Business & Personal Growth

  With a fast-changing business environment, there is a high level of focus on disruption and innovation by today’s businesses. Parameters like adaptiveness, responsiveness & constant learning are used to gauge their effectiveness & the growth trajectory that businesses would tread along. Enterprises are forced to bring business agility across all functional areas and not merely in the Operations or Delivery departments. It becomes imperative for leaders to set up agile environments across all levels & advocate about the value it brings to the businesses as a whole. This holds true for all businesses across industries & there is no single industry that does not demand an agile way of working from their players. Agile methodologies are well-received by almost all businesses by recognizing the need to stay ahead of the competition and to overcome all the challenges that the dynamics of the industry pose. Breaking away from the conventional practices & processes an...

  “Change is a new Constant” is a cliché we’ve heard all our lives. Embracing change is not an option now but a must for each of us to grow & blossom in every area of our life. Change often brings positives to your life. The ones who accept change are the ones who achieve those greatest levels of success. Successful people understand the dynamism of the environment & the world we live in. So instead of cringing or sulking towards change, they accept it as a part of their life & develop a healthy relationship with the discomforts that change brings with it. Embracing change is the only way to bring happiness and glory to your life. Unfortunately, some people succumb to & express displeasure in adapting to any change that life wants them to. Instead of looking at it as an opportunity to grow and prosper, it is being viewed as a doomsday. That’s because they either think they’re not ready for it or they don’t want to leave their current state. It does take a hard grind...

 The importance of PMO is increasingly recognized now more than ever. Companies had PMOs set up only for compliance purposes without them being utilized to their optimum level. There is misconception pervading across organizations about PMOs – their purpose, structure, benefits, roles involved, etc. Hence let me first outline why do PMOs exist & how can be made effective for organizations. In the abbreviation PMO, “P” might take different forms like Project, Program, and Portfolio depending on the level a PMO operates. PMO can operate at a department level to manage all projects within it or at an enterprise level to oversee functions at all business areas. PMOs are primarily defined as a business function that ensures effective delivery of the project. The major functions of PMO include coordinating and managing shared resources, developing the project methodology & processes along with the best practices & standards, Training & Development of PMs, coordinating com...