The Fun of Simplifying Management Learning

I am realizing the fun of simplifying management and learnings pertaining to business studies once after taking up my assignment over here. The art of simplifying things is the most challenging for any professional, and I am no exception. However, I should be candid in admitting that its giving me new dimensions to teach and train wannabe professionals.Moreover, the thinking cap to simply things often enables me to come out novel training methodologies which I may not have contemplated if I would have been teaching elsewhere. The objective in this new found love is twofold-On one hand I have to simplify knowledge and on the other I have to see to it that it reaches to the poorest of the receiver, as far as my target audience is concerned.Its also like putting an old wine in a new bottle, as old concepts present for years and taught to the students and trainees for ages are now being presented with a new covering, new labelling, new size, shape and approaches. I should admit that I am relishing my new challenge as it is making my handle a different audience altogether, hitherto not touched in my professional training and consulting career.

Kicking off my articles in http://www.knowledgeoman.com/

It was indeed fascinating for me to see the excellent advertisement posted in our college website. In fact, I should thank the ICT ambassador for Knowledge Oman, Mr. Robin Rohit Vincent,the HoD, of Business Studies Department, Mr. Abdul Jaleel and College Dean, Dr. Qassim for putting the details on the website and encouraging staffs to contribute towards the cause. I immediately felt that I can leverage my expertise and experience for the excellent Omani society at large and approached the decision makers of Knowledge Oman with a proposal to contribute articles. I was indeed ecstatic after seeing their positive response as they opened the flood gates for me as well as for my peers, having a knack for contribution. Knowledge Oman offered me to contribute one article every week, and also put forth an advertisement on the home page of the site soliciting articles from other professional freelancers like me. This noble cause is in line with the dream of the His Majesty, and being part of the Omani Society, I feel it’s the responsibility of all expatriates and Omani citizens to contribute towards the same. Hats off to you Knowledge Oman! Keep it up!

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Thursday Magazine of The Times of Oman

This was the first piece I wrote in the media of the Sultanate of Oman, with one of the leading English daily. Published in the Thursday magazine of The Times of Oman, dated April 2-8, 2009. The write up was based on my first hand experience of teaching here in the Sultanate of Oman. Read and Comment.

Shifting from the Down-under to the Middle East

It was indeed to start my professional training and consultancy career in India, have a small stint in the gulf, enhance my skills in Australia and now I am back to the Middle East. The reason for this change is not difficult to find.I would like to get maximum exposure in the training and consultancy domain and voila, now when I sit back and go through my memories of training target audiences and consulting clients in three different parts of the world, I feel I am not only more informative, but I also possess a plethora of training and consulting tools.It is primarily because my first hand experience in grooming Indian trainees, in all parts of India, followed by my stint in the United Arab Emirates, subsequently in Australasia, followed by the Middle East again, albeit in a different country, has provided me new insights in management training and consultancy. As far as training is concerned, chalk and talk, white board only, simulation,blended learning approach, outdoor-indoor collaboration, domain-wise collaborative approach,learning by doing, case based training, operation workout and live projects based learning, soft-skills with hard skills approach, training through movies and videos to name a few has undergone a complete metamorphosis.This is because the same tool while applied in a different setting targetting different audiences calls for last minute changes and customization.However, these evolutionary approach not only gave me a refined tool, but also enabled me to have different variant of the same management training tool.
The same holds true even for management consultancy.

Caterpillars in an Organization!

Are there caterpillars in an organization?Caterpillar is one which crawls and feed on leaves, insects etc. till they reach the next stage of their life-cycle. Organizational caterpillars are little different and have characteristics, which includes genotypic and phenotypic traits of a chameleon, a squirrel, a fox, apart from certain features of the caterpillar itself. They would always crawl in the organization, i.e. present a slow and low attitude, often adding sugar coated approach, be it presenting their opinion or take any stance. They would often be too courteous in presenting themselves amongst their peers, would be the ideal candidate to don the role of the organizational mole,changes colours like they change their clothes, would try to crawl to the closest level possible...as far as the relationship with the senior is concerned,go out of the way to gather information, spice up and present customized stuffs which are soothing to the superior's ears.They exude fake confidence to the superior,as they know, 'Yes to everything' approach pays very well as the right impression is created on the next person's mind.They however, lack the balancing approach needed and often heavily towards the superior. The crawling nature, keeps them in abeyance and protects them getting caught by their peers!They will always present a broad smile, often talk to a person by coming in close proximity, would extend small helps when a person is in dire need, gain their confidence so that they can dissiminate information crucial for his role and survival.Unlike caterpillars, they dont feed on leaves and insects, their staple diet consists of organziation's scoop which are then tailor made by the caterpillar himself/herself. They would present the information often in a sly manner, so that the person to whom it is presented do not realize that its a complaint and more than that he/she makes the right platform to leverage the same in future.

