I found a recent article written by Abhijit Bhaduri[HR Head,FritoLay,India and Author of National Best Seller , Mediocre But Arrogant] regarding 'Global Manager' very interesting. Please read the article in the following link: http://hrcollective.blogspot.com/search/label/Abhijit%20Bhaduri .
After reading the article I could further understand the growing importance of the new age manager in it's role of a change agent.
I made the following comment on the article after reading it and would love to know your views regarding it:
"This is yet another article which is very thought provoking...the comments have also provided diverse and valued view points...At the risk of sounding repitative,I would like to stress on the fact that the new age global manager needs to be a change agent with great human understanding and clarity of thoughts...Firstly, He must have great human understanding in order to provide a security blanket and infuse a sense of faith to the team so that it can focus on the priorities correctly...But at this stage, he needs to be careful that he does not make this a platform for easy bargain from the team...he must not allow the team to take unnecassary advantages from him...Secondly, clarity of thought is of prime importance,as he must clearly draw the inferences from his extensive research on the culture to which his team needs to be gelled with...He must clearly know the positives and the negatives of the culture...and nullify the effect of the negative attributes and further propel the positives through team involvement,participation of experts from the new culture as well as present culture and his own instincts....Last but not least, he must explore enough avenues to infuse fun which is feasable in the new adopted culture..."
Do read the other articles and the comments as I have found them very interesting.
-Saikat Saha
3 comments:
hmmm...interesting, but sadly limited to only books / articles. not used practically in any workplace.
Thanks for stopping by and leaving the comment...Your comment is highly valued...
Acceptance to changes are certainly possible but it's tough...And that's exactly why so many articles are written on it and it's a topic of extensive debate...
The best example of an industry which has pioneered change in work culture in India are the BPO and IT industries...and they are both growth oriented industry with mighty contribution in the GDP...
Hi Saikat,
I had fond memories of the MMA Program that we attended in Chennai, the topic that we spoke on " The New Age Manager as Leader & Change Agent" thanks for carrying the cause...keep rocking HR Superstar!
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