by Paramu Kurumathur | Sep 15, 2014 | Leadership, Mindfulness, Personal Growth
This post can also be heard In this post we look at one very important lesson that I have learned as a manager: Friendship and work relationship should be kept separate; you may need to make uncomfortable staffing calls. In my previous job I had a person...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Sep 15, 2014 | Leadership, Mindfulness, Personal Growth
As a person who has worked as a CIO for a large international organisation, I will use the CIO’s role as an example and take a few issues that I have faced, some mistakes that I have committed and some successes that I have had and talk about what I have learned from...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Aug 25, 2014 | Project Management
Project Management is an art (with some science mixed in), the practice of which needs to change slightly depending on the sector (government sector, non-profit sector like charities, for-profit sector like corporates etc.) that it is applied in. The...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Aug 18, 2014 | Business Agility, Project Management
In the previous few posts (see last post)on Managing the transition of Managed Services, we looked at a few issues that you have to consider when you are thinking of transitioning managed services to a new organisation. what are the key things to consider to ensure...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Aug 12, 2014 | Business Agility, Project Management
In the previous few posts (see last post) on Managing the transition of Managed Services, we looked at a few issues that you have to consider when you are thinking of transitioning managed services to a new organisation -what are the key things to consider to ensure...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Aug 11, 2014 | Leadership
In the previous posts (see last post) I had told you what you should do in the first 90 days in the CIO’s job. Now, let me also tell you that you should watch out for a few pitfalls that you can blunder into. Picture Source: arcplan.com 1. Know it all: Coming in...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Aug 11, 2014 | Leadership
In the previous post on this topic we discussed the first 45 and 60 days of a new CIO’s life. In this post we will look at the first 75 and 90 days (the third month) The fifth thing to do (first 75 days) is to look externally. Picture Source:...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Aug 11, 2014 | Leadership
In the previous post on this topic we discussed the first 15 and 30 days of a new CIO’s life. In this post we will look at the first 45 and 60 days (the second month) The third thing to do (in the first 45 days) is to understand the systems, applications,...
by Paramu Kurumathur | Aug 11, 2014 | Leadership
I recently read the book “The First 90 Days” by Michael Watkins. It is quite good and is a book worth reading. The book is an excellent resource for “anyone being promoted, onboarding onto a company or taking on a new professional role”....
by Paramu Kurumathur | Jul 15, 2014 | Business Agility, Project Management
In the previous couple of posts in this series (see last post) on Managing the transition of Managed Services, we looked at a few issues that you have to consider when you are thinking of transitioning managed services to a new organisation -what are the key things to...