by Gopal Gopalan | Feb 24, 2020 | Chow
TechInnov Inc., is a 32 year old corporation, who pioneered many revolutionary technological innovations, throughout their corporate existence. The founder CEO ran the company for 16 years until a sudden illness took him away from the company and he was replaced by a...
by Gopal Gopalan | Feb 24, 2020 | Leadership
Many times we have organizations going through crisis when a powerful leader steps aside, for whatever reason. The resulting situation could be one of many: Many in the second line of command clamor for the position and believe they are the most eligible...
by Gopal Gopalan | Aug 31, 2019 | Chow
Shiv has been engaged by a technology product firm as a performance coach, specifically to help a couple of high performing technical professionals who excel in their job. Management is afraid that the two individuals, who are extremely smart with technology and are...
by Gopal Gopalan | Aug 31, 2019 | Coaching
Early every morning, I go for a walk in a road, which goes around a hospital. Invariably, I see this girl rushing to catch some bus. She runs wearing a high-heeled shoe and for some reason, I felt that I needed to tell her that she should wear something better as...
by Gopal Gopalan | May 1, 2019 | Chow
Chris is a project manager in a successful product company and has been managing a team of 10 developers, who deliver a high end analytical platform, used by hundreds of users. Chris and his team are aware of their accomplishment and take pride in their methods. While...
by Gopal Gopalan | Dec 3, 2018 | Chow, Project Management
Peter is a project manager, who has delivered many software projects in Airlines ticketing and reservations successfully, on-time and within budget. He just signed up to deliver an analytics platform for revenue enhancement, which involved storing and analyzing...
by Gopal Gopalan | Dec 3, 2018 | Personal Growth
If you lived in one of the cricketing nations, it is very likely that you follow a bit of cricket. Some of us may still play, some may have played and some may only watch. Lately, with IPL making the shorter version of the game very popular, more people have an...
by Gopal Gopalan | Aug 14, 2018 | Mindfulness
Pride follows when we do things with a sense of ownership. Ownership of our work. What is this sense of ownership? How much do I really own up? After all, I am following orders; my role expects me to deliver in certain areas; my responsibilities are well documented...
by Gopal Gopalan | Aug 14, 2018 | Chow
Sivanand, Delivery Leader in ConnectSoftware is upset – the cause being Vishupriya (aka VP), a star engineer in one of his projects – EarlyBirds. VP is a delight to work with and every project manager’s dream come true – highly capable, focused and helpful, always...
by Gopal Gopalan | Apr 10, 2018 | Chow
Manjunath was an outstanding student in his college and a top ranker in his class from high school all the way through an engineering degree. He got his choice of a dream job on campus with a reputed multinational corporation. After a three-month orientation training,...
