Tuesday 15 December 2015

“Don’t Trouble Trouble Till Trouble Troubles You” ―Professor M.S.Rao











“One who wins without problem”, it is just a VICTORY but “One who wins with lot of troubles” that is HISTORY ― Adolf Hitler


Everyone wants to avoid troubles because troubles cause dissatisfaction, and bring discomfort and agony to the individuals. Troubles have both merits and demerits. It all depends on how individuals take them.  If the individuals are strong, they can stand up and fight to the finish to come out with flying colors. If the individuals are weak, they collapse like house of cards. The fact is that you must welcome troubles occasionally as there are several advantages from troubles. Usually humans prefer to remain in their comfort zones. They are averse to risk but want amazing outcomes. They want pleasures without any pressures. It is hypocrisy on the part of humans indeed!


Fight against Odds to Achieve Success

Success doesn’t come to you easily. You must work hard and smart to prove yourself. You have to fight against odds during the course of your journey to achieve success. You must revise your strategies from time to time if you don’t reach your goals and objectives. When you are flexible to revise your strategies and adopt them as per the situation, you will be successful at the end. Similarly, whenever you encounter troubles, you must not surrender. On the other hand, you must fight to the finish to face the troubles. You must change your strategies from time to time to overcome the troubles.


Advantages of Troubles

There are several advantages with troubles. They keep you grounded and humble. You realize where you stand vis-à-vis others. You strive for improvement and excellence. You learn to empathize with others. You begin respecting others as humans. Hence, you must invite troubles occasionally to keep you grounded and humble. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam rightly remarked, “Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.” 

Troubles help you understand your strengths and weakness. They help you widen your mind and broaden your skills, abilities and knowledge. You understand what works and what doesn’t work. As a result, you grow as a leader. You become flexible. Precisely, you become humble when you tumble with troubles. Upon facing the troubles, you must often take your feedback why troubles are approaching you and how to overcome them effectively. Additionally, troubles teach you when to hold and when to fold.

Troubles teach you to exercise restraint and be patient. Michael A. Schuler rightly remarked, “Sustainability isn't about the quick fix or the cheap solution. Generally it means making a commitment and trying, as best we can, to honor it. In any worthwhile enterprise, from protecting the environment to preserving a relationship, we are going to encounter difficulties. The good life is not a problem-free life. In point of fact, the process of overcoming adversity often produces some of the most rewarding experiences we will ever have. Human beings need to be challenged to 'test their mettle,' as it were. Throwing in the towel at the first sign of trouble or small inkling of distress may be the easy thing to do, but it doesn't help our self-concept. Most of life's troubles can be overcome if we are willing to work through them with patience.”


Conclusion

To tide over testing times, always look at the ideas and issues and don’t bother and talk about the individuals. When your eyes are set clearly on ideas, you will be able to resolve issues easily. Even if there are temporary setbacks, you don’t have to regret because life is all about peaks and valleys. Succinctly, life is a circus. You must learn to take it in your stride. Always thank God for giving you a beautiful life. Have an attitude of gratitude. Enjoy the journey, not the destination.  Remember the sage words of Isaac Asimov "Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." Life is really great!


“If you are a troublemaker... it’s our job to politically destroy you... Everybody knows that in my bag I have a hatchet, and a very sharp one. You take me on, I take my hatchet, we meet in the cul-de-sac.” — Lee Kuan Yew  




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Friday 11 December 2015

“‘Friends of Faculty’ ― Fight for Your Rights ― Satyamev Jayate” ―Professor M.S.Rao












"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." ― John Quincy Adams


Were you cheated by the management of your college where you served loyally for some years? Did your employer betray you after utilizing your services by not paying your last month salary? Were you terminated from your employment by your employer disgracefully?  Are you in financial hardships due to the non-receipt of payment from your employer? Do you want to understand the procedure to get your last month salary from private colleges or educational institutions in India? This article helps you redress your grievance.  

I served as a professor in various private colleges and I have my own bitter experiences with some notorious owners/managements who tried to cheat me by not paying my last month salary. But they failed miserably due to my ethical and legal fight. Here is a tentative procedure to get your last month salary in a fair, legal and ethical manner from private educational institutions in India.

First prepare a draft of your grievance furnishing the details of your association with your college with facts and figures from recruitment to termination. Enclose the scanned copies of all your certificates that serve as evidence. Send your grievance to ‘grievance cell’ to the university with which your college is affiliated currently. You can also send it to the Registrar and Vice Chancellor of the affiliated university. You send it to All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Delhi which is a regulating body that will quickly check the irregularities. Here is their email: aictevigilance@gmail.com to assist you.  

You can also send your grievance to Human Rights Commission as your family in financial hardships due to non-receipt of your salary from your employer. You can send your grievance to Labour Commissioner to which the college belongs for speedy redressal. Keep the copies of all your complaints for future reference. If you have sent e-mails, keep a copy of each one in a separate folder to track it easily. Wait for two to three weeks for their positive response. If there is no response, you remind them by referring your previous letters and emails for their follow-up. If you send hard copies, make sure that you send them by courier or registered post from Indian postal department. I am sure you will get a positive response and salary from your employer. There is a probability that your unethical employer might have connections with some of the officials to influence them and bribe them.  But remember, most officials are really good. They empathize with you and fight for your right and instruct the erring educational institution to pay your salary. In the meanwhile, your employer might level false charges against you with higher officials to invent excuses for non-payment of your salary. They might blackmail you. Most of the officials are aware of such fictitious charges by these notorious owners and employers. They know that these are gimmicks to defend themselves and put you on further troubles. Don’t give up due to fictitious charges. You can approach media to highlight your issues. They are ready to fight your case due to the cut-throat competition in television channels and other media. Finally, you can file a case in court. You must fight to the finish. Remember, truth alone triumphs (Satyamev Jayate).  

