a consultant, I come across many project and program managers in the IT world. I always wondered why most of their faces looked to be in pain. I was then enlightened by a long-time family friend who happens to be a homemaker. She mockingly said, “Hadn’t you seen...
by Anantha Natarajan | Jul 23, 2017 | Chow
I have recently joined a GIC as a Delivery Manager looking after a portfolio of projects and support engagements for the U.S. parent. John is a Project Manager looking after one of the support engagements. John has grown fast as the GIC grew in India and has taken on...
by Anantha Natarajan | Jul 2, 2017 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth
Note: This post is authored by Vetrivel Natarajan Here’s a list of things I do to keep myself up, running and super productive. While some may resonate with you, some may not… find your own holy grail! Love what you do: So first of all, you need to love what you’re...
by Anantha Natarajan | Jan 19, 2017 | Chow
I got a call from Raghavan, from the HR team of a company, handling recruitment. His question was: I am filling the post of a scrum master. The requirement is urgent, this team needs to become Agile in order to work well with other related teams working on the same...
by Anantha Natarajan | Dec 11, 2016 | Chow
You are a senior project manager in a software start-up with around 100 engineers. The start-up has had an initial round of funding from a reputed VC. In terms of quality of work, it has been an enriching but demanding environment. Over the last two years, you have a...
by Anantha Natarajan | Dec 11, 2016 | Business Agility, Leadership, Mindfulness
I live in an apartment complex built for retired defence officers. I hear stories from them about engagements where their own life and lives of fellow men were at stake. While I could understand logically what they would have gone through, it was really difficult to...