Hey, this is my very first attempt at blogging. So to start with, I thought I’d just write about, rather try writing about something I’m quite comfortable with.
So here we go! We all muse, don’t we? Well one day, as I was sitting in the terrace on a breezy evening, I was just musing (as it always happens, cool breeze brings more clarity to my thought process!) ya I was basically thinking as to how do we go about being confident and inspirational like management gurus. I happened to have read a short story on how Narayana Murthy built his empire as it stands today...how Subroto Bagchi gave insight on a lot of aspects of simple and yet sophisticated management principles and ethics with his crystal clear examples. Needless to say, I was and still am fascinated by these real-life examples and would love to experience something interesting in my life too!...in fact, i think I have started to! Surprised? Read on..!!
Lesson History 1... (No, it aint a history lesson!)
We seldom realise that the first lessons of management come from our own home, our own family. When I was a kid, my amma, resident management guru 1, used to tell me to keep my study table tidy ,iron my clothes, polish my shoes, set my next day’s time-table for school, keep my clothes in my wardrobe, no picking up fights at school, no dirtying my uniform, etc..you know, the list could go on...you would probably think she might actually stop bossing you around when you are nineteen, but no, amma will always be amma, she will grow with you as you grow and always help you manage your stuff in a better way and the bossing becomes a blessing!! J My father, resident management guru 2, used to make sure that he spent enough time with me and my brother in spite of his hectic schedule, gave us also his love for travel, and his inherent specialty of analysing situations from a zillion angles leading to utter confusion, but ultimately it was he who made me choose this particular stream of career for which I am only too happy to be part of! Speaking of my brother, resident but not-ordinarily-resident management guru 3, with whom I can share anything and expect him to understand because of the maturity of age, even something silly bothering me will sound even sillier as he makes it goes away with his humour..that gives me a lesson of attitude; my grandparents who are still way more patient than my mom and dad...;) ; my teachers at school who imparted discipline in me and shaped up my character in addition to academics; friends who actually show me what is lacking by teasing me, helping me out in situations of despair; and seniors who became role-models of leadership and motivation. Ok listen...I really did not intend to make it sound like a vote of thanks but you know, it is true, and all I want to say is that my basic sense of management comes from my mother and father, my brother, grandparents, my teachers, friends and seniors too!
Lesson History 2
You might be expecting me to write something about life at college? Na, instead I can tell you how people at an accounting firm can give you your management lessons! (This may also explain as to why I chose to write on this topic and why my first blog post might sound like I borrowed some lines from an audit report..;) and also I have never been to college so I can’t go about making up stuff about that now, can I? ;) !!!)
So one year at a firm and what do I learn? Timings...deadlines...clients...client history...moods, tempers...audits...return filing...punching & setting files...meetings...sleepy hours at work and how a cup of coffee and some chit-chat can help you socialise and recover from the not-so-interesting-at-the-moment files! To observe, learn and understand your boss and the people with whom you work is very important in an office environment. In your first few months, you learn the basic stuff, such as punching papers and filing them, how to prepare working papers, etc...as you progress, you learn about professional conduct and ethics in a client’s place; why, even in my own office, I get to interact with people of different age groups, their experience and maturity has moulded me into a better person! How ... Well, if you must know, a firm has a clear set of objectives to be achieved which is not the case as in Lesson History 1; but this doesn’t mean that I can’t apply my basic sense of management’s foundation lessons ; in fact only when I start applying my basics do I actually have any scope for improving myself!! Luckily for me, I have good seniors and my best buddies with me at office, so I can always knowingly or unknowingly ‘manage’ myself. Well I still have many years to go and let’s see how I turn out to be..years which will make up the rest of my "lesson history"s!
Well I sure hope that I can keep making my life interesting with experiences and who knows, maybe one day I’ll become a famous Management Guru! ...:)
