What is in a TitleWritten by Ramakrishna Pochiraju
Nowadays I hear a few saying “what is in a title”, “titles are not important”, “you should not place importance to your title” etc. This drumbeat leads you to think that you are selfish and doomed if you attach yourself to titles. Ironically these statements come from bosses having titles like “Group Manager”, “ Group Director”, “Executive Vice President” etc. They are definitely elder and more wiser than I, which forces me to think I may be doing something wrong if I attach myself to titles. May be I am not supposed to think about Titles that way. So I decided to give it a try, life without thinking about titles. I failed miserably and I was very unsuccessful in doing that. So I decided to dwelve more into why a title is important. I started looking into my life as a kid and as an adult. The society I grew up know me as son of so& so, brother of so&so and that made me feel proud. Don’t say that how can you be happy if everyone only recognizes you as someone’s somebody. I would say that title gave me a sense of belonging, a sense of entitlement and that feeling made surrounding environment more enjoyable. After my graduation society gave me a title “Engineer” and that meant something. Once I started working, my profession gave me a title
| | Fuel Index ( A measuring stick for a company's success)Written by Ramakrishna Pochiraju
Every company has a Vision, a Mission and a set of core values. Companies develop multiple strategies that implemente Values to realize their Mission.I always wondered, 1) Is there any relationship between a company's values and it's success? 2) Do a company's Values impact other factors of success? 3) How do we measure that impact? Every company should have Values that increase and support higher Productivity (P), Quality (Q) of product, quality of workplace and quality of working. Every company’s Values should also encourage and reward Creativity ( C ). The Values of every company should serve as a primary fuel to fan growth of ‘company-employee’ social system. For Values to produce higher Productivity and instill Creativity while upholding highest possible and attainable Quality in process, Values need to thrive in air of honesty. Honesty in a company is synonym for courage and is a measure of risk readiness and agility. I define Fuel Index as one that measures sustainability and agility of a company. Higher Fuel Index better a company’s chances for a successful and sustainable leap from good to great. I suggest to list company’s Values and rank each Value from ‘0’ to ‘2’ in regards to how Value impacts “Productivity”, “Quality” and “ Creativity” (‘0’ means Value has no impact on ). Also rank values from ‘0’ to ‘2’ with respect to risk involved to implement Value to achieve higher Productivity, Quality and Creativity (‘0’ being no risk involved in implementing that Value to achieve goals).
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