After you receive your salary, thank the people who played crucial roles to get your salary. Have an attitude of gratitude. Also, help other employees who have been cheated like you by their employers. Provide them direction and offer them hope. People often think ‘what is in it for me’ which is wrong. We must help one another during problems to build a better world.


Conclusion

For every problem, there are multiple solutions. Don’t excessively brood over the problems. Always explore options and take immediate action to fight for your rights. Don’t suffer silently.

Be persistent with your approach. Don’t attack the individuals but attack only the issues during your ethical fight. Follow the procedure meticulously and be patient. You will definitely get your salary and overcome your financial hardships and depression. Once you come out with flying colors, you stand out as a leader and role model for others.


"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." — John C. Maxwell

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Professor M.S.Rao, India
Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants India
Recipient of 10th International Prestigious Sardar Patel Award―2015
Blog: http://professormsrao.blogspot.com
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Thursday 10 December 2015

“What They Don’t Teach You in Business Schools?” ―Professor M.S.Rao










“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.” ― Confucius


Globally business schools are often accused of shelling out unethical leaders whenever global companies collapsed. Some business leaders often blame that business schools don’t keep pace with the rapid changing global business environment.  And the business schools often blame business world for not associating and interacting with them. Who is to be blamed in this regard? This article underscores bridging the gap between the business world and business schools through empathy, understating and mutual respect.  


What Business Schools Don’t Teach?

Most students opine that business schools don’t teach what is essential in the business world. It is true to some extent. Business education is not a technical education to do experiments in laboratories to test and verify the theory and formulae. Business education is learnt by the management graduates mostly by trial and error method in the corporate world. You cannot become a crackshot unless you lose some ammunition. The students must get exposed to the industry to gain experience to grow as successful managers and leaders. They must explore, experiment, fail, fall and bounce back to grow as successful leaders. Additionally, the students who intend to pursue business education or management education must have work experience to reap its rewards. It enables them to relate theory taught in the classroom with their practical work experience. Unfortunately, in India most students pursue MBA or management education continuously without having employment experience. The ideal concept of Indian education is from KG (Kinder Garden) to PG (Post Graduation).


Business Schools Serve as Platforms to Management Graduates

Business schools serve for management graduates as platforms to explore the corporate world. They cannot make these graduates as full-fledged managers and leaders overnight. They teach something of everything, not exactly everything of something. They teach various subjects opted by the students. They impart business education to students with theoretical concepts backed by case studies of successful leaders. It helps students get into the shoes of the situation, explore various options and make decisions accordingly. In fact, the real knowledge comes to management graduates only in the corporate world as they experience realities and understand the real challenges to gain their confidence.


Business School versus Business World

There are a number of other challenges for the existing gap between the business schools and business world. Business schools prepare students based on outdated curriculum. However, the industry expects the students to be plug-and-play employees who must be productive on the very first day in the corporate world. Additionally, the qualified management graduates find it challenging to adjust to the corporate realities as what is taught in the classrooms is totally different than what is experienced in the workplace. Presently the teaching pedagogy in business schools is mostly faculty-centric, not student-centric and industry-centric. The curriculum in the business schools doesn’t keep pace with the latest trends, times and technologies resulting in a huge gap between the corporate expectations and campus realities. Hence, to bridge the gap between the business schools and business world, both industry and institute must interact regularly to find out the expectations to deliver goods accordingly. There must be periodical visits by management educators to the industry and the industry experts’ visits to the business schools. It helps bridge the gap between the business schools and the business world. It helps students understand and appreciate the expectations of the industry and mould accordingly to grow as successful managers and leaders.


Bridge the Gap between Academia and Industry

The educators in the business schools must be a blend of industry, teaching, training, research and consultancy experience. It helps them integrate their knowledge in various spheres and share with students successfully.  Additionally, it is essential to encourage specialized courses to prepare the management graduates to become master of their trades, not just jack of their trades.

Both business schools and business world are two sides of the same coin for management graduates.  The greater efforts must be made by business schools to bridge the gap between academia and industry. To conclude, instead of blaming business schools, it is better to empathize with each other, understand the limitations of others and rise up to the expectations to ensure quality management education.  


“You can teach all sorts of things that improve the practice of management with people who are managers. What you cannot do is teach management to somebody who is not a manager, the way you cannot teach surgery to somebody who’s not a surgeon.”  ― Henry Mintzberg



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Professor M.S.Rao, India
Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants India
Recipient of 10th International Prestigious Sardar Patel Award―2015
Blog: http://professormsrao.blogspot.com
Blog: http://professormsraoguru.blogspot.com
Global Top Gurus 30: http://www.globalgurus.org/leadership/upcoming.php
21 Success Sutras for Leaders: Top 10 Leadership Books of the Year (San Diego University) Amazon URL: http://www.amazon.com/21-Success-Sutras-Leaders-ebook/dp/B00AK98ELI






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