Empowering & Enabling

Dear Gowri

First thing first, I welcome your suggestion on posting the comments seperately...I was about to ask you if there is a way to know the latest postings (regardless of new thoughts or comments) appear one below the other without going back to the original old posting...

Now I would like to muse on some aspects of my office life...There are couple of team members (I really mean only 2 out of the 20) who are surely not appreciative that my lack of their process knowledge. The earlier supervisor has been with the team for past three years and both of these team members (one boy and a girl ) are quite close to her and like her very much....With staying too long, people understand every inch of the process and they are not able to digest some one with terrific communication and able to reach and touch (not literally....) every single of the balance 18 team members and inspiring them to do magics in their areas...

Infact it was a revealation to me too that I am able to handle this biggest team of visteon department at ease....and enjoy the power of the their originality. Its not that I am a total blank in their process but you will appreciate that there are too many practical things and I just go deeper to the extend that is warranted by the situation.....and killing myself only to ensure that every one is sufficiently engaged...

How I do it, how do I ensure that every one is busy and my flexible personality is not in the scope of this mail...but today I was so happy that we have evolved 4 new ideas for six sigma projects....different sized ones...I am personally responsible for evolving an idea which can become a Black Belt project if considered by our quality office (ofcourse I cannot do the project but will support a certified Black Belt of the Quality Dept to do it....I will get some thing called Green Belt certificate...Hope you know the six sigma fundas...for that matter, I am already GB certified being a part of a Black Belt project in my earlier stint at Volvo)

Now, It is really so nice to share with you that many hard nuts have opened up...I mean out of the 18, and even these two not so appreciative twosome, I dont bother much and just ensure that their levels are checked..and they dont disrespect on my face...let them keep gossiping...it is their problem and their right too....My two direct reportees are in excellent synch with me for my approach and the way I balance their authorities and maintain their protocols (did a lot to strike equal responsibilities between them which was lopsided when I joined).....

Now, take the management mantra from me...."by empowering others, empower yourself"......!! Now I just focus on market and the management related issues long before I am yet to be designated as a manager....

Last but not the least, I have learnt a lot during the past 6 months, learn to swallow my ego in some specific occasions, tried to keep a blank face and kept silent on some occassions which are not a part of my normal characteristic...I had been always spontaneous and bit unpredictable....while I have retained the charms of the latter, slowly realising the importance of knowing the "moment''.... moment to speak, moment to listen, moment to argue and moment to get angry.....Good fun yaar...

By the by, as Anoo has already warned me on sitting late in front of computer, I realise that the responses to your other feedbacks (in the form of fresh postings) will reach you only tomorrow.....Its the moment to shut down the computer.... (Learn the second management lesson....."replicate the wisdom at office at home AND vice versa....only fools builds walls in their lives"....how's that....

suchoo