Mentoring and Advising needs Localisation?

I had experience of mentoring students/trainees of Masters of Business Administration and Bachelors of Business studies while in India.There it was guiding the students through professional and personal counseling and facilitating them to introspect on a routine basis.The students partially knew their strengths and weaknesses and its only when they were down with a lot of options and were not able to take the right decision, that I handholded them to see the right ones.Downunder its different as the students are experienced and have high awareness level and they would come to the mentor or the advisor with pointed queries and want tailormade responses suiting their requirements. Most of the students in Australia knows whats cropping up and why the problem is not getting fixed, its only that they want to validate their own responses from their mentors so that they are doubly sure, before taking the plunge. In the Middle East, its different as the students or the trainees would consider the version of the advsior and mentor as sacrosanct, and therefore it is even more important in the gulf for the mentors/advisors to do a thorough home-work, at the individual mentee/advisee level, so the wrong decisions are avoided.Localization definitely holds the key however, some common good practices are applicable everywhere.

My article on 'Working Overseas.....'

My article on the subject topic, published in The Hitavada, 5th April 09, largest English Daily of central India, which also happens to be my 390th publication focusses on key issues which an aspirant need to consider before taking the overseas plunge. As they say the grass always looks greener from the other side and sheer enthusiasm on the basis of earning hot bucks and travelling to different places without considering the accompanied challenges may lead one to frustration.The article though is not acting as an inhibiting factor, however it presents realistic insights which I gained while working overseas my self and interacting with expatriate workers from different nations. In fact, there are more to it, as my article left out many aspects which I realized while working in the UAE, Sultanate of Oman, Jordan and Australia.
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Pondering over an old article of mine

This is the article published on http://www.careerride.com/Subject-Matter-Experts-SME.aspx , which I had written when I was working as a subject matter expert with an e-learning company. Now after going back into active training, consultancy and management research, I realized that I have matured as a trainer, as I know the importance of content development,its presentation so as to make that lasting impact in the mind of the target audience. Moreover, I am of the opinion that the role of a subject matter expert can be donned even on a freelance/part-time basis and to be honest companies from across India and parts of pacific are willing to give some or the work to me.Recession has its benefit for individuals delivering services, rather than big corporations.Thats also the reason why most of the e-learning companies rope in subject matter experts on a project basis, rather than keeping them full time on roll. Meanwhile, I should admit that rubbing shoulders with instructional designers, graphic designers and visualizers on an e-learning platform gave me new food for thought, especially when it comes to making that high impact presentation.At the same time, it was also true and somewhat disturbing to see at times, the overlapping of domain experts into each others territory!This had its own reactions, sometimes explicit, sometimes implicit.However, the absence of proper demarcation especially when a defined process is absent in the creation of a product/service, not only results in under-utilization of resources, but also initiates the chain reaction of blame game.For a subject matter expert willing to leverage his core competencies and contribute towards organizational and individual growth,may come as spanner especially if the directions aren't clear.I am critical and vocal only because I want to mark my positive and negative takeaways I had from this experience.
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My Article on 'Exit Interview'

Employees leaving the organization often leave with mixed feelings.In an era where human capital forms the cornerstone of every organization, across sectors, it is important for an organization to know the feelings of the employees leaving the company. Moreover, this is the time when the employees can open up and speak out their mind. Read this small piece on exit interview, from The Indian Express, dated 30th April 2009, Pune edition, Maharashtra,India. Dont forget to comment on the same with your thoughts and opinions for symbiotic growth.

My Publications as on 26th April 2009 in Icfai University Press, Journals, Magazines and Professional Periodicals

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My Article on 'Managing Interview Phobia'

Quite often aspiring candidates having the best of the knowledge and personality traits falters in an interview to secure that dream job, not because they lack in few aspects so as to impress those panel of experts, but its because they have developed a fear/phobia towards interview either because of repeated failures or grapevine doing the rounds.

Read the article from The Hitavada, dated 21st of April 2009, the leading English daily of Central India, and yes don't forget to comment for symbiotic growth!