Comments on: first, break all the rules http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/02/first-break-all-the-rules/ Tue, 22 May 2012 01:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Akhilesh Yadav http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/02/first-break-all-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-56594 Akhilesh Yadav Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:58:13 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=304#comment-56594 Hi Bianca, It was Good to read your blog! Very thoughtful... On a closer read, I thought of throwing some light on what I gathered from the book. Hope it would help us both. As far as matching the "Talents" goes, my take from the reflections on the contents of the book is that it actually follows the "Cycle of recruiting for Talent" leading to " Setting Expectations As per the Roles Requirements - Presuming that the recruitment is based on the Accurate talent Profile for the Job" Leading to "Reviewing the Performance based on Outcomes" and "Keep Focusing on the Right Outcomes and the Right behaviors" - Where your and my predicament starts is that seldom we select the teams that we work with. Problem actually starts a step ahead when we look back at the Talent profiles of these requirements and would ourselves find gaping holes..... In this scenario, what you feel is actually correct however the Book also identifies what we need to do in the situations of inheriting teams. Above all, the Authors have been honest in saying that the contents of the book are based on research and the suggestions need to be chosen by you and me to incorporate in our Individual styles of leadership. Another comment that I wanted to make was regarding your feeling of what is suggested in the Book on Hiring and what contradictions you found in the Hiring Course. I think that the predicament is again real and somewhere subtly acknowledged in the book...... This subtle ethos is to the effect that these Suggestions based on the findings of what Great Managers do, is for the managers.... At All levels and if we choose to effect the environment by incorporating the thoughts suggested/shared, we would be creating our own learnings and surely if our methods work, the organizations would change a little bit at a time - Remember, your and my role as a manager is that of a Catalyst.. Thank you very much for the Opportunity to discuss the book with you. I enjoyed it, and would look forward to your views and comments. Hopefully we could share these views and experiences on our other common reads. Cheers/Akhilesh Hi Bianca,

It was Good to read your blog! Very thoughtful… On a closer read, I thought of throwing some light on what I gathered from the book. Hope it would help us both.

As far as matching the “Talents” goes, my take from the reflections on the contents of the book is that it actually follows the “Cycle of recruiting for Talent” leading to ” Setting Expectations As per the Roles Requirements – Presuming that the recruitment is based on the Accurate talent Profile for the Job” Leading to “Reviewing the Performance based on Outcomes” and “Keep Focusing on the Right Outcomes and the Right behaviors” – Where your and my predicament starts is that seldom we select the teams that we work with. Problem actually starts a step ahead when we look back at the Talent profiles of these requirements and would ourselves find gaping holes….. In this scenario, what you feel is actually correct however the Book also identifies what we need to do in the situations of inheriting teams.

Above all, the Authors have been honest in saying that the contents of the book are based on research and the suggestions need to be chosen by you and me to incorporate in our Individual styles of leadership.

Another comment that I wanted to make was regarding your feeling of what is suggested in the Book on Hiring and what contradictions you found in the Hiring Course. I think that the predicament is again real and somewhere subtly acknowledged in the book……

This subtle ethos is to the effect that these Suggestions based on the findings of what Great Managers do, is for the managers…. At All levels and if we choose to effect the environment by incorporating the thoughts suggested/shared, we would be creating our own learnings and surely if our methods work, the organizations would change a little bit at a time – Remember, your and my role as a manager is that of a Catalyst..

Thank you very much for the Opportunity to discuss the book with you. I enjoyed it, and would look forward to your views and comments.

Hopefully we could share these views and experiences on our other common reads.

Cheers/Akhilesh

]]> By: malvasia bianca » breaking the rules and xp http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/02/first-break-all-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-4419 malvasia bianca » breaking the rules and xp Sun, 26 Feb 2006 06:12:59 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=304#comment-4419 [...] As a manager who is drawn to XP, one question that reading First, Break All the Rules raises is: how compatible are agile methods with the book’s recommendations? Let’s start by going through the questions. [...] [...] As a manager who is drawn to XP, one question that reading First, Break All the Rules raises is: how compatible are agile methods with the book’s recommendations? Let’s start by going through the questions. [...]

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