VOLUME V CHAPTER V WALK THE ROAD NOT TRAVELLED In this connection it will be useful for you to think of the Blue Ocean Strategy propounded by W. Chamkin and Renee Mauburgne of the Blue Ocean Strategy Institute of Insead - one of the most respected Business Schools of...
VOLUME V CHAPTER III CONCENTRATE ON YOUR CORE COMPETENCE You have a well functioning school. You have a big nationalised bank to support. You have a nice catchment area. But still you feel that the school is not functioning to its maximum capacity. Then,...
OBEISANCE TO MY PARENTS Sri Mani Iyer who instilled in me patriotism, courage and love for Tamil literature. Smt. Parvathi who taught me the concept of fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man. VOLUME V CHAPTER I TRAIN YOUR STUDENTS TO QUESTION YOUR...
SEGMENT YOUR AREA OF OPERATION VOLUME IV CHAPTER XVII Some years back , Rick Nash was the Chairman of the Cambridge Consulting Group. was approached by a very successful dog food company that wanted help in identifying new growth opportunities. He found that dog food...
VOLUME IV CHAPTER XVI PROBLEM STAFF OR STUDENT OR STAFF/ STUDENT WITH A PROBLEM Usually Principals talk about difficult staff / what is its definition ? A staff who is an ongoing challenger and has a kind of running feud. The conflict may be in respect of knowledge,...
VOLUME IV CHAPTER XV CONSTANTLY SHARPEN YOUR AXE Going through a period of pain, you should make your vision a reality from a Teacher to a Principal and on to an Educationist- that should be your journey. Be constantly learning at work from everyone like...
VOLUME IV CHAPTER XIV YOUR STRENGTH LIES IN LEVERAGING YOUR STAFF’S STRENGTHS At the end of the year you have to make an appraisal of each staff member. Your performance review should not degenerate into a de-humanising exercise. In his 1967 classic “The Effective...
VOLUME IV CHAPTER XIII KEEP YOUR SEISMOGRAPH IN ORDER GROUND REALITIES When you take over as Principal, fresh from PGT status you may have all the differences of the Principal with whom you served and you would make a solemn resolve that you shall avoid all those...
VOLUME IV CHAPTER X 'SAY' – DON’T ‘TALK’ To make a high impact in any meeting you shall avoid “verbal diarrhoea” – too much of talking. In 1949 Nov, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, India’s Ambassador to USSR was invited to address the Vivekananda College Union at Chennai....
VOLUME IV CHAPTER IX RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY GO TOGETHER Don’t bench mark yourself with others and attempt to become like this or that. You will get stressed. Make yourself a bench mark. You have two modes for you, one is Shika Sarma who is emotionally very...
VOLUME IV CHAPTER VII MANAGEMENT – A BALANCING ACT Your dream is to become a leader then don’t have with you people with an “I AM A WITCH” syndrome. They have in a ‘PITY CITY’ or suffer from ‘VICTIMITUS VIRUS’ – something which Rani Subramanian calls “The Ghayal...
OBEISANCE SMT. VIMALA SHANMUGAM (04-09-1937 ~ 10-04-2012) A solid pillar of support and strength to the author. A noble soul who practised Annadhan, Vastradhan, Vidyadhan and Mangalyadhan throughout her life. ~~~~~ VOLUME 4 CHAPTER VI STEP-IN TO STEP-OUT PART III...