Growth in corporate parlance implies assuming more responsibilities and living up to management confidence in a more effective and robust manner. So what does this mean? Does this mean more work, more projects or more tasks? A very famous cliché that management often uses while discussing career and development plans of its employees is that "we have everything available within this organization and it is up to individual to demonstrate his/ her appetite."
I am not sure whether volunteering for more and more every time would lead to absolute growth in one’s competence, abilities and skills. It is understandable that there are a few ad-hoc activities that need to be addressed on an urgent basis and within no time. However, living in quadrant one (most important and most urgent activity zone) for majority of work life may negatively impact growth of a person. That ways, one may not be able to think of lessons learnt in the whole process and obstacles on the path ahead would be difficult to anticipate.
An example could be dismal performance of Dhoni’s boys in T20 world cup. 45 days extravaganza of IPL on Indian soil really engaged all our players to their core. Owner’s expectations served them no less as they were under pressure to perform due to varying reasons depending upon who is the owner and how poor performance could affect them. It left them with no time to realize that the host of world T20 cup is a country known for bouncy tracks and seaming wickets. While IPL did ensure hefty bank balances for popular players and rise of few local players on a national spectrum, this could not let them breathe in between and plan for tasks ahead. Well, what could be said about IPL nights... I really do not think that they should even be a point of discussion. I have seen so many people working hard and partying even harder :-)
So how would one assume more responsibilities and live up to management confidence thereby evolve as an improved personality also? I reckon that this can be achieved by continuous assessment of work-load and corresponding value added to the self. Also, better time management is a key when it comes to do various tasks all at the same time. Even if one assumes daunting and uphill tasks to manage, learning on all critical parameters needs to be analyzed after the completion of tasks.
I am not sure whether volunteering for more and more every time would lead to absolute growth in one’s competence, abilities and skills. It is understandable that there are a few ad-hoc activities that need to be addressed on an urgent basis and within no time. However, living in quadrant one (most important and most urgent activity zone) for majority of work life may negatively impact growth of a person. That ways, one may not be able to think of lessons learnt in the whole process and obstacles on the path ahead would be difficult to anticipate.
An example could be dismal performance of Dhoni’s boys in T20 world cup. 45 days extravaganza of IPL on Indian soil really engaged all our players to their core. Owner’s expectations served them no less as they were under pressure to perform due to varying reasons depending upon who is the owner and how poor performance could affect them. It left them with no time to realize that the host of world T20 cup is a country known for bouncy tracks and seaming wickets. While IPL did ensure hefty bank balances for popular players and rise of few local players on a national spectrum, this could not let them breathe in between and plan for tasks ahead. Well, what could be said about IPL nights... I really do not think that they should even be a point of discussion. I have seen so many people working hard and partying even harder :-)
So how would one assume more responsibilities and live up to management confidence thereby evolve as an improved personality also? I reckon that this can be achieved by continuous assessment of work-load and corresponding value added to the self. Also, better time management is a key when it comes to do various tasks all at the same time. Even if one assumes daunting and uphill tasks to manage, learning on all critical parameters needs to be analyzed after the completion of tasks.
Remember, every act done and every word spoken stand for your character and transmit tons of waves about your attitude and personality. Grow in a way that builds a great character, that amplifies self-belief and that cements unwavering serenity deep within. After all, the cause of existence supersedes cause of survival.
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A very deep areas you have very nicely articulated in a short post. In early days of a career growth comes by executing what is assigned very well. Sometimes it does tend to mean long hours and crazy amount of working, but not always. Slowly as one grows, it means taking more responsibility and leadership, but does not necessarily mean harder work. With anticipation, foresight, careful planning, good leadership of people, it actually means less work but more results. The myth that in corporate life you have to work till you drop dead is completely wrong in my view. The so called crazy hours people keep are more usually a function of not planning, not anticipating, not knowing what to prioritise and in short not knowing how to be a leader. Aditya Puri, the head of HDFC Bank is a good example - he rarely works beyond 6, does not take work home and is one of the top business leaders.
@ Ramesh - Thanks for sharing your thoughts, definitely offer a great perspective on how to be a good leader. I will remember these words. :-)